I put a frozen pretzel on a plastic microwave safe dish on top of a paper towel. Set it on high for 1 minute, and came back before the minute and the paper towel was on fire inside the oven. Ive used them in the microwave a zillion times and its never happened. What happened???
2006-12-17 20:23:51 · 11 answers · asked by Kitty K 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
you might only want to use the brand thats made for microwaving, the plastic plate or grease might have been part of the cause but its also possible if that brand of towel is made from recycled paper, that it has some particles in it that attracted more heat than usual.
2006-12-17 20:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It most certainly WILL NOT burn if set to the correct temperature; I DO IT ALL THE TIME at 300 F. Anyone one said no or something rude is ignorant of the burning point of paper/paper towels (roughly 400-500) and did 0 research. If one paper towel were to catch on fire, it is in your metal oven and will burn out quickly anyway. Whether or not chemicals are released from the paper towel I am not sure but there is multiple chemicals that help will color and durability in paper towels. They will burn in the microwave.
2016-05-23 03:57:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There had to be some form of metal in the microwave.
You could microwave a paper towel all day long and it wouldn't catch on fire by itself.
There had to be thin wire, metal shavings, etc. present to create sparks and ignite the towel.
--Unless for some odd reason your microwave itself (magnetron, turnstile motor, etc.) is giving off sparks or overheating. Never heard of this happening though.
2006-12-17 20:45:56 · answer #3 · answered by dropkick 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Paper On Fire
2016-12-10 14:37:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This shouldn't happen. It sounds like something is up with your microwave or you are using really really cheap paper towel which has something other than paper in it.
2006-12-17 20:31:12 · answer #5 · answered by mz_ajax_x 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
is bounty paper towels okay to use in a microwave
2015-06-09 12:32:51 · answer #6 · answered by Theresa Carpenetti 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I've never heard of that before. Maybe there was some metal or something else in your microwave that you didn't know about.
2006-12-17 21:22:09 · answer #7 · answered by MizzGibson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe there is some aluminum or metal in the paper towels u r using...maybe mercury
2006-12-17 20:30:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not try it and see?
Just make sure your parents are around incase of it does catch fire
2006-12-17 20:25:53 · answer #9 · answered by gord's360 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alluminuim foil will make more sparks than the 4th of july.but paper will burn
2006-12-17 20:31:16 · answer #10 · answered by bri n 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