Testing 8 Things You NEVER Want to Put in a Microwave!
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- What happens when you put something in the Microwave that your parents told you that you should not? I bought 8 things to test, which then expanded into a bit more than 8 for this initial round of testing to see what would happen. Some were shocking, some went OK without issue for the period of time we put them in the microwave. I don't suggest trying any of these things out, because clearly the microwave is in bad shape even after the very first test, but still worked.
Timeline
Intro: 00:10
2 Eggs for 60 Seconds: 00:56
Grapes for 60 Seconds: 02:19
Hot Peppers for 120 Seconds: 03:36
Foil-Wrapped Sandwich for 30 Seconds: 04:57
Can of Soda Pop for 120 Seconds: 07:41
Grapes #2 (test if MW still heats): 09:01
Toilet Paper for 60 Seconds: 10:03
Hand Soap Bottle for 60 Seconds: 11:05
CD for 60 Seconds: 12:08
Frozen Glass Dish for 180 Seconds: 13:34
Water in a Cup for 240 Seconds: 15:04
Nothing At All for 180 Seconds: 17:35
Grapes #3 (to test if MW still heats) for 60 seconds: 18:44
Outro: 19:21
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Make sure to comment what other items you'd like to see tested in a microwave! If this video does well, I'll test them out in the second microwave.
PS: I realize the MW is in bad shape even after the first test: I don't think I added it due to time constraints, but its clear that even testing eggs once is a huge mess as some of it went behind the wave guide and steam vents, which made it impossible to clean. That and my eyesight isn't as good as the camera, so I missed a few problematic spots for sure.
A small chip bag will shrink in a few seconds. Also try a metal spoon in the cup of water. A fork in a bowl of spaghetti, then have the fork ground to the inside the microwave as it rotates.
Can you do items you should never put in other things? such as a dryer.. Like a brick
Parents: Brandon, you are our favorite son. Ben, we adopted you after you were raised by wolves.
Ben: but we are twins????
Parents: I hardly see how that is applicable.
Fill a glass with water and put in the tiny neon lamps they use in surge protectors. The water acts as a resistor but enough microwave energy gets through to light the lamps without popping them.
Poke a hole in the top of the egg. No problem.
That's not just a microwave, it's a microBRAVE! This was so much fun to watch. Thank you!
The noise of the hurried shuffle out of the room when he hit start on the coke can test made me chuckle a bit. “Quick. Get to safety before she blows.” Lol
Love the content man. Made my day better!!!
Theres a OG channel I watched on youtube growing up called "is it a good idea to microwave this?" It was so fun to watch these guys microwave all sorts of things. Nobody likes roasted nuts lol
Indeed
I was going to say!!!!
Microwave Me Show
Dude, best show ever lol.
The very early days of UA-cam lol
I remember taking those AOL disks and microwaving them. If you microwave just the disk (shiny side up) the light show that goes on is kinda cool.
this is the height of silliness...could have warned you about the eggs...walking past a nukelerizer some 35 years ago the door flew open in my face...stupid cook did the same "experiment"...life goes on. great vijeos in general...keep 'em cumin. thank you.
If you can find an old microwave cookbook from the early to mid 80s in a thrift store, it makes interesting reading. People were experimenting and trying to make microwaves a replacement for regular ovens. They came up with all kinds of things such as brown, brush-on sauces to disguise the very unappealing lack of browning on chicken. Turntables also weren't on microwaves
The flash boiling water issue is REAL and occurs if there are no nucleation sites to allow it to boil. This has occurred to me several times. Twice it was VERY serious: once with a sudden boil that wasn't too bad, and once with a MASSIVE and sudden explosion of superheated water which totally emptied the entire container. (Fortunately while the door was closed.)
I now will NOT ever microwave liquid long enough to boil them, and STRONGLY recommend others refrain from it as well. Burns are one thing, but I could very easily have been blinded. That's WAY too high of a price for quick boils.
(Important note: adding a toothpick or chopstick to intentionally add nucleation sites does NOT ALWAYS WORK!)
I was badly burned by water suddenly exploding into a boil. I'll never do that again
Lesson learned.
I believe it was 60 Minutes that did a story on this back in the late 80s.
We have very hard and artificially softened water in my home, so no problems with boiling in the microwave. It sometimes boils over, but never explodes. And if I'm intending to boil it, it's staying in there until it does. If I'm not, it's got a tea bag in it, and I don't want it anywhere near that hot. Still water that was supposed to boil in the microwave is... well, you can walk away for an hour, or you can turn it back on until it does explode, but don't open the door... none of the options are great.
