On 10/27/06, Marcel duchamp <marcel.duchamp@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> > One thing I've always wondered. Pretty much every microwave instruction
> > says not to put metal into the oven -- yet the whole oven is made of metal.
> > I know that of course metal reflects rather than absorbs, but it shouldn't
> > do any harm (at least not as long as there is enough other material in the
> > oven). Or am I missing something?
> >
> > Gerhard
> >
>
> My oven instructions stated "to prevent overcooking of food (ends of
> chicken drumsticks, etc) cover them with foil to shield them".
>
> I also have put in large metal bowls with no small antenna-like
> projections with absolutely no problems.

Because you already have a high dielectric loss load (the chicken).
Put only the aluminium foil and watch what is happening.

Vasile
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