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(William R. Watt) wrote in message ...
Rick ) writes:
William R. Watt wrote:

(caution: It the oil were in a metal container it would have to be put in a
glass or plastic container before going in the microwave.)

Why?

because you can't put metal containers in a microwave oven. they reflect
the microwaves instead of letting them pass through into the stuff inside.
I've never tried putting a metal container in a microwave but its supposed
to be noisy and ruin the microwave oven. There is one exception which is a
metal container with a sepcial coating for microwaves. I have an aluminum
pie plate coated for microwave use which I put under other containers
sometimes to catch drips of condensation.

In the early 80's I worked in the South as a salesman for a company
that sold commercial electronics. We featured a microwave oven by
Texas Instruments that had a pattented thing a ma jig that deflected
microwaves from returning to the point of origin (the "tube"). We
would freak out folks by putting any metal pan full of water in the
microwave without any concequences or the noise and crackles. Of
course it would not heat the water, but you could not blow it up with
a pan. It was a patented device and I have not seen one since.
Warning, this was one commercial microwave speciffically designed not
to be damaged by accidental introduction of metal or other reflective
material into it. DO NOT TRY THIS WITH YOUR TI MICROWAVE! Thanks,
Scotty