If you do need to boil water in the microwave: 1) use tap water; 2) put a little salt or sugar in it; 3) know your microwave; 4) spend the cook time pondering plug in kettles.
A friend of my sons was killed trying to repair the magneato on his microwave. He had taken it apart and was working on it at the kitchen table when the magneto exploded and a piece of metal shot into his heart. His 5 year old daughter was sitting at the table with him but was uninjured. At least physically.
no
6:42 It's a hybrid microwave oven! It cooks with electricity and combustion. Also, don't put a gremlin in the microwave oven too.
When running an empty microwave, the issue is reflection. With nothing to absorb the microwave energy, it can reflect back to the magnetron and burn it up. Much the same as keying your CB radio without an antenna attached.
That TP trick could come in handy on a cold winter moring
If you want to destroy the microwave as a "grand finale", microwave a car airbag! Just please do it outside with the microwave inside a steel cage. It's probably the most dangerous thing ever microwaved on UA-cam in the past.
The grape thing works if you slice the grape in half (butterfly it) or put two grapes next to each other. It's a less is more sort of thing. Anyways, another thing to try is microwaving a light bulb. Make sure it's an incandescent bulb. Do NOT use a CFL (mercury smoke, don't breathe this) or an LED bulb (it'll catch fire). Tinfoil, a steel wool pad, and a pencil are also fun.
and think if can submerge in in water can prevent it from exploding the lightbulb altho think still insta drestoys it i wonder if that could be used to make like super long lasting bulbs if could stop the exploding.
Newer microwaves can tolerate metal silverware and tin foil shaped correctly unlike earlier technology. Instruction on my Samsung 1650 watt OTR indicates this. I remember early models would take out the magnetron due to standing waves when people thought they had to preheat them empty. I repaired many of these and the most common failure is door interlock switches, HV diode, bad fans. They are designed to run fan, lights without magnetron when door switches fail so people unplug them.
Back in the day when Maytag first started putting her name on microwaves, the area reps would put a small fluorescent tube bulb in the oven and it would glow very nicely. Also, something I never tried, but heard, a bar of Ivory soap would do fun things in a microwave.
Do you know what it was the soap did ?
I believe the soap would expand and grow.
Are you a unicorn yet?!
Manufacturers may not agree with everything you've said but I appreciate the fact that you're telling it as it is. Consumers have had a bad rap with unreliable appliances and I appreciate you sharing your experiences. Thanks for taking the time
Nice! That microwave is a trooper!
Problem is that you had the "rotating" glass left in the last test. It makes the microwave "safe" when heating empty. Please do one test without it. My boss always said: don't run a microwave without it.
great video, reminds me of the time when UA-cam was still new and exciting
And there were no freaking ads
Great test! I always wondered if the microwave would possibly get damaged if you ran it empty👍
I'm certain it would if ran longer, but I wasn't sure how long to attempt it for
Ben, I've gotta admit, there were parts of this video, that I was screaming, NOOOOO, but other parts made me laugh so hard. The eggs? I knew they were gonna go BOOM. I am the king of rotten cooks, so this one, I'd already done. Very entertaining.
I did 3 videos on the eggs and I'm gonna roll them into a bonus video. One of them didn't explode so I cracked it open and it nearly got hard-boiled.
@@bensappliancesandjunk Trust me Ben, I'll be looking forward to this upcoming "egg-celent" video. (I couldn't help myself). LOL With those kinds of jokes, perhaps I could get a job writing jokes for the old Jewish comics of the Catskills. LOL
Love the show - bought a sharp carosel microwave in 1982. It lasted 31 years. The replacement lasted 3 days. On my 3rd since a great buy.
I bought a Wards(made by Tappan, I believe) microwave back in early 80's. It lasted 28 years. It was a sad day when it died.
Love the video. When it comes to cd though, it is more fun to having it standing up and visible. I remember in the AOL days that we would get disk almost daily and would take the cardboard sleeve it comes in bend the edge of it up to hold the disk vertically and put it in the microwave for 5 seconds
Back in the 80s I had a Sears microwave. It had a metal temperature probe for cooking. The instructions said foil was okay to use to shield parts of the food that were cooking too fast. Metal had to be kept at least an inch away from the sides of the oven, however. I had a metal grill plate that came in a removable plastic frame and had a coating on the underneath side that absorbed microwaves and you preheated it without food on it for a few minutes then put on the food and cooked it.
