[Eileen]

hi everyone,

About a month or less to go before I start on my new red abstrakt kitchen !
I have one big cooking question for my fellow ikeafans....which may effect the kind of cabinets that i get...

Has anyone had an Advantium speedcook/microwave oven for a while? I have bought a 240 from someone on craigs & checked that it works. But it won't be installed until the kitchen is. So I still have time to change my mind and resell ( I was looking at the new Miele steam wall oven that you don't need to run plumbing to).

I would like to hear from someone who has experienced the actual cooking process with the advantium and (very important) actually tasted how the food comes out

thanks for your time, eileen

[GardenOfDarwin]

We've had our Advantium for 2 years and aside from the problems we've had with it (due almost entirely, I'm sure, to the fact that it was damaged to begin with though sold to us AS NEW by an unreputable eBay seller), I've loved cooking with it. It takes a bit to get used to, but the cookbook that we got with ours gave a bunch of recipes that make it easier to get started, and then to adapt your own recipes.

I loved the fact that I could bake a lasagna in 17 minutes! If you consider reselling, let me know...now that we've got the 240 connection, I might be interested in one that is known to work!

Susan

[DesignDiva]

I have heard of some problems and issues with the Advantium, but primarily with the 120V model. The 240V model seems to be pretty decent.

[Emmie9999]

I've been using the 120v OTR since September. As a microwave, I love it! We previously had a Sharp Half Pint cube that was 18 years old, so anything was better, but still it's really great in that capacity.

With the 120v, I've noticed the Speedcook is not that much more speedy than using the oven in my range. I have heard wonderful things about the 240v, both as an OTR and as a wall oven. It really is very speedy, and food comes out of it beautifully. I do like the quality of the food that comes out of the 120v.

One regret I have with mine: I did not realize that with the 120v OTR you cannot fit a 13 x 9 casserole because the turntable must turn at all times. My mother's GE OTR has a rack you can attach so you can bake large casserole dishes on the convection setting. I shoulda been a bit more careful about checking which OTR did what