Eggs Made in a Microwave and Bishul Akum

I have heard that scrambled eggs, omelets, and hard boiled eggs can be made in a microwave by a non-Jew as this process mitigates the bishul akum problem. Is that correct?

Although contemporary poskim differ on this question, the OU is not matir bishul akum through microwaves. Rabbi Genack once discussed this shailah with Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt”l, who told him that the OU should be machmir regarding cooking with microwaves.

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