According to electric appliance firms, about one in every three families on Taiwan owns a microwave, but "most people use it for warming up leftovers instead of cooking," says Lawrence Lee, who thinks most families neglect its main purpose.
與冷凍食品烹調關係最密切微波爐，據家電廠商估計，目前國內家庭微波爐的擁有率大約三成左右；而且「大多數家庭是將微波爐用來熱剩菜剩飯，而不是用來烹調食品」，李文誓認為國內多數家庭都將微波爐的用途糟蹋了。此外，國內冷凍微波食品在製造過程中，廠商多已將之完全煮熟。