10 minutes is 999 of course.

8:88 is closer to 10 minutes than 9:99

66 is better for 1 minute

Are those seconds? As in is 100 = one minute or 100 seconds? Because

111sec ~= 2min

444sec ~= 7 1/2 min

999sec ~= 16 1/2 min

Glad to find a like-minded individual here. I generally do either 33 for that half minute heat, 55 for when it doesn't quite need a minute, and 88, because after a buck thirty I should be stirring (if applicable).

We had an old microwave that had the button. It failed. I went and brought a new one home, and much to my wife's chagrin, as is in my nature, I failed to notice the lack of 30s button.

Interesting. My microwave does exactly that and I use it all the time. It also has "more" and "less" buttons to fine adjust the time by increments of 10 seconds, meaning I never have to enter a number or hit "start" most of the time.

Look at this nerd setting the power level. Just cook it on full blast like everyone else. Just let whatever it is sit and the lava parts will warm up the frozen parts eventually.

Normal person: guess I have to enter the correct cook time

Me: enter cook time as 5 and start and then you can still smash +30 sec

That's my thing. Why push lot buttons when one do trick?