What Is the Microwave Is Too Small

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses experiences and challenges faced by participants when dealing with microwaves that are too small for certain cooking tools, particularly the Deep Covered Baker (DCB). Participants share personal anecdotes about how they have navigated these situations during cooking events.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based

Main Points Raised

  • One participant mentions arriving at a party and finding the microwave too small for the DCB and the planned recipe.
  • Another participant shares that their home microwave is small but still accommodates the DCB, albeit with limitations.
  • One user suggests using the oven as an alternative when the microwave is inadequate.
  • A participant recounts a humorous experience where a host's neighbor brought over a larger microwave when the original one was too small.
  • Some participants note that removing the lid from the DCB can help fit it into a microwave with a small door opening.
  • One participant emphasizes the importance of confirming microwave dimensions during host coaching to avoid issues.
  • Another shares a story of adapting a recipe when the microwave was not tall enough, resulting in a creative workaround.
  • Several users mention the relativity of size and how perceptions can vary, with one participant humorously commenting on societal perceptions of size.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on the best strategies for handling small microwaves, and no clear consensus emerges regarding a single solution or approach.

Contextual Notes

Participants share personal experiences from cooking events, highlighting the variability in microwave sizes and the creative solutions they employed.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants who encounter similar challenges with microwave sizes during cooking demonstrations may find these shared experiences relevant.

winklermom
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What do you do if you arrive at the party and realize that the "big" microwave, isn't that big and is too small for the DCB and the recipe that you had planned? :eek:
 
Well minie is too small at home, and it still works it just does not go around in a complete circle. I can fit the DCB in it.
 
put it in the oven at @ 400

what are you making?
 
I've only had that happen once & it was litterally too small to fit the stone inside & close the door. The host's neighbor went next door, and came back 2 min's later with hubby in tow carrying HER microwave! LOL
 
Sometimes if you take the lid off, you can actually put the crock in - then put the lid on it inside the microwave...it's the door opening that is too small.
 
That's why I always ask the host if it'll fit when they choose a recipe that calls for the Deep Covered Baker.
 
Always check during host coaching to make sure the microwave is at least 13" x 13" x 7.5"
 
I had this happen once. Host assured me it would fit, but didn't. We were doing the loaded baked chowder. I "baked" the potatoes like you normally would for baked pot. in the micro. then added things to the batter bowl, cooked as directed in micro. and then dumped it back in the baker and finished in the oven. It was totally crazy but worked in the end.
 
I had that happen once. The host insisted it was a full size micro, but I forgot to have her really double check the measurement. Her micro was large and wide, just not tall enough. So, what I did was cook it with the lid inverted for the beginning steps of the recipe (I was making the Grilled Chicken Penne al Fresca) and then when I added the pasta I had to resort to covering the baker with saran wrap. It wasn't as good and that HOT plastic wrap was a pain to deal with when I had to take it out 1/2 way of the cooking to stir it. I burned my arm by the steam, too. No one noticed, though. I sold 2 DCB's at that show! :D
 
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As it turned out, her microwave was huge! The biggest one that I've seen but she had told me that it was "medium" sized.
 
Size is relative.
 
Don't forget if the DDB won't turn, you need to invert the turntable so it doesn't break the piece that makes it turn. I learned this the hard way - at least on my own microwave.
 
I have forgotten to ask a few times about the size of the micro. Once, I was making the Chicken Penne Al Fresco. Ended up boiling the pasta on the stove top. Another time, I was able to angle the DCB in the microwave, kind of tipped, and it worked.
 
raebates said:
Size is relative.

That's because women have been told that this (gestures with two hands) is six inches for years!

(sorry, couldn't resist!)
 
magentablue said:
that's because women have been told that this (gestures with two hands) is six inches for years!

(sorry, couldn't resist!)

rotflmbo....:D
 

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