# Ever had your microwave explode?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 14, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518 "2022-12-14T16:39:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518/21 "2022-12-15T01:00:06Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> I realize cranberries are a problem to cook anyhow you do it.

Yes, they do make a mess. But yum. Just tell the young’uns to never try to cook anything that is in a sealed container, and the sealed container includes the skin of anything that may have airspace inside.

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**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518/22 "2022-12-15T19:22:44Z")

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I’m not sure I would trust a microwave oven to give a blowjob, even if that was a feature.

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518/23 "2022-12-15T19:30:12Z")

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Wow! I had the same idea. Luckily the egg actually cooked. Must have been because I used one of those microwave safe glass containers?

BTW the egg tasted terrible. Don’t try this at home!

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518/24 "2022-12-18T19:13:03Z")

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Our previous microwave died with extreme enthusiasm. I pressed start one day to be rewarded with a fzzzzZZZZ **ZZZZPOP!!**

Followed by that electric ozone burn odor that most of us are familiar with.

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