Microwaving water

[BoomFantastic]

I just had an argument about this on OU chat and I need to know, do y'all microwave your water to heat it or nah

Edit: For the record, I do not microwave water

 

[monkfish]

as a climate-responsible person i take an old piece of glass that i found and use it to focus the sun's rays upon whatever i need to heat. currently cooking a frozen pizza one slice at a time, will let you know when it's done

 

[BIG ASHLEY]

when the yanks wake up and see this thread there're going to be some epic fireworks. kettleless freaks.

 

[ThatOneSpork]

imagine being bri'ish and having a tea kettle

 

[Durant]

Don’t you people just have a water cooker?

 

[GatoDelFuego]

Sir...please...don't put me in the microwave, it would kill me

 

[AM]

No, I use the warmth of my mouth and saliva to heat my water. Better for the environment and better for my body. Swish.

 

[Colonel M]

Look I know Applebee's Chef of the Month is always Chef Mike, and he always bustling and cooking those salads

But ffs get an Electric Kettle at least if you need boiled water or a stove top kettle.

This is worse than shake's confession of microwaving bread.

 

[Sijih]

because im from iceland, the incredible amount of geothermal activity in my region means that my energy and effort goes to cooling water down, not heating it up

 

[monkfish]

yea thats why they call it iceland. on account of how hot the water is

 

[BoomFantastic]

monkfish is the pizza done yet I want a slice

 

[CaffeineBoost]

i buy steam and let it cool down. far more energy efficient.

 

[Bog Monster]

Doesn't microwaving water make it explode

 

[CaffeineBoost]

Doesn't microwaving water make it explode

not if you poke holes in it first.

 

[ash601]

i heat water in my parents' coffee maker

 

[cookie]

>mfw americans call a kettle a microwave

 

[CanineIllusionist]

Doesn't microwaving water make it explode

I'll elaborate on this one because it's a genuine safety issue even if it's very unlikely.
If you have a perfectly smooth vessel for your water which isn't that improbable with glass measuring cups and heat water to a boiling temperature in the microwave it can become supercritical if there's no nucleation points for the water to begin the process of turning to a gas with and water stores heat energy well enough it can maintain that supercritical state for long enough to be a concern.
then if you agitate it enough or give it a surface like putting a spoon in or something for it to react to all that potential energy reacts at once and yes, basically releases a tiny explosion from the whole thing evenly boiling simultaneously.

if you just gotta boil water in the microwave in a glass vessel you can stick a wooden chopstick in it to give the water a rough surface to boil against and keep from being able to form a supercritical state.

hopefully you don't have to boil water in the microwave but whatever do what you gotta do

 

[ash601]

I'll elaborate on this one because it's a genuine safety issue even if it's very unlikely.
If you have a perfectly smooth vessel for your water which isn't that improbable with glass measuring cups and heat water to a boiling temperature in the microwave it can become supercritical if there's no nucleation points for the water to begin the process of turning to a gas with and water stores heat energy well enough it can maintain that supercritical state for long enough to be a concern.
then if you agitate it enough or give it a surface like putting a spoon in or something for it to react to all that potential energy reacts at once and yes, basically releases a tiny explosion from the whole thing evenly boiling simultaneously.

if you just gotta boil water in the microwave in a glass vessel you can stick a wooden chopstick in it to give the water a rough surface to boil against and keep from being able to form a supercritical state.

hopefully you don't have to boil water in the microwave but whatever do what you gotta do

tl;dr don't bottle your emotions because you will explode

 

[Plague von Karma]

One of my friends sprinkles water on chips when warming them up so they don't go hard or whatever and I don't know if they're a psychopath or a genius

 

[Heavyweapons Mann]

Roll a die. Odd is psycho, even is genius. IDK, came up with it on the spot

 

[Chy3_14]

I'll elaborate on this one because it's a genuine safety issue even if it's very unlikely.
If you have a perfectly smooth vessel for your water which isn't that improbable with glass measuring cups and heat water to a boiling temperature in the microwave it can become supercritical if there's no nucleation points for the water to begin the process of turning to a gas with and water stores heat energy well enough it can maintain that supercritical state for long enough to be a concern.
then if you agitate it enough or give it a surface like putting a spoon in or something for it to react to all that potential energy reacts at once and yes, basically releases a tiny explosion from the whole thing evenly boiling simultaneously.

if you just gotta boil water in the microwave in a glass vessel you can stick a wooden chopstick in it to give the water a rough surface to boil against and keep from being able to form a supercritical state.

hopefully you don't have to boil water in the microwave but whatever do what you gotta do

I will now conduct what some people would call an experiment

 

[antemortem]

i heat water in my parents' coffee maker

maybe im a psychopath but i call this making coffee

 

[ash601]

I mean besides the coffee making bit it comes with a water heater

Coffee goes on the left, water heater on the right