What’s the best way to clean a microwave oven once it’s gotten a full work out?
AT: Clean it consistently and avoid build up which like anything, maintained, they perform better and last longer. Wipe it out at the end of each day with a damp cloth for daily maintenance. Angela’s Top Tip for when your microwave oven looks like a bowl of Bolognese exploded inside of it: document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘adsense_ad_2_hidden’).innerHTML; For a full clean, I choose to steam: I get a a dish of water and a teaspoon of lemon juice and turn the microwave oven on high for 5 minutes . This gets everything inside the oven soft and then it’s a snap to wipe clean- plus you’re left with a citrus-fresh scent when you’re done. I clean off the outside every day with a household cleaner and to keep the fingerprints and buttons cleaned off. Note: Angela walks the walk- she’s got two, state-of-the-art microwaves in her kitchen to keep it feeling like the commercial kitchens she used to cook in when she was a restaurant chef. For more
