microwaves (the appliance)

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Can someone breakdown the appliance microwaves for me like I’m 5. I have a degree in biology I understand science yet somehow this concept escaped me. I know and understand the mesh pattern design on the door of a microwave is because the holes are too small for microwaves to escape. However I’m just not grasping how food gets hot and soooo fast. Especially the whole raw meat CANNOT go in a microwave but my microwave can burn the fuck out of things within 2 minutes, so why can’t we microwave meat? At this point you’re all probably questioning my understanding of science but somehow my education avoided microwaves and how they’re (what I’m assuming) is ineffective to killing microbes?

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You could microwave meat in principle, but it won’t heat up uniformly – some parts will get cooked too well while others stay too cold. To cook meat you want a more uniform heat.

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