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I loved coffee from the time I was 3 years old and would sneak sips out of the adults cups whenever I got the chance. My Mom wouldn’t allow me to drink it until I was 12 years old because she said it was bad for your kidneys.

All my adult life I drank several cups of black coffee daily. I had a massive collection of all types of coffeepots and coffeemakers.

I have acid reflux and in ‘18 I had to finally cut back to just one cup in the morning and after dinner.

Then in July of ‘21 my acid reflux became so bad that I had to give up coffee all together. I thought that I would go through withdrawal from caffeine and coffee in general. So I switched to one cup of green tea in the morning and evening and don’t miss coffee at all, surprisingly. And last month I switched to caffeine free green tea and don’t miss the caffeine either.

Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do to preserve your health.

Eddie
 
I'm going to sound crazy here but I actually hate microwaves. I think they are one of if not the weirdest inventions ever made. It wasn't always the case because I didn't minded them as a kid, in fact I thought at first they were kind of cool. Especially our stainless steel Sharp Carousel R-508HS that we had from our last cabin until we later sold the place and left it behind. If we had brought that Sharp back home with us and if it was still working today, maybe I probably would've not minded using it because that was my all time favorite microwave. But as I grew older, I've later learned how microwaves actually worked and definitely noticed a taste difference in the leftovers that'd get reheated versus doing it on a stove. Microwaves just gross me out now and it pretty much will be like that forever unfortunately. Nothing will ever convince me to change my mind. However, I don't hate them completely. I still think they can be useful in someways particularly the over-the-range ones where I can use them as a clock, stove light and fan, and store something warm in there but not turn it on. And I find some of them very fascinating to look at particularly the Japanese makes such as Panasonic and Sharp. I wouldn't mind collecting a few microwaves that I really like but of course I'd never or try my very hardest to not use them at all.

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So, do you have one or not?

 

And if you don't, what kind of stuff do you keep in your 3, or was it 4, full size freezers if not abundant hot pockets, and other things that can be heated in 2 minutes?
 
In the house I'm living at now? Yes, there's three. Two in the kitchen, one black Whirlpool over-the-range and one stainless steel Toshiba countertop one that's also a convection oven. And we have one black Amana Radarange countertop in the basement that's original to the house from 1991. We also have two more, one black High Pointe in our camping trailer which is specifically designed for RVs' and one black Amana Radarange countertop in our storage shed that was replaced by the Toshiba. I don't like using any of them but everybody else in the house does. If anybody wants to see pictures of any of them, I'd be more than happy to share here:)
 
Hate to sound like this, but this is one of the silliest threads on AW in regards to microwaves. As John mentioned, if you are getting rubbery food out of a microwave then you aren’t using it correctly. Not us using common sense is the leading cause to dissatisfaction and mishaps.
 
You can’t tell by tasting food how it was heated

I would be happy to set up a blind taste test for you. Alex and I would defy you to figure out which food was heated in the microwave and which one was heated conventionally once it’s on the plate and ready to be eaten.

Hundreds of studies have studied this and there’s never been any difference found it’s all a matter of technique like any type of cooking. You can ruin something in any type of cooking procedure.

John
 
I appreciate the offer John but as I said before, nothing would ever change my mind. Even if I got paid millions to do a test, I would easily turn it down. And of course, it's not like I don't know how to use a microwave because I always follow instructions on the cooking labels and recipes. Just because there are hundreds of studies doesn't mean that everybody would buy into it. In fact, each and every one of us doesn't have the exact same type of food that's their favorite. Example is that I've met people that loves seafood but I don't. The point though is that some of us would have different taste buds that could tell the difference of reheating things, the rest like you probably couldn't. There are hundreds maybe thousands if not millions around the globe that'd say they don't like using microwaves and just hasn't said anything. I thought I was the only person here that dislikes microwaves so I chose to not say anything until somebody else brought this up and actually shares the same thoughts as I do so it was time for me to step out of the box. If everybody else likes microwaves, then great! I'm definitely not someone here who thinks that we should outlaw microwaves. But if some of us don't like them, who cares?
 
