The following is not a common occurrence but is worth mentioning so that you are aware.

A 26-year old man decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous times before). I am not sure how long he set the timer
for, but he wanted to bring the water to a boil. When the timer shut the oven off, he removed the cup from the oven. As he looked into the cup, he noted that the water was not boiling, but suddenly the water
in the cup 'blew up' into his face. The cup remained intact until he threw it out of his hand, but all the water had flown out into his face due to the build-up of energy. His whole face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd degree burns to his face which may leave scarring.

He also may have lost partial sight in his left eye. While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him stated that this is a fairly common occurrence and water (alone) should never be heated in a microwave oven. If water is heated in this manner, something should be placed in the cup to diffuse the energy such as a wooden stir-stick, tea bag, etc, (nothing metal).

General Electric's Response:

Thanks for contacting us; I will be happy to assist you.
Microwaved water and other liquids do not always bubble when they reach boiling point.
They can actually get super heated and not bubble at all. The super heated liquid will bubble up out of the cup when it is moved or when something like a spoon or tea bag is put into it.

To prevent this from happening and causing injury, do not heat any liquid for more than two minutes per cup. After heating, let the cup stand in the microwave for thirty seconds before moving it or adding anything into it.


What happens is that the water heats faster than the vapor bubbles can form. If the cup is very new, then it is unlikely to have small surface scratches inside it that provide a place for the bubbles to form. As the bubbles cannot form and release some of the heat that has built up, the liquid does not boil, and the liquid continues to heat up well past its boiling point.

What then usually happens is that the liquid is bumped or jarred, which is just enough of a shock to cause the bubbles to rapidly form and expel the hot liquid. The rapid formation of bubbles is also why a carbonated beverage spews when opened after having been shaken.'

Sal dit onthou, maak sin.
Wil gou vertel, toe die mikrogolf oonde nog n nuwigheid was, kry my pa een, en vertel hoe maklik n eier gekook word. Eier in n koppie water en daar draai die spulletjie, ons vasgenael soos voor n tv en loer lekker naby die deurtjie.
Volgende oomblik ontplof daai eier dat die deur glasie toegeplak is van die eier skrapnel.
Vrek geskrik !!

Thanks for the info FS

Dit is die waarheid, dit het met my dogter gebeur, maar gelukkig het sy die koffie poeier in gegooi, terwyl die beker water nie te naby was nie, bestuuring dat dit met haar so gebeur het.

Dankie vir info...sal dit onthou👍

Baie interressant, Dankie.

Have experienced this before.
Know your microwave and it is something that you cannot live without.
We microwave just about everything. Except roasts and other meat dishes. Especially vegetables excepting if we "tamelektjie" them in brown sugar, butter & simonem(carrots & pumkin).
To speed your roasting time up, heat through in the microwave for 20 - 30 minutes and then roast further. Will cut off about an hour in the roaster. This helps a lot over xmas when you want to roast two or three different meat dishes.
Most of our roasting is done in an electric frying pan.

ek sit laas week vir my man gekookte eiertjie in werk toe, maar ek maak die eiers dat die geel nog so effe sag is.  Maak dit vir hom bietjie warm in die mikro want dis yskoud in die yskas, toe hy hap, toe ontplof die geel in sy mond, en brand sy lip.

Ek het ook eenkeer, gedink ek gaan 'n eier kook in die mikro.  Sit die eier binne in ''n bakkie water, in die mikro, en na 'n ruk, hoor ek 'n moerse slag en die deur skiet skoon oop, en dis net eier wat trek, toe ontplof hy binne in, tot die glas bord en stukkend geskiet.  Dit was nog 'n blonde oomblik in my lewe.  Sal dit nie weer doen nie lol

Basic physics dear Watson, you should have paid more attention in school during science classes! This is in fact true, its especially a problem when heating a fluid in a very smooth container....

Vat n naald of iets dergliks en maak gaatjie in eier se punt. Sit dit nou in warm of kook water in n bak en micro ve 2 tot 3 minute. Ek maak so 4 eiers op n slag gekook ve drie minute. As jy hom uithaal sit eers die bak met water in die zink en tap koue water in. Jy moet mos nou die eierdoppe af haal.
Wie van julle ken n "jugnificent"
Dis n beker met n binne deksel wat jy in micro gebruik sonder dat dit oorkook. Vra ve Wisur. Hulle het ook nou een.
Jy kan rys, hawermoutpap, pasta, custard in dit maak sonder oorkook.
Ek het al van dit aan my hele familie uitgedeel en almal is gaande daaroor.

Johan, waar kry 'n mens daai "jugnificent"?

Hulle verkoop dit hier in bloem by Kloppers vir R110 stuk.
Het dit nog nerens weer gesien nie.
Ek sal biekie kyk waar kry mens nog van dit. Sal intussen n pic plaas.
(Hulle deksels is wit, pienk, groen en geel.. sorry niks ve die "blou" bulle nie)

Freda, die klein gaatjie en kook of baie warm water werk. Try maar. Jy sal sien as jy die eier in die water plaas maak hy so n dun strepie wit soos die eier by die gaatjie uitdruk, maar net totdat so ve n paar sekondes dan stol die wit. Ek gebruik 3 minute want hou van sag gekook. Jy kan eers try en dan 4 minute as jy dit harder wil he.
Wag in spanning ve julle probeerslag.

I was given a demonstration on what was possibly on one of the first domestic microwave ovens early 1970's. A cup of water was brought to the boil - it was like magic. I mean, here was a cup of water brought to the boil WITHOUT any heat - MAGIC!

A warning was also given that once the microwave oven switched off, give the water or even the food inside the microwave at least 15 - 20 seconds before opening the oven to let the cooking/boiling to settle.

I do this to this day!

 

 

Dankie Johan,
Wag nog in spanning vir die prentjie.

Jugnificent

Edge, het nou die foto van jugnificent geplaas.
Kitty/freda het julle nou al eiers gekook.

Wie kort nou n jugnificent om eiers in te kook?????

Hi daar almal , dalk bietjie laat op die draad , om gou terug te kom na die eier storie , die eier kan sonder die gaaitjie ge kook word in die mikrogolf oond maak seker hy is bedek met water , die geheim is gooi een tee leepel sout in die water , ek sit 8 eiers in n twee lieter roomys bak en kokk hulle vir 20 min nog nie een ge kry wat ontplof nie .

Hi daar almal , dalk bietjie laat op die draad , om gou terug te kom na die eier storie , die eier kan sonder die gaaitjie ge kook word in die mikrogolf oond maak seker hy is bedek met water , die geheim is gooi een tee leepel sout in die water , ek sit 8 eiers in n twee lieter roomys bak en kook hulle vir 20 min nog nie een ge kry wat ontplof nie .

We have an egg shaped plastic container with aluminium on the inside specially made for microwave boiled eggs. Works like a bomb, but doesn't blow up :-)

I as a rule do not use a microwave for anything. I just don't trust them. My wife wants one in the caravan, I am not budging no microwave in the caravan.

Oom Koos, pienk is mos vir die bulle wanneer hulle "wegspeel"??

Hehehe
Biki vergeet van.
Weet een van julle hoe n explora decoder werk.
As ek dit stel om The biggest loser te record, dan record dit die bulls game.
Hehehehe