Yes, but some times the popping is just the food unfreezing. If the food is not burning and staying cold at the same time, then do nothing.

I wish inverter type microwaves were standard. The vast majority of residential microwave ovens only modulate on like a 10 second interval. So you put it on power setting 3 or 30 and it will pump out full power for 3 seconds then off for 10 seconds. This works for things like defrosting meat, but a bunch of foods will still start popping and drying out in those few seconds. Inverter microwaves modulate many times a second so they can warm much more fragile foods without searing them.

Yep. Same reason you don’t run your conventional oven at max for most food types.

Not today, Mandela.

Works with forks too