Microwave Oven - put a spoon in ?

We have just had our new kitchen fitted and amongst the 'gadgets' we have a lovely Bosch microwave/oven combi thing.
When we looked inside we noticed a sticker with a picture of a cup with a spoon in it, alongside another cup with no spoon and a red cross through it.
I am assuming it means we have to put a metal spoon in the oven when heating up things.

Can any of you boffins out there please explain. We haven't got round to looking in the manual yet [ii]

I thought metal in microwave was a no no unless you wanted to see some exciting power arcs ?

Paul

must be the special "sparks" edition...

[Bazz]

I would definitely RTFM normally metal in a microwave is the kiss of death, often resulting in permanent damage to the magnetron.

[HighFlyer]

Microwaving a bar of soap on the other hand, now thats fascinating! Do try it at home

Thanks,
Sarah

Thanks all, thats errr... really helpful
Will RTFM when I get home

[fozzyo]

Is this something to do with the Volcano's they used to feature on the BBC Food & Drink show all those years ago? You'd heat up a cuppa in your trusty microwave and it would super heat part of it really well but others less so. When you put a spoon in it or something they all mixed up and kinda exploded a bit and burned people. The way around it was to put something in it to dissipate heat in the liquid.

See this article and this research paper for explanations.

[fozzyo]

Originally posted by Bazz
permanent damage to the magnetron.

Not Megatron though - he's a Transformer and not a microwave. [}:)]

Originally posted by fozzyo

Originally posted by Bazz
permanent damage to the magnetron.

Not Megatron though - he's a Transformer and not a microwave. [}:)]

Thanks Fozzyo, thats sounds like a good explanation to me [y]

[Darren Wheeler]

Originally posted by HighFlyer
Microwaving a bar of soap on the other hand, now thats fascinating! Do try it at home

Thanks,
Sarah

Sounds like someone has far too much time on their hands.....

Yes, but.... how many people will now try this!!

G.

Originally posted by HighFlyer
Microwaving a bar of soap on the other hand, now thats fascinating! Do try it at home

[oo] I'm going to Tesco on the way home!

An old one as well.....try breaking an egg by squeezing it with just one hand....

[RichardMannion]

Originally posted by AndyR

Originally posted by HighFlyer
Microwaving a bar of soap on the other hand, now thats fascinating! Do try it at home

[oo] I'm going to Tesco on the way home!

An old one as well.....try breaking an egg by squeezing it with just one hand....

Note to HF, do not try this in our kitchen! [B)]

Originally posted by AndyR

Originally posted by HighFlyer
Microwaving a bar of soap on the other hand, now thats fascinating! Do try it at home

[oo] I'm going to Tesco on the way home!

An old one as well.....try breaking an egg by squeezing it with just one hand....

You should probably add that you squeeze the egg between the tip and bottom, otherwise its way too easy [:o)]

hmmm, seeing as my thread has now turned into one on kitchen experiments, has anyone ever tried microwaving a whole egg in its shell ?

That would be interesting [:?]

[Darren Wheeler]

I can see Currys doing a roaring trade in microwaves tomorrow.

Originally posted by lovetoholiday
hmmm, seeing as my thread has now turned into one on kitchen experiments, has anyone ever tried microwaving a whole egg in its shell ?

That would be interesting [:?]

it makes a HUGE mess! and a big bang.[:0]

[Darren Wheeler]

No worse than microwaving a Gremlin I bet

[Bazz]

Originally posted by lovetoholiday
hmmm, seeing as my thread has now turned into one on kitchen experiments, has anyone ever tried microwaving a whole egg in its shell ?

That would be interesting [:?]

I think you should be prepared for a BIG clean up jobby!