How about a potato with out piercing the skin? We cook potatoes in the microwave all the time but we always poke them with a fork several times. And just for fun put a whole bag of Marshmallows in there and let er rip!
I've probably baked a thousand potatoes without piercing them with a fork. My secret has always been a damp cloth but we could try it without anything and just see what 5min does
I was glad to see these test. Some of them I have seen in real life (eggs, grapes). I have been told that a bar for soap will do strange things in the microwave.
Good video. I would like to see a small propane cylinder in the mw. Maybe safer outside!
Ben I like your videos and how you have tried to explain common appliance problems and repairs. Now I would like you to start explaining theory of operation of the appliances. We need a new generation of qualified field service technicians that can read manufactures technical material, use a multimeter to make good honest diagnosis and repair. That Maytag uniform you wear, meant that a dependable professional showed up.
Theory is something I 100% plan on doing for all major appliances
Back in college (early ‘90’s) we microwaved one of those curly q compact fluorescent lights. It made cool colors!
The Maytag hat is a nice touch! 🤣
The mug made me laugh so hard. Thats literally how my mom makes her water for coffee and gets it like nothing. Hes over here like hes in the bomb squad
Very nice channel. A microwave question: I had a Panasonic 1000W, c. 1 cu.ft microwave for years; exceptional quality, heating ability, but died. Could not find a repair place. I bought another Panasonic 1000W and hate everything about it. I microwave popcorn about once a month, always placing a Corelle plate on top of the glass turntable, and always VERY VERY careful about which side is UP on the packet.
Some while back, the Corelle plate as well as the turntable smashed into smithereens while making popcorn in microwaveable bags. Found a cheaper turntable at a reuse center, but this will not turn at all. Execrable quality within the Panasonic, too: rust etc. jamming up the turning mechanism despite frequent cleaning. The replacement glass turntable will not turn at all.
What is the best thing to do now, and what microwaves would you recommend? Many thnaks.
Great video Ben, wife overcook a greasy pastry and fire! Thumbs up and subscribed!
I like how you did the microwave grape plasma experiment without even realizing it.
Hey great video exploring microwave tolerance lol!!! Awesome idea
If you need to boil water in the microwave, put it in a clear cup so you can SEE if it boiled. If it's boiling, it won't explode. In my microwave, enough water to fill a mug takes about 4 minutes to boil. Putting an object in it won't prevent superheating because it isn't about surface tension. It's about chemistry; if your water doesn't have anything else in it, it might superheat instead of boil, which is why this is only a concern with water and not coffee or ramen or butter.
Saving the first one to my recipe book as "Micro-Popped Eggs".
Its Rare to see a video this Well Done.
Thanks!
Remember when we were at cosi and someone stuck a frozen dinner in a microwave there and destroyed it
TKOR used to do videos like this. They drilled a hole in the back of the microwave big enough to tape a camera to the back to record it while in the microwave without the grating.
While working there in college, the microwave taught me that there is actual metal in Arby's sandwich wrappers. Quite the lightning show!
I've had the water explosion happen. It seems to occur during certain atmospheric conditions, when the weather relates to pressures. I'm not really sure how to describe that. It's more likely to happen is the mug is nearly full of water and the microwave stops when near, but prior to boiling. When in doubt if you don't want to chance dropping a spoon into the mug to explode it, run the microwave until the water reaches a full rolling boil. That way there's no doubt because it's already boiling.
So whats your recommendations on microwave brands? My favorite was one of my old sharps with sensors and convection function.
Try 8 things not to wash in your Washer next. The water blowing up in the Microwave happened to me. But it might be 1 in 10000 times it will do that. I bought a electric kettle.👍👍👍
I also bought a kettle due to that. Plus it was recommended by some British friends for making tea.
Zap a whole coconut, husk removed
That water exploding out of the cup is a real deal. I had a friend burn herself severely when heating water for tea. I understand if the cup has very smooth sides (not scratched from use), it's more likely.
You really hate that microwave, don't you.
Did enjoy the vid!! How about trying an open can of beans with the label still on?
Shouldn't do that anymore. Newer cans can have an invisibly thin plastic coating inside that will at the very least melt and ruin the food if you don't transfer to a different container.
I was at the dentist's office one day, sitting in his chair, having work done. There was a small explosion in the next room. Someone was microwaving a whole egg. He WAS NOT pleased, since it made both of us jump. One thing I've always stayed away from was cooking very small amounts of food, like trying to dry cooking herbs. My understanding is those microwave need to be absorbed by at least some food or water.
