About Donovan Fandre Expertise I had the only
nationally televised cooking series on microwave cooking that aired on
PBS and The Learning Channel for 8 years and I`ve also written 5 best
selling microwave cookbooks. I have been cooking by microwave for over 30 years and have accumulated expertise in cooking, defrosting, reheating, craft activities with microwave, dehydrating, and generally everything and anything pertaining to microwave use.
Experience
Past/Present clients Rubbermaid, Del Monte, Alaska Fish & Seafood, Sugar Council, LG Electronics
Question Why does it take twice as long to cook 2 potatoes as one potato in a microwave, and yet the time in a conventional oven is the same for one or more?
Answer Hey Mary, a microwave oven produces billions of microwaves each and every second that it is on. These microwaves are totally absorbed by any thing containing water or fat, ie food. So, if one potato is placed in the oven all the energy will be absorbed by that potato. If 2 potatoes are placed in the oven they share the microwave energy equally so it takes almost twice as long to cook 2 potatoes and almost 3 times as long for 3 potatoes and 4 for 4 et cetra.. In a conventional oven the heat is in the oven and not in the food as in a microwave so all objects absorb the heat equally so 1 potato takes as long to cook as 10 potatoes. When cooking large quantities the microwave may not be the most efficient appliance to use. But for convenience, energy saving, healthy cooking you can't beat a microwave. Use it for what it does best like; poultry, vegetables, rice and grains, casseroles, fish, roasts, sauces, fruits, reheating and defrosting.
