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by littlestymaar 471 days ago
It used to be a real feature, but so many microwave makers made fake ones that popcorn sellers have been printing “do not use the popcorn button ” on their instructions for a while.

About the popcorn button: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Limpr1L8Pss&pp=ygUYcG9wY29ybiB...

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Then a microwave manufacturer says "do not worry about the warning saying do not use popcorn mode because our one works!"

But in seriousness don't rely on any auto turn off feature if it failing means a fire!