were they placed in exactly the same spot in your microwave? many microwaves have a variety of hot spots and cool spots
well, my microwave has a platter that goes around in a circle when it's running so i guess it just mumped your hot/cool spots theorem right in the ass.
they would be hot and cool circles then
What was the density of each of the piles? (more or less spread out?)
What was the proximity of the each pile to the center of the microwave (i.e. circling around the center or just rotating right on the center)
How long did each stay in the microwave after the cook time had ended?
A lot of variables that haven't been accounted for in the initial assessment.
1) very similar plate density- no piles, each plate only had 1 layer of burnt ends
2) circling around the exact center, these types of things are important to me
3) i was standing at the microwave watching the clock count down to zero and pulled the burnt ends out immediately when the alarm went off.
come on you guys, i'm not a rough ridin' noob.