Love your channel. RE: the Pepsi can and liquid soap, I would be curious if the lack of combustion is due to the aluminum/metal in contact with liquid. What if the liquid in the can heated to overcome the pressure within the can, or what if the liquid soap were less full and when laid on its side the metal spring weren’t submerged…. The test you conducted with the frozen glass dish doesn’t mimick a real world use really - I would try it filled with liquid or with food
Admit it you just wanted to have a roast beef sandwich from Arby’s 😂
I like them, but this one was totally destroyed by the time I got the flames away w/ the fire extinguisher
"When I was young, I was afraid I was adopted. Now I am afraid I am not."
1:18 Uh, I think your eggs are done 🤣🤣🤣
I totally did the Arby’s sandwich many years ago 😅
I don't know if it's true but I have run metal in microwave ovens with this principle.
If the mass of the 'food' is more than if the mass of the metal the microwave will not arc inside. This is why you can heat some TV dinners having foil trays and not others.
However, I had some old ceramic dishes with a real gold rim and that would arc no matter how much food mass was in with it, so is it an exception or is there something else going on?
Finally, I had a friend that always put his coffee cup full of water in the microwave every morning for instant coffee with the timer set for 3:45 seconds. He told me he'd done it for a year since replacing his old unit but one day as he took the cup out the water exploded and severely burned his arm and side of his face. He had to have skin grafts on his face he was burned so bad and almost lost sight in his eye. The water became superheated to above 212 (yes it Is possible) but the energy had to go somewhere when the superheat collapsed and the water turned to instant steam.
at my hotel every room gets freshly warmed toilet paper.
Stoneware gets lava hot.
Arby's half pound roast beef sandwich is the best!
Distilled water explodes when you introduce anything into the superheated water, a spoon, coffee, sugar whatever, bc it's pure no contaminates.
There are some channels where they test various things in the microwave, on one channel they drilled a hole through the back of the microwave the same size as the lena of their phone or oh slightly larger, and then tape the phone to the back of the microwave, so they can shoot videos without having the mesh and or rented glass of the microwave door making it harder to see what is happening in the microwave. I don't know if there would be any risks beyond damaging the phone. I am sure if it heats up the phone and or the battery, the battery could catch fire.
In the old days tv dinners came in foil trays. I used to cook then in the microwave by putting them back in the box after I pulled back the parts of the foil I've the dessert parts. Never had a problem
My dad tried popcorn and chestnuts when the microwave came out for public use. I want to say it was late 70s. The bag caught on fire before the kernels started to pop, and the chestnuts blew up. It was hella mess.
My father was a smartass and made chocolate chip cookies in a microwave using of all things aluminum foil. The foil melted into the walls of the microwave which made it sometimes less efficient.
They say that Pyrex or type glass makes it more difficult to shatter glass between hot and cold.
Man, there are certain things we're told not to put in the microwave because the microwave just doesn't work on it (due to lack of water, like unlit candles) , because it will wreck the microwave (foil with any edges), because it creates dangerous conditions (still water (eg for tea), chilli, soup in the wrong container) or will do something (fish, peppers) that might be harmful in the air.
Like that secondary pop from the egg, was probably the egg shell arc'ing like foil would. The grapes I was expecting arc'ing from as it dried out, but maybe they were too fresh at first. The CD, had it been the CD alone should have done the same thing foil does. (Other videos have shown the foil lights up and produces arcing patterns.)
I did expect the cold dish to at least crack. Guess it's well made.
Glass works just fine in a microwave oven, you do have a revolving glass plate that the food sits on. Magnetron tubes are much more robust then people give them credit for. Like any other electron tube performance degrades over time.
Awesome video.
try something eoectronic, like a circuit board with caps, resisters, transisters, and integrated chips on it.
IRL if something inside the microwave is on fire just turn it off and leave the door closed. Do not open it to try to put fire out as you introduce more oxygen the fire will ignite again. Just leave closed, walk away for a few hours before opening to clean.
Ben,,, You are so good ...Let it rip....LOL..👍
Do you have any comments on reliable microwaves? I've had two successive Panasonic Genius cyclonic inverter models fail between 2-3yrs old due to faulty control boards.
My parents got their first microwave in the 70s. One day I pull a loaf of bread out of the freezer and put it in the microwave (still in the plastic bag) and it caught on fire.
Hey Ben, what Brand Name is this microwave? Thank you!!
