In my Flat we still have a microwave that does not have a rotating plate. Insteadt it has a spinning rotor in the roof that deflects the waves in order to cook food evenly. It works well but it is needlessly complicated compared to modern microwaves.
Most microwaves have a spinning wave stirrer in addition to the rotating plate. From the description here, it just sounds like either your plate rotation motor is broken or you’ve got a weirdly simple microwave.
Usually it’s not inside the same chamber as the food as then it would be a nuisance to clean. You need to take a microwave apart to see the wave stirrer.
The diagrams I’ve seen show the wave stirrer on the roof. The microwaves I’ve seen have the ceramic plate on the side where the magnetron is so there’s no space for a stirrer.
Microwave oven. It sort of just…appeared, and the design didn’t change much.
Well at first it looked and had a UX more like a regular oven, but yeah idk how much the internal tech has changed.
In my Flat we still have a microwave that does not have a rotating plate. Insteadt it has a spinning rotor in the roof that deflects the waves in order to cook food evenly. It works well but it is needlessly complicated compared to modern microwaves.
Most microwaves have a spinning wave stirrer in addition to the rotating plate. From the description here, it just sounds like either your plate rotation motor is broken or you’ve got a weirdly simple microwave.
This is the first time I’ve heard that they have a wave stirrer. I’ve never seen one in person.
Usually it’s not inside the same chamber as the food as then it would be a nuisance to clean. You need to take a microwave apart to see the wave stirrer.
The diagrams I’ve seen show the wave stirrer on the roof. The microwaves I’ve seen have the ceramic plate on the side where the magnetron is so there’s no space for a stirrer.
But maybe don’t take apart a microwave unless you absolutely know what you are doing. Otherwise, what you find may be shocking.
Weirdly simple. It does not have a rotation motor. It is quite old.