The "popcorn" button on our microwaves...one of life's great mysteries?

The Popcorn Button:

Written By Doctor Music

Popcorn Button oh Popcorn button How I loathe thee

You have turned my souflees to the size of a small key

May it be some chicken or some french fries on the side

When you say "Can cook Anything" I know that you have Lied

But yet curiosity consumes and pushing is a must

Yet everything you cook you burn I hope you turn to dust

Any kind of Microwave whether big or small

You make me want to smash it and throw it to the wall

I opened a package of popcorn today with a new microwave

pushed your button and a moment later was too burnt to save

I surrender, Popcorn Button you are to quick for me

So tomorrow I will by a new microwave without including thee

Mine works GREAT. I was amazed.

When I hit the popcorn button, it first offers the setting for a 3.5oz bag, so I choose that, because it is the exact size bag I use.

It works wonderfully.

One thing I like to do, though, is lay the bag on a shallow bowl, so it isn't touching the microwave surface directly. I found that my popcorn STARTS to burn when it touches the carousel of the microwave (I think there might be some particles of food on the surface, and it heats the bag there a little faster).

Mine is a Panasonic "inverter" 1250 watt, high power. I bought it about 2 years ago for $100.

I get this question lol...I just got a new microwave and the old one the button worked fine. Then BANG! The new one burn's the popcorn so bad I was using air freshinger for some time. Oh My! Is it the corn in the bags or the difference in the MW's? Make's no diff. to me burnt is burnt!

The popcorn button on my microwave runs for two minutes and forty seconds. The popcorn generally needs three minutes to pop thoroughly. So I just press 3-0-0 and Start. I don't mind the extra button pushes!

Shelby,

you have to stop buying that "high-end" stuff and come down to earth with the rest of us mortals. I use the "popcorn" button all the time and it works just fine, and I want to thank you for now drawing attention to this. Now I will have extra reading to do before I make popcorn - so much for simple pleasures huh?

I bet you also tell kids to look to see if the wrappers their lollipops are covered with are made from "recycled material" as well huh? I also bet your summer time frozen popsicles are the ones that don't have "wood" as the holding piece to the frozen flavored ice either huh?

Is there anything else you would like to ruin for me now that we are on the topic of popcorn? LOL!!!

Have a great "eco" or "green" day!

Gerry

I dont know why they how those settings! On my microwave it ask you like 10 questions before it starts... just to see how big the bag of popcorn is... and sometimes that works but if u happen to answer one wrong... charge that popcorn to the game...!

I use the popcorn setting (I guess I never read the labels...) but I still stay by the micro and listen for the popping to slow to a couple of seconds apart. Comes out fine.

on a few brands of microwaves you can save the time setting of the popcorn button... so its not totally useless .. i used the button all the time i had popcorn.. took a while to get the "prefect" time. so its not all useless..

The last time I used it the bag of popcorn caught fire.

About 5 pieces popped before it happened.

I've never used the button so I don't know what it does.

I just set for 1 minute and 45 seconds... all done.