Hot tip: instead of wrecking your microwave by blasting it with a fire extinguisher, just leave the door closed. The fire had actually gone out and only rekindled because you introduced oxygen when you opened the door. Also, take it outside before you open.
“throw it over the fence, let Arby’s worry about it”
For a higher success rate on the water in the mug popping you should use distilled water. Distilled water doesn't have minerals in it and it can superheat without boiling. It is very dangerous however, and should never be done, well, ever. 2nd and 3rd degree burns are excruciatingly painful. I don't think your goggles, and gloves would be enough. I would put a spoon on a 3 or 4 foot long stick and not be anywhere near the microwave when you drop the spoon into the cup.
This is the microwave version of “will it blend?”!!!
How many microwaves were harmed in the creation of this video?
Eggs: for maximum suspense, an ad interrupted the video just before the climax of this test!
I knew someone who told a story over and over about someone at work who heated a hard boiled egg in the microwave in the break room, and of course it exploded. I had two questions, neither of which I ever asked: (1)why would anyone heat up a hard boiled egg; (2)are you the person who did this?
This reminds of of an old UA-cam series were two dudes put things in a microwave.
you might mention that the microwave turns bread into concrete
Interesting - how long?
@@bensappliancesandjunk - I've left my mic on 'normal' as it came. If I want to refresh baked goods, I just sprinkle a little water on them, then nuke for say 5 seconds. Then they stay nice and moist. Or it would work just as well to lay a slightly damp paper towel over the bread etc. But nuke for more than 5 or 6 seconds and you'd be begging trouble.
The waves mostly react with water molecules that what produces the heat. If the paper role was absolutely dry it probably never catch on fire.
Out of curiosity, would the eggs have exploded it you'd pierced the round ends with a pin before heating?
That's a great question I need to try soon
@@bensappliancesandjunk
Thanks. I look forward to seeing the results.
Side note: Your colon feels the same way after eating that Arby's sandwich. 😂
Can I buy your microwave? It’s too strong… I switched my microwave on with nothing in it and in less than 30 seconds it was done for.😂
It's a cheapo mainstay from Walmart. I bought a few assuming I'd blow them up in these tests I filmed
Why is salas not ok in the mucrowave why? And is it wright a dry sponge can catch fire in the microwave??
For a CD you get the best patterns if you put it in for only 2 or 3 seconds.
Everyone loves a little wanton destruction.
How about a snow globe?
add a flourecent bulb - it wil light. also, put in a burning candle, the plasma will light up intermittently
Try a bar of Ivory soap...maybe do that one last.
Reheating hard boiled eggs also a no go. Not as messy as raw eggs, but still a mess. In this example, the yokes on you....
I wonder if the eggs would have still exploded if you poked a little hole in the top? I have heated water in the MW without any issues. I have actually boiled water in a pirex measuring cup
Likely, no. I can try that on the next test. I did a second egg test where one cracked and didnt explode and nearly-boiled
As a joke, I told a friend she could warm up her soft boiled egg without shell in a microwave. It exploded when she put her spoon into it.
@@bensappliancesandjunk I have been making a scrambled egg in microwave for years. Crack it into a small microwave dish about 3” diameter, add about a large soup/cereal spoonful of milk, and a bit of butter, scramble with fork, cover and cook for about a minute. Works great!
Wife and I discovered that heating water up worked fine but putting a stainless steel spoon afterwords made the water flash boil.
I 😂😂😂😂at this one. Never had a desire to do what you’re doing.
The pilot episode for the reboot of "Is It A Good Idea to Microwave This?"
Oh.... But are you a Robot? Love your handle!
Thank you
I boil water all the time in my microwave using a chopstick in the cup. I use a 2 cup measuring cup with the chopstick for 4:30 and it always comes out boiling at least for me.
I believe the water has to be above boiling point (212° F) for it to "explode" when disturbed
To make water explode you have to use distilled water. Then the water will go past it's boiling point. The second anything hits the water it will release all that energy and "explode."
What happens if paprikad are long in the microphons???
Onions. You'll get a nice bonfire going!
What do you need hot grapes for!?!
MythBusters comes to Ben's!!!!!...what's a banana do in the microwave...I have seen a jar of Tostitos cheese dip crack/pop before....
Hey ben, please be nice to me and tell me if you still have the Samsung top load washer with the DC error code that you tried to replace a suspension rods?
No, we replaced the rods and it fixed it. It was for a customer and I think we gave the washer to him before I even got the video fully edited.