How to Clean Food Splatter in an Advantium Oven

Cover moist foods, like spaghetti, when reheating them in the Advantium oven.

GE Appliances manufactures about seven Advantium oven models, at the time of publication. The commonality between these models is that they are based on microwave technology. Many households are familiar with the splatter that can occur after prolonged and careless cooking and reheating in any brand or model of microwave oven. This stale, caked on food debris and matter has to be cleaned or it will get worse, potentially damaging the oven's interior over time. General Electric states in most of its product descriptions for Advantium models that it is "faster than a conventional oven," and the cleanup process is just as expeditious.

Things You'll Need

• Small bowl or container
• Liquid dish soap
• Soft cloth or durable paper towels

Instructions

1. Press the "Clear/Off" or similar button to ensure the Advantium oven is off. Unplugging the power cord from the wall is unnecessary. Open the door. Allow the inside to cool down and air out if you just used the oven.

2. Run warm water from a faucet into the small bowl. Add enough dish soap to create suds and bubbles. Stir the solution. This soapy mixture will help to breakdown the splatter stains.

3. Dip the cloth in the soapy water. Wring dripping and excess water back into the bowl. Wipe down the stains on the oven's walls, ceiling, floor and turntable plate. Be sure you are collecting the large and small food particles as they fall to the bottom. Periodically shake food debris from the cloth off into the trash can.

4. Rinse the cloth in the sink. Wipe down the interior of the oven, getting stray food particles as well as residual soapy water. You may have to repeat this step, by re-rinsing the cloth two to three more times, until the splatter is gone.

Tips & Warnings

• For tougher stains, GE Appliances recommends a more robust splatter cleaning method that uses the "Speed Cook" feature. Read your owner's manual to learn how to program the microwave.

• Navigate to the GE Appliances "Owner's Manuals and Installation Instructions" website to download the manual specific to your oven's model number (see Resources).

• The model number in your oven is most likely located inside the appliance, on the left or right wall. Also, look on the frame around the oven door.

• Do not attempt to use corrosive "freestanding range" or "wall" oven cleaning solutions in your Advantium "microwave" oven. Avoid using metallic scouring pads because that could scratch the walls; also, broken metal pieces can create a fire hazard in the microwave.

References

• GE Appliances: GE Profile Advantium Ovens: Available Models
• GE Appliances: Café Advantium 120-volt -- Model# CSA1201: Owner's Manual
• GE Appliances: Profile Advantium 240-volt -- Model# PSA2201: Owner's Manual
• GE Appliances: Model Number and Serial Number Locator -- Microwave

Resources

• GE Appliances: Owner's Manuals and Installation Instructions
• GE Appliances: Appliance Service