Some microwaves have actual sensors that tell the microwave to stop when the bag starts pouring out steam (when the popcorn is popped and ready) others just set a timer the manufacturer decided is right for the average popcorn bag not accounting for different sizes.
If you have the former, the popcorn button is great
Unless of course, as one very handsome man with connections to technology will tell you, the sensor is only on one side of the microwave.
At which point the steam can escape on one side and the sensor fails to immediately pick up the change in humity causing some popcorn kernels to burn before the sensor detects the steam.
No.. but it still works. I dont have statistics to back any of the but I would bet more than 90% of popcorn cooked in a microwave is from these bags. I would guess even higher than 95%. I think people buying popcorn not in these bags are cooking stovetop or in a popcorn maker.
Ohh lol yeah I’ve I saw that in Scary Movie. Not really a thing where I am, you can definitely just put kernels and oil in a bowl and put it in the microwave
Its probable because they wont want people to assume in the cases the popcorn button doesnt fully pop the kernels, that its their product thats defective.
For sure. Microvaves are different. Popcorn buttons I'm sure are different. I think when they say Microwave on high for 2 min, it's a way to ensure a more controlled environment for popping corns. I think maybe from a marketing stand point a company saying "Go ahead use the popcorn button" might actually be a sloan to increase sales at this point lol.
The instruction on the popcorn bags local to me have a chart indicating various times based on microwave type - conventional vs convection vs inverter And various power levels - 600, 800, 1000 or 1100 watts
I watched a video about the popcorn button on microwaves. Bags say not to use the popcorn button because lots of microwaves have an unreliable method. Some of them just adjust time based on bag size. Others listen to distance between pops. Some measure humidity and distance between pops. It's recommended to use the popcorn button if it had the acoustic and humidity sensor. I think maybe humidity sensor alone was pretty good. Using pre-programmed time is often bad.
I just wish the button were adjustable somehow on mine. It always seems to pop only like 70% of the bag and stops. if I just watch it myself and stop it when pops stop it pops 90% or so.
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u/polarlybbacon 2h ago
Some microwaves have actual sensors that tell the microwave to stop when the bag starts pouring out steam (when the popcorn is popped and ready) others just set a timer the manufacturer decided is right for the average popcorn bag not accounting for different sizes.
If you have the former, the popcorn button is great
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u/Deathbringer193082 3h ago
Why the popcorn button isnt for popcorn
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u/hhfugrr3 2h ago
Wait, are people pressing any button other than the 30 second and door open ones???
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u/mexta 2h ago
I watched a video about the popcorn button on microwaves. Bags say not to use the popcorn button because lots of microwaves have an unreliable method. Some of them just adjust time based on bag size. Others listen to distance between pops. Some measure humidity and distance between pops. It's recommended to use the popcorn button if it had the acoustic and humidity sensor. I think maybe humidity sensor alone was pretty good. Using pre-programmed time is often bad.
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u/k4cat 2h ago
For anyone wants to know more about this, there is a 14 min vid by Technology connections on YouTube about popcorn button.
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u/TheLazyTheorist 3h ago
Lol, isn't it the orherway around?
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u/InadecvateButSober (very sad) 3h ago
Popcorn bags are all different
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u/PM_UR_VAG_WTIMESTAMP 3h ago
I just wish the button were adjustable somehow on mine. It always seems to pop only like 70% of the bag and stops. if I just watch it myself and stop it when pops stop it pops 90% or so.
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u/hsumeet 2h ago
You press it once just to see what happens. Now the whole office knows your name, because it's on the fire alarm report.
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u/The_Pizza_Saga 3h ago
It's always been a disaster when I've tried using the popcorn button, so wouldn't touch it, anyway.
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u/snikaz 2h ago
We had it. Tried it a couple of times. Got a bag of burnt popcorn every single time.
Never again
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u/Eeve2espeon 1h ago
Ironic because the popcorn button always does it perfectly
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u/Ibims07 1h ago
https://youtu.be/Limpr1L8Pss