Microwave Problems

Microwave problems? Can I still use it?

So I just tried melting some chocolate in the microwave because I'm making a dessert. I put some chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and warmed it up for 40 seconds. It wasn't completely melted so I warmed it up for another 55 seconds but before it was done I smelled something and smoke was sort of coming out of the inside so I quickly stopped it. There was a lot of smoke inside. I took out the chocolate and part of it was sorta squishy but the other part was REALLY hard and there was black spot on it because it was burned. So was this smoke from the chocolate are is there something wrong with the microwave? The smell wasn't horrible bad because it did smell like smoke/chocolate. I tried warming up more chocolate after that in a different bowl for 10 seconds twice and 15 seconds once and nothing happened. I warmed it up more than once so I could mix it together a little. So what do you think? The microwave is only like three years old. Maybe less.

Public Comments

1. Put a glass of water in it and see if it heats it up... if not then its done for.
2. is your bowl mekted if so it was the bowl also put a cup of water in fo 20 seconds and see how warm it is if its warm its nost your microwave if it is than its jus your microawave
3. if you tried it the 2nd time and nothing happened then the microwave is fine you can still use it just don't over heat chocolate that high in the microwave the 1st time.
4. Yeah it's probably dead. Too expensive to repair, so just replace.
5. I think it was just the burning of the chocolate. When melting a hard substance you need to cut or chop it up in small pieces. Melting chocolate is better done with a double boiler.
6. First you need to find out how old it is next (if you find out how old it is) see what repairs can be made by opening it up,be sure its not plugged in, if you don't know how to fix it call some one to help, if its age is over four years you need a new one no questions asked! You most likely need a new microwave but it could just be the chocolate some brands don't melt.
7. I think it was just your chocolate burning I have had mine do that and it was fine afterward just keep an Eye e on it and you will know
8. I really do not understand your problem here. You nuked a bowl of chocolate and it smoked. So now clean up the microwave and try to heat up something else. If it heats up then the microwave is ok, otherwise throw it out and buy a new one.
9. You burned the chocolate, not the micro-wave. The micro-wave heats water. The water and fat in the chocolate must have separated, burning part of it. With the next batch try short 'zap's with stirring. Or put the chocolate bowl in a larger bowl with water in it. (sort of a double boiler, which is what should be used for melting chocolate). (Chocolate!.... DoooooooH)