I have learned that some people do like to crisp them, whether that's intentional or not 😂 glances at my partner

Seeing as how you can sinter metal powder in a microwave, that's not too surprising. Burning food still takes some effort though.

I thought only Homer Simpson did that.

Hm, I guess it would be more impressive if my internal clock allowed me to heat for exactly 1:59 seconds and open the microwave at 00:01. Maybe heat-pulsing food isn't the answer?

Ours is a minute. But I do the same thing as OP if I need to heat doffeeent things for 30 seconds.

I like the 30 second button. I loathe the 1-6 minute buttons. Time entry club forever!

what brand is that?

good to acknowledge when companies actually improve products rather than just enshittifying them

I don't have numbers at all. I push a button to insta add 30 seconds. Or spin a wheel to scroll up in time.

If you have a microwave that doesn’t start one minute when you push 1, so you have enter the zeros, then you’re actually being more efficient doing 60 because it skips a number press.

USA, although now that I'm thinking of it they might be for 1100 watts? Not 1000 on a lot of packages, anyway.

In the US I think they range from like 800 to 1200.

The lower ones are usually also smaller so they fit better if you have limited space.

Genuinely curious, what benefit does having wifi in your microwave get you? You still have to put in and take out the food, and it's not like microwaves take all that long to cook food either. I also use maybe 2 buttons on my microwave (+30sec and cancel/stop), but maybe you can save particular power/time combos? Idk

I did like having a 'smart' washer/dryer in my previous apartment, as it would send me notifications about when the cycle was done and reminders if I let it sit for too long.

I'm still mad after reading a few weeks ago about someone had to power-cycle the fridge. I can't recall ever having to do that for a motor or compressor or any fridge.

The computer in the fridge was faulted. So either pull the fridge out to unplug it or find the breaker, there's no power switch on refrigerators.

I would like the ability to set what time of day it does a defrost cycle.

For ToU pricing on power, or for operating on solar power, it would be nice to be able to say "Hey you know when you draw twice as much power than usual? Do that at midnight when the power is cheaper, or 3PM when the sun is most directly shining on the panels."

A smart fridge is the only one that tempts me a bit, but only if I could trust the OS, and there's no way I'm trusting any of the current major fridge makers.

But, there are some useful ideas. If it has a built-in scanner or camera, it could theoretically keep an inventory of what's inside, when it was bought, and if it's something like milk, when it expires. I'd love to get an alert that my milk was expiring soon rather than find out by accidentally drinking sour milk.

In theory, it could also pre-populate a grocery list for me, based on what I'm lacking.

I have a recipe app that I like called Paprika, that has the concept of a "pantry". If I'm looking at a recipe in there I can click a button to add all the ingredients in the recipe to a shopping list. When it does that, it checks what you have in your pantry, and doesn't add those items to the list. That way, you only buy the items you need for the recipe but don't currently have. But, the "pantry" in the app is something you have to add things to yourself. It doesn't know if that list is accurate, or if it was accurate but you recently ran out of something.

It would be great if Paprika could talk to the fridge and figure out "hmm, this recipe calls for butter, which is normally in your pantry, but you're currently low on butter, so I'll add it to the list" or "this recipe calls for milk, but your milk has expired, so I'll add it to the list". Or, the reverse, when you come home from shopping, you throw a bunch of things in the fridge and it updates what you currently have in your "pantry". Similarly, a smart "pantry" would also be useful for those same reasons. Probably even more than a fridge, because I see what's in my fridge (except the stuff at the back) nearly every day. I really forget what's at the back of the pantry.

It would also be nice if my fridge was "leftover aware". Like, if I put the rest of my casserole in the fridge on Monday, it would know about it. If it knew that casserole leftovers typically lasted 3 days it could alert me if I was about to lose those leftovers.

Really what I'd want though is a fridge that came with sensors (cameras, barcode scanners, spoilage smell sensors, temperature sensors, etc.) and and API for them. But, from that point on, it was an open platform where you could install your own apps. That way I'm not stuck with say Samsung's fridge software, which would no doubt be full of surveillance and ads. I'd want to run open source KFridge or something that might be a bit janky but that I could trust wasn't trying to gouge me for money, or show me ads, or sell my data, or whatever.

my old one did that 😢 now i'm stuck typing in all the digits

That’s really quite strange. Probably not the issue but some electrical devices use the frequency of electricity to keep track of time.