Comments on: Cooking

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:15:00 +0000

@Carrie — sorry you don’t like it. Why did you buy it? What features led to the original purchase?

I don’t know how to stop the tray from rotating. I don’t know how to do that in my Microwave either. More importantly, since the advantium isn’t an oven and the cooking elements aren’t distributed perfectly around the interior, I don’t know that you’d get even baking/cooking if things didn’t rotate.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:42:04 +0000

I have a GE Advantium 120 microwave/convection oven, and I absolutely hate it. It is atrociously inconvenient. Switching trays (from microwaving to baking) is bad enough, but you also have to add a stupid rotator thing under the metal pan. Worse yet, is that there is no apparent way to stop the tray from rotating — so even though the oven is large enough for a 9×13 pan, the rotation causes the pan to keep hitting the front and back of the oven during the entire cooking process. I hate this oven so much. If it hadn’t been so difficult to install, I would have returned it. P.S. Did I mention that I hate my GE Advantium 120?

By: Vassili

Vassili — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:59:53 +0000

found you by googling Advantium. We are unique in that we bought a 240 over the range, for our new FL cottage, and then shortley thereafter a NIB 2005 120V over the range for our CT home…..it’s been interesting cooking with both. For sure if we ever remodel the kitchen in CT, we are getting a 240. I’ve joined the Advantium group at yahoogroups, and tried to find info and recipies….I’ve been a gadget guy since birth. Had dad buy my mom (while she was away visiting her sister) an new kitchen, circa 1976,,,,,,new Fridgidaire Touch ‘N Cook glass panel touchpad range…….over a grand in ’76, Fridgidaire Jet Cone Washer and top freezer “refreshment center’ refer.dragged home a friends broken Corning Counterrange, the year before, as we were building our new rec room with kitchenette,,,,,complete with Corning Cookmates…..the only stuff you could use on the cooktop.I’d like to see some more discussion of reciepes and maybe a cookbook? for Advantium owners?This appliance has long been neglected at GE. Me being an appliance geek, knew all about it, but the stores have not a clue.in closing I’ll tell you that tonight we decided to cook steaks in the 120, and found out it takes LONGER than conventional cooking……!!!Dan
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By: Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:12:09 +0000

I have an Advantium 120. The sales person didn’t tell me that you couldn’t use 9×13 casseroles, which I use all the time, and that you couldn’t stop the tray from rotating. Has anyone figured out how to bypass the rotating tray on this model and use larger casseroles.

Mary Ellen

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:35:27 +0000

You can use anything you want — as long as you’re careful with the Microwave feature. Because of that, we almost always use the types you’re referring to as using the microwave as one of the cooking types usually decreases the overall cooking times quite measurably.

By: Jan Nielsen

Jan Nielsen — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:31:00 +0000

We just bought the Advantium 240 (still in the box in the garage). The sales rep told us we could use any type of baking dish – not just restricted to glass. But as I read through the instructions, I am very unclear as to whether I can use aluminum pans or not. It only refers to pyrex, corning ware, and certain plastics. Can you clarify this for me?

By: Dan Dureiko

Dan Dureiko — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:19:28 +0000

found you by googling Advantium. We are unique in that we bought a 240 over the range, for our new FL cottage, and then shortley thereafter a NIB 2005 120V over the range for our CT home…..it’s been interesting cooking with both. For sure if we ever remodel the kitchen in CT, we are getting a 240. I’ve joined the Advantium group at yahoogroups, and tried to find info and recipies….
I’ve been a gadget guy since birth. Had dad buy my mom (while she was away visiting her sister) an new kitchen, circa 1976,,,,,,new Fridgidaire Touch ‘N Cook glass panel touchpad range…….over a grand in ’76, Fridgidaire Jet Cone Washer and top freezer “refreshment center’ refer.
dragged home a friends broken Corning Counterrange, the year before, as we were building our new rec room with kitchenette,,,,,complete with Corning Cookmates…..the only stuff you could use on the cooktop.
I’d like to see some more discussion of reciepes and maybe a cookbook? for Advantium owners?
This appliance has long been neglected at GE. Me being an appliance geek, knew all about it, but the stores have not a clue.
in closing I’ll tell you that tonight we decided to cook steaks in the 120, and found out it takes LONGER than conventional cooking……!!!
Dan

By: RainyDayInterns

RainyDayInterns — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:23:05 +0000

We just finished the in-wall repair and thought others may benefit from our experience.

Here is the link:
http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2009/Home/July/Week2/RDMHomeJul1109.htm#AdvantiumBulbReplacement

Click on any of the images for a larger version.

Sincerely,
RainyDayInterns

By: Mr C

Mr C — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:06:05 +0000

Yeah…it’s the oven’s removal from the wall that’s the problem. A smart serviceman can do the job by himself, But it requires some planning. I doubt most servicemen will understand what needs to be done in preparation to remove and reinstall the oven.

Actually it’s the re-installation onto the wall bracket that is hard.

I will bet you the problem is not the circuit board but the actual magnetron. And as mentioned previously, replacement of that item is definitely a multi-hour job. You should try to get a fixed repair price before they begin.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:01:12 +0000

@Mary — that’s too bad. Maybe the estimate will be too high. I’m not sure why it would require 2 people unless they need to pull the whole thing out of cabinet?