Okay, so maybe something really big will take longer than two minutes, but no one's really sure how long, so you set it for TEN minutes and watch to see what explodes. This will help you determine the best way to cook it in your microwave. The very nature of the food itself determines much about the way it should be cooked.
Meat can be a tricky item to cook in the microwave.
If the piece of meat you're cooking has even fat distribution and no bones, the meat should cook fairly evenly. If it has fat pockets in certain areas or a bone running through the meat, you'll want to turn the piece of meat frequently during the cooking process. Meat is also one of the more dense foods you'll cook in a microwave. Dense foods require longer cooking times than light foods such as bread or brownies. In fact, these lighter items require such short heating times that cooks often overcook them and end up sucking every drop of moisture from an innocent piece of bread.