Hi, the point is you cannot taste the difference and you’re unwilling to even try so you simply don’t like microwaves and that’s OK.

Nobody has to do anything they don’t want to do. But you’re just talking about a personal preference lots of food that you eat in restaurants airplanes, etc. has been microwaved and there’s no way to taste it.

John.
 
John, uh yes I did tell the difference. I'm not going to deny it because I know what I know. I have to agree with Launderess here because I have definitely done a comparison before with you name it. Air fryers, toaster ovens, stoves, etc. So don't think that I haven't even tried. And basically wherever restaurant or place I'd like to go to, I can tell you that my reheated meals are definitely not microwaved. In fact, for example I quit buying cheeseburgers at a basketball arena that I go to because their patties and buns are definitely not as good as fried or grilled since they are all microwaved. Not to mention they cost like almost $10 a piece, I could get frozen burgers like that at Costco to microwave for WAY less.
 
I am one with my microwave

Not only did I work for a rather popular microwave-oven manufacturer (name withheld), but I taught training classes for techs and learned tips and tricks with our own home-economist.
For that reason I can make my virtually indestructible SHARP R-930BK convection-microwave combination jump through hoops and get excellent results consistently. Why, even leftovers come out as delicious as their first day! ;)
I will now reheat my coffee with my perfectly maintained SHARP R530ESF that I keep in my lab.
 
Speaking of manufactures

About the majority of microwaves today are made by the same Chinese company who also owns the Eureka vacuum brand called Midea. I found this out shortly after making my Panasonic Inverter thread here when I discovered a GE microwave online that looked so similar to a Panasonic I was also looking into online. From my understanding, only LG and Samsung make their own microwaves. But I could be wrong however as I'm not really into microwaves you can pretty much tell.

 
My information may be outdated, but my understanding was the only brands that ade their own were Sharp and Panasonic. I noticed LG now offers a model or two that includes an inverter technology and I immediately wondered if it was produced by Panasonic.
 
As with so many other technologies microwave (as in ovens) was an American invention.

Sadly as wont to happen with so many other electronics, appliances and so forth post WWII and certainly after 1960's Asia soon found ways to make things cheaper and so forth; it's been a race to bottom ever since.

https://hbr.org/1989/01/fast-heat-how-korea-won-the-microwave-war

My first microwave was a Litton made right here in USA. Next came a Sharp also made in this country. Cannot recall last time have seen a MW oven offered for sale in USA made in America. Perhaps there are but again I've never clapped eyes upon.

Current MW is an old Sharp Carousel from heaven knows what year. It does what one wants from a microwave for now so am happy. Thing was gifted to one many years ago now when an elderly neighbor passed on. It's nearly all metal and weighs a ton.

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"About the majority of microwaves today are made by the same Chinese company.."

This is true of so many appliances both small and large nowadays.

All those things marketed under either long since defunct but resurrected names, or things sold under names that never made such products in past come to mind.

Midea is behind quite a lot...

https://www.midea-group.com/our-bus...so carry a diverse,, Vandelo, and Little Swan.

Indeed as also noted in previous link Midea produces nearly all microwave ovens sold in USA.

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-microwave/
"The New York Times reported that Midea is the largest manufacturer of microwave ovens for several large brands, including Toshiba, Whirlpool, and Black+Decker"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midea_Group
 
The stuff is increasingly made by bots and AI that can operate around the clock, in the dark.
No sick days, no cigarette breaks, no lawsuits, no poor quality, no labor shortage, no Covid issues.
Just consistent, inexpensive, reliable quality.
 
The neatest little m/w I had I bought when I was transferred and living in a small rental apt until my partner finished up his work and moved, so about 10 months. It was a tiny Litton with a built in broiling element on the top and wasn't much bigger than a vintage GE toaster oven, about 10 inches high and a foot wide and not that deep either. The interior cavity was about 9 inches. No turntable. It had a removable wire rack for broiling as well. We bought a house shortly after his arrival and I sold it to a friend. Wished I'd kept it now. I can't find any information or pictures of it online. Litton did come out with a line called the Little Litton, but those were not near as little as that one was as I remember. but i could be wrong
 

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