"Shawn Hearn" > wrote in message
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> > I've never had an instance where just a few seconds made a difference in
> > what I was doing in the MW. No, I'd not pay a premium. Just curious,
given
> > that the unit is very old, is the keypad much cheaper than a new MW?
> > especially one with more power and probably better features?
>
> That's what I feel too. In all the years I have been cooking and
> using microwave ovens, I never found a reason not to use one minute
> intervals for cooking times with a microwave oven.

I used to do that until our old oven died and we bought a Panasonic 1300
Watt oven. If you put in say a large cup of coffee to reheat and you set any
longer than 35 sec it will be boiling and 25 sec is plenty for a hot dog.