Container for microwave heating including means for modifying microwave heating distribution, and method of using same

摘要

A container for holding a body of material to be heated in a microwave oven, the container having at least one surface provided with a structure for generating within the container a microwave energy mode of a higher order than that of the container fundamental modes, wherein the mode generating structure has a periphery formed with a multiplicity of protuberances distributed around its perimeter for diffusing the heating effect of the higher order mode microwave energy.