My husband j cooked a potatoe in one of those quilted poatoe bags. It caught on fire. If he wasn't standing there it would of started the microwave on fire. We had to throw it away. Definitely not safe.

Welcome to the board from Iowa. I have heard that about those bags. Thank you for the information.

heard this several times, not good! :cry:

Hi I'm from Iowa!I'm a housewife and mother of two. . Grandmother of six.

I have made these potatoe bags entirely from cotton including the batting just like the instructions said. Our microwave is an 1100W and when I set it for 5 min. I had burn spots on the bag. If we time 2min and 3min. we don't have a problem, but I would never leave them unattended. I think it is the higher wattage microwaves that are doing it. Perhaps when this bag was designed there were no microwaves over 900W. Just my thoughts.

I posted that about a year ago.........it was a good thing I was standing right there. it frightened the bagebbers out of me.

I haven't had problems. Mine is 100% cotton and I set it for 8 minutes to start with and then reset if needed.
I have heard it must be 100% cotton.
My microwave ovens are fairly new and they are over 1000w. Don't know why some have problems, but I will not sell them in a bazaar or give them as gifts since I heard of the fire hazard.

Hello and welcome to the board ! Glad you joined us :lol:

They now make a special batting for the potato bags that does not catch fire in the microwave :thumbup:

I thought they had come out with a new fabric that would not catch on fire. Thanks for letting me know differently.

I love these bags, but not for baking potatoes. Great for putting fruit in lunch bags, fruit dosent get bruised. Also great for keeping pudding/yogurt cool in lunch bags. The bags also work great for Barbie sleeping bags.