Backyard Renegade wrote:

Sounds like some of you are questioning us that have actually put pans
or spoons in microwaves. Rick, Brian, the rest, I have personally put
metal objects in microwaves by accident and on purpose and they
sparked and crackled. May be that technology has changed, or maybe you
have not done it but you can. Do a little experiment with mom's micro
and set a spoon or pan in and cook on high for a couple of minutes and
tell us of the real time results as opposed to these off handed
slights of our experiences? That would probably clear things up at
least for now. I will trust you, if you say nothing happened so be it,
I will know that technology has changed since the early 80's when I
sold the TI products.
Scotty

I put metal utensils in the microwave all the time and it causes no
problems. The oven in question was purchased in the early 90's. Aluminum
foil is also no problem. Staples, twist ties and such will cause sparks
and fires, as I've accidentally discovered on a few occasions.