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Turntable for rotating food being cooked in a microwave oven, including a rotatable platform upon which the food is mounted and a drive motor positioned to the side of the platform. The turntable is made of a material having a low loss tangent at microwave frequencies, and the drive motor is surroun

Turntable for rotating food being cooked in a microwave oven, including a rotatable platform upon which the food is mounted and a drive motor positioned to the side of the platform. The turntable is made of a material having a low loss tangent at microwave frequencies, and the drive motor is surrounded by a shielding enclosure which reflects microwaves. In one of the disclosed embodiments, the turntable can also be used in conventional ovens.

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A portable turntable for use in the cooking cavity of a microwave oven, comprising a generally planar base which rests on the floor of the oven cavity, a generally planar platform including a ring of gear teeth rotatively mounted on the base in close proximity to the floor of the oven cavity with no

A portable turntable for use in the cooking cavity of a microwave oven, comprising a generally planar base which rests on the floor of the oven cavity, a generally planar platform including a ring of gear teeth rotatively mounted on the base in close proximity to the floor of the oven cavity with no drive mechanism beneath either the platform or the base, and a drive motor assembly mounted on the upper side of the base to one side of the platform for rotatively driving the platform, said drive motor assembly including an enclosure which is reflective to microwave energy, an output shaft extending through a microwave attenuating passageway in one wall of the enclosure and a drive gear mounted on the shaft outside the enclosure in driving engagement with the gear teeth on the platform, said drive motor assembly being of substantially smaller lateral extent than the platform and being positioned in one corner of the oven cavity.