Microwave oven

Microwave ovens are small appliances that can be used to cook simple meals in The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, and The Sims 4. The object can be found in buy mode under "Appliances → Small appliances". In The Sims, they can be placed on end tables as well as on counters or surfaces that function as counters. In The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, they must be placed on counters or surfaces that function as counters. In The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, cooking skill points can be earned from using a microwave.
==The Sims==
In The Sims, a microwave oven can make quick meals or steak and beans like any other stove. A household can have a microwave oven and a full-scale stove, but if this is done, the player will have no control over which one the Sims use. Unlike stoves and the toaster oven, there is no risk of fire when cooking with a microwave.
===Positive Potential Microwave===
Required pack(s): none
Hunger: 2
Note: Must be placed on a counter or end table. Has a lower chance of starting a fire.
===Notes===
*Due to the way objects work in The Sims, recolors of Maxis objects are separate objects. Therefore, recolors of the Maxis microwave oven may have prices and Hunger values that are different from the originals.
==The Sims 2==
In The Sims 2, a microwave oven can only prepare a TV dinner and a Cup o' Ramen, and the Cup o' Ramen can only be prepared in a microwave; both of these dishes are single-serving only, meaning that group meals cannot be prepared with a microwave. Sims can burn food that is being cooked in a microwave, though it will not catch on fire. If a household has a microwave and a full scale stove, clicking on the microwave and choosing to make a TV dinner does not ensure that the Sim will use the microwave. Microwaves may break like many other appliances. If FreeTime is installed, they can be tinkered with.
===Brand Name Zip Zap Microwave===
Required pack(s): none
Hunger: 2
Available colors: White
===The Nanowaver===
Required pack(s): FreeTime
Hunger: 2
Available colors: Stainless Steel, Red, Blue, Green
===Flashwave Microwave by Kitchensations===
Required pack(s): Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff
Hunger: 2
Available colors: Black, Beige, Orange, White, Brown, Yellow, Peach
==The Sims 3==
In The Sims 3, Sims can prepare a quick microwave meal using the microwave, and Sims can microwave hot dogs and tofu dogs. University Life added ramen, pizza, popcorn, curry wurst, and a breakfast burrito as quick meals that can be microwaved.The Sims 3 University Life Game Guide at SimsVIP Microwaves do not appear to have a hunger rating.
===Steak & Prank Microwave===
Recolorable channels: 1
===The Nanowaver===
Recolorable channels: 3
===Deluxe Sonarange 2000===
Recolorable channels: 4
===Presumed Classic Microwave===
Recolorable channels: 1
===Molly Mega's Microwave by Corebital Designs===
Recolorable channels: 4
===Professor Langston's Macro and Micro Waves Cooker===
Recolorable channels: 4
===Noble Nuker Microwave===
Recolorable channels: 4
===EmpireLine Microwave===
==The Sims 4==
In The Sims 4, the microwave can be used to prepare a microwave meal, microwave pastry, or oatmeal and to microwave glasses of water. Microwaves can be used by children.
Object name 	Price 	Description	Game
The Wavescatter 	§240 	Built with salvaged materials from discarded 80's electronic children's toys and assembled by haphazardly-trained gerbils, the Wavescatter is the perfect microwave for the budget-conscious bachelor who loves his meals burnt on the outside and frozen in the center.Available colors: beige, green, grey, blue, black, pink
Food Quality: 3Power Consumption Rating: 4Reliability: 3	
The Food Annihilator	§470 	Our microwave will blast your leftovers with radiation so thoroughly and with such intensity that no living thing should approach it for decades. Other microwaves just raise your food's temperature slightly, but when you want food that's been permanently sterilized, there's only one name in the business: FOOD ANNIHILATOR.Available colors: white, light grey, dark grey
Food Quality: 4Power Consumption Rating: 4Reliability: 5	
The Omniwaver 	§795 	For the finest in microwave cooking, it has to be the Omniwaver. This incredible device bombards your food with a previously undiscovered form of radiation. We can't promise that the omicron waves will cook your food faster, or hotter, than conventional microwaves, but many they really bring out the flavor somehow!Available colors: beige w/ brown, grey w/ gold, dark grey w/ light grey
Food Quality: 5Power Consumption Rating: 4Reliability: 8	
The Schmapple Micro 	§1,920	What if a microwave could give you less of what you don't want, and more of what you don't realize you need? Things like a larger viewing area, and three life-changing colors? Well, you can have it right now. Introducing: The Schmapple Micro. It's microwaves, to the Power of You.Available colors: gold w/ grey, black w/ grey, cyan w/ grey, pink w/ grey, white w/ grey, purple w/ grey, red w/ grey
Food Quality: 8Power Consumption Rating: 9Reliability: 8	
==References==
Category:Objects that appear in all games
Category:Kitchen objects