By now, you know all about the cavity magnetron and how it makes the microwave oven possible. Unless, of course, you skipped the entire informative part of this article without reading it, just so you could to jump straight into the appliance-destroying carnage. (Bad! Bad!)

The cavity magnetron – a hole-filled cylinder sandwiched between two powerful magnets – is the device responsible for generating the actual microwaves used to heat your hot chocolate and frozen waffles. You can find one inside every household microwave oven... if you don't mind completely destroying it in the process.

But microwave ovens are incredibly dangerous devices on the inside. So please, do not try this at home. (Or anywhere else, for that matter!) Instead, leave the destruction to YES Mag. Live vicariously through us as we dismantle a microwave oven and dig out its cavity magnetron.