What have you microwaved that shouldn’t be microwaved?

1. This is probably a mundane one but a flatmate and I at uni decided to see whether we could make bread with incredibly out of date yeast and a microwave. We made the dough and put it in the microwave and went about doing other stuff. Smoke started coming out of the gaps around the door and when we noticed and opened the door the (now largely charred) dough had given out a LOT of smoke. We tried very hard to get rid of the horrible smelling smoke through opening the window etc. Particularly considering that if the smoke alarm had been set off campus security would have come and the whole building (about 50 people) would have had to leave due to the alarm. It's all good though. The bread was shaped like a dick btw
   — GrumpyBrit


2. when we were wayyyy younger, my cousin once microwaved a full can of coke. he took one sip and couldnt taste shit for a week.
   — bob905


3. A cigarette.. It was stale and I microwaved it along with a bowl of water to "rehydrate it." Actually worked quite well.
   — InTheTrenches1899






4. A taco wrapped in aluminum foil. I was 12 I should have known better, but I was never told that you shouldn’t do that. 15 seconds later the taco caught on fire, but after turning the microwave off and taking it out it was still cold Edit: grammar issue
   — grungysillystraw


5. Someone at my office once microwaved jalapenos for 30 minutes instead of 30 seconds. (Got distracted and forgot about them) We had to evacuate the entire floor after a substance similar to tear gas started coming from the breakroom.
   — KellyAnn3106


6. Not me but I was with my friend who had apparently never made top ramen before. I walked into my kitchen to see my microwave flashing blue lights and making an awful noise, so I freaked out and opened the door. This dumbass not only left the unopened flavor packet in the bowl, but he didn't even put any fucking water in the bowl. Just dumped the package in and started cooking it as if it would spontaneously create a bowl of delicious noodles.
   — madentr12






7. Chocolate pudding cup. I had delicious visions of it turning into a pudding version of a chocolate molten lava cake. Well, no. The plastic cup got warped, and the goo that emerged resembled puppy poop.
   — SarahWritesBest


8. We had company over and one of the men said in passing that if you put an egg in the microwave it explodes. Nobody noticed my young sister wandering off a few minutes later and then innocently coming back to the dining room.... BOOM.
   — karenvideoeditor


9. a 100-pack spindle of DVD-Rs
   — acawas






10. FISH... in the work breakroom. funny thing is, i worked with a bunch of fillipinos and they would ALWAYS nuke their stinky fish dishes and shellfish and no one would say a damn thing, but when whiteboy nukes his tuna noodle casserole ONE TIME...
    — tunersharkbitten


11. A loaf of sliced bread...in the bag....with the metal twist tie. It caught on fire.
    — Angrybakersf


12. My friend’s sister microwaved her hamster.
    — LaurenLumos






13. Never microwave popcorn bags without removing the plastic first.
    — Virtalen