potato bag fire
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 493
My daughter was given a set of these (all made with the "correct" materials). I warned her about them but she said she was assured by giver that they were safe. First time she used them she had a fire in her microwave. Fortunately it did not spread beyond microwave. Hmmmm....Mother knows best!
#12
I have a microwave that sparks when I put frozen bread in it. Microwaves are weird. I just nuke potatoes plain, no covering. Then you can wrap them in a damp towel when they come out and you get the same effect.
#15
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deltaville, VA
Posts: 139
I have made and given close to a hundred of these potato bags. Have only had one instance where it caught fire and that was me checking to see if the thread would make a difference (the problem happened because I put the bag in there empty - think that made the difference). Yep, I had used cotton covered poly thread and as I was standing right there I caught it just as it started to smoke. I love my potato bag, have even continued to use the one that the seam burned. Some people don't realize that a lot of cotton thread is really cotton covered poly. You have to make absolutely sure that everything is cotton. My microwave is one of the high powered ones.
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#16
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,821
I consider this to be the same warning with the bowl cozies that are so handy. Some say they have no problem heating something in the microwave with those in place. I don't chance it. I put the heated bowl in the cozy when taking it out. Hint: these work nicely for keeping a cold bowl of ice cream from your fingers, too!
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 4,299
I like the IDEA of a potato bag, but I just don't trust it enough to endanger my microwave's safety, or the safety of the microwaves of my loved ones.
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