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Intelligent Microwave Popcorn Popper
Bags of pop-corn take more/less time depending on many factors. If you pop too long, you get burnt popcorn. Don't pop long enough and you waste kernals. | |
So what is an avid popcorn affactionado to do? He/She could sit and listen to the popping noises, waiting for the interval between pops to reach the point where it will start burning. But why waste your time? Put a chip in the microwave to time the interval and shut off the microwave when it is done.
That way you could put in the popcorn bag, press a special "Popcorn Button" and come back to find the perfect bag of popcorn!
Halfbakery: "Microwave Popcorn Readiness Detector"
http://www.halfbake...eadiness_20Detector
20 June 03 | From the HB, circa Oct 01. [bristolz, Oct 04 2004]
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That would mean that every popcorn lover has to buy a new microwave. Would they do that? It would be simpler to pack a little explosive with the popcorn. When the grease gets too hot it sets off the explosive which blasts out the door of microwave and stops it. |
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//Bags of pop-corn take more/less time depending on many factors.//
Do we already know the time interval between pops that will declare the perfect popcorn propogation?
Please advise whether acoustic sensor is necessary.
sp. kernel
sp. aficionado |
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[kbecker]
Obviously HBGC e++
I like your idea better. |
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[kbecker] microwave doors have latches. |
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I like this idea. As intelligent as microwaves already are, it shouldn't be too hard to add this. |
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My microwave has a popcorn feature...Or do you mean something more spacific for different preferences of popcorn? |
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Maybe it's just me, but I find I can't time popcorn any better by acoustic analysis than my microwave's popcorn button. |
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A real popcorn ‘aficionado’ wouldn’t use a bag or a microwave unless they were preparing popcorn-on-the-cob. And they would never be seen in the company of store-bought microwave popcorn. It’s sacrilegious. |
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This is one of the best HB ideas i've ever seen. |
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Uhh dude ,,what you are talking about is a micro wave with a moisture sensor ,, we have one , and it has a popcorn button , it will nuke a bag of popcorn just right , you only have 10-15 unpoped kernals, every time ,, oh and it also has a baked potato , soup , Smart defrost , reheat , hard veg and soft veg , bacon , fish and ground beef buttons and is VERRRY progromable ,, it is a Frigidaire |
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Fellow bakers,
Please excuse [zippyt]. This ardent baker is suffering from severe overpunctuation. We will also recommend that [zippyt] purchase an over-the-counter pregnancy test, as we have yet to see a period. |
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While he may have poor punctuation he has a good microwave. I have one similar to it and it cooks popcorn perfectly, every time. |
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My microwave "popcorn" setting leaves quite a few unpopped kernels. If I follow the package directions and nuke on "high" until the popping noises get to be about 2 seconds apart, there are only a few kernels left. So, popcorny croissant for you! |
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an avid popcorn fan would be using a popcorn machine and not eating inferior microwave popcorn. |
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