I built a 20,000 watt microwave oven! submitted by /u/throwaway490215

LPT: When cooking microwave meals, as well as piercing the film on top, also peel 2 corners so when it is finished in the microwave you can remove the film easier with no burst of hot steam to burn your hands submitted by /u/Paradoxbox00

You Can Make Roux in the Microwave (or Oven) Every year, I make turkey gumbo with my leftover Thanksgiving bird, and every year I complain about stirring the roux. Roux is not difficult to make: Combine equal amounts of fat and flour, whisk until smooth, then cook, stirring continuously—and I do mean continuously—until it reaches the color you desire. Read more…

Make This Single-serving, Crustless Pumpkin Pie in Your Microwave For whatever reason, I hate-follow a bunch of keto-focused influencer accounts on Instagram. They’ll lure me in with a bunch of meat, then hit me with a bell-pepper-as-bread “sandwich,” a monstrosity I have been familiar with since the Weight Watching days of my very early 20s. They’re also obsessed with… Read more…

Make a Quick Chicken Stock in Your Microwave After years of threatening to do so, I have finally joined the Costco community. I did it mostly for the reasonably priced dog food and Diet Coke, but I would be lying if I said the prospect of $5 rotisserie chickens had nothing to do with my decision. I love that chicken, and always have. I get four meals out of that… Read more…

Microwave deductible for rental property? Hey guys. I have a rental property where I had provided a countertop microwave to my tenants. The microwave went bust this morning. Can I replace it with a new microwave and deduct that as an expense for the rental property on my tax returns? TIA! submitted by /u/otu1205

The Worst Places in Your Kitchen to Put a Microwave Currently, microwave ovens can be found in more than 90% of American households, according to the Consumer Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Though the appliances has exploded in popularity since the 1970s, there’s still some confusion over where to place them in your kitchen. Here are a few of the… Read more…