Microwave wattage conversion questions.

Yes. Use the formula original time × 1100 ÷ 700. For example, 3 minutes at 1100W converts to about 4 minutes and 43 seconds before optional kitchen-timer rounding.

The math is exact for a wattage estimate, but the cooking result is still practical rather than guaranteed. Food shape, container type, stirring, covering, moisture, and microwave efficiency can change the final result.

Yes. A 1000W microwave generally delivers more cooking power per second than a 700W microwave, so the 700W unit usually needs more time.

Enter 950W as your microwave wattage. You do not have to round to 900W or 1000W if you know the exact rating.

The app defaults to exact seconds. You can optionally round to the nearest 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 seconds when that is easier for a kitchen timer. For foods with safety concerns, do not rely on rounding alone; check internal temperature where needed.

Microwave energy interacts strongly with water and other polar molecules. Those molecules move rapidly as the field changes, and that molecular motion becomes heat in the food.

Moist foods contain more water for microwave energy to interact with. Dry, thick, or dense foods may heat more slowly or less evenly.

Not exactly. Microwave energy can penetrate partway into food, but heating still depends on food thickness, moisture, density, shape, and how heat moves after energy is absorbed. A thick center can still remain cooler than the outside.

Energy absorption is not perfectly even. Irregular shapes, frozen sections, dense centers, uneven moisture, and lack of stirring or rotation can leave some areas hotter and some areas cooler.

Read the How Microwaving Works guide for a plain-English explanation of water molecules, uneven heating, stirring, rotation, and standing time.

Usually no. Standing time is part of the product instructions and helps heat finish distributing through the food after the microwave stops.

The food may be thick, unevenly shaped, frozen harder than expected, or not stirred or rotated. Add short extra cooking increments, stir if appropriate, let it stand, and check again.

Use a food thermometer for foods that must reach a safe internal temperature, including poultry, ground meat, casseroles, leftovers, and other higher-risk foods. The Cooking Temps page lists common internal temperature targets.

No. Wattage conversion estimates cooking time. Food safety depends on whether the food reaches the right internal temperature throughout, especially in the thickest or coolest spots.

The app is API-first. A future embeddable widget can reuse the same /api/convert.php endpoint without duplicating the conversion rules.

Yes. The API defaults to exact-second results with rounding_seconds set to 1 unless a caller explicitly requests rounding.