Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uokvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uokvax!tfitzger From: tfitzger@uokvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: micro-wave oven question Message-ID: <7200027@uokvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 03:50:00 EST Article-I.D.: uokvax.7200027 Posted: Fri Feb 8 03:50:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Feb-85 06:41:20 EST References: <285@imsvax.UUCP> Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:imsvax:-28500:uokvax:7200027:000:489 Nf-From: uokvax!tfitzger Feb 8 02:50:00 1985 From what I've been told, the metal will reflect the microwaves, which is not a good thing. Blue sparks will start shooting out of your oven, and the gun which generates the microwaves will be ruined. Your rack is probably made out of porcelain, not metal. This won't reflect the microwaves, but will absorb them instead. This is also how your food gets cooked, by absorbing the microwaves and not reflecting them. Tim Fitzgerald {allegra,ihnp4}!convex!ctvax!uokvax!tfitzger