Microwave dish useful for cooking e.g. pizza evenly over entire base

摘要

A microwave dish has a base (11) including a layer (13) with microwave-heatable material and having a main region (15) with a larger part of the material, and a peripheral region (14) which absorbs less energy than the main region. The dish may be round with an annular main region thicker than the peripheral region and having a thinner central region (16). Alternatively, the layer may be a mixture of ferrite and high-temperature vulcanizing silicone rubber, with the ratio of ferrite and silicone rubber higher in the main than the peripheral region. The dish base may conform to the shape of a pizza. Also claimed is a method of cooking a round food product, partic. a pizza, with the dish alone preheated in a microwave oven.