“…Physicochemical changes in muscle components, mainly in proteins during thermal processing are among the most influential factors affecting quality parameters such as palatability, bioavailability, digestibility, and also cooking efficiency. These changes at cooking‐related temperatures result from denaturation of proteins and intermolecular cross‐links formation, which then causes structural changes in meat, for instance, cell membrane destruction, aggregation and gel formation of sarcoplasmic, and myofibrillar proteins and solubilization of the connective tissue (Bindu, Gopal, & Nair, ; Bindu, Ravishankar, & Gopal, ; Luo, Taylor, Nebl, Ng, & Bennett, ; Tornberg, ). Although moisture and salt contents of the food material are the key factors affecting the efficiency of microwave energy, other components such as fat could be influential as well.…”