36 minutes ago, FauxPas said:@Shelby , I REALLY like the idea of one for meat and one for non-meat! Just not sure I have the counter space for that. My first two CSO's are pretty disgusting, I'm afraid. Steam-clean doesn't get everything and some of the grease is cooked-on at this point. Not sure there is a way to really clean them up again.
Mine was pretty gunked up and I cleaned it up a week or 2 ago. I kinda followed this How To Clean a Oven with Baking Soda method except that I skipped the vinegar. I ran a steam cycle @ 210 °F for 30 min, then applied the paste of baking soda and water and let it sit overnight. The next day, just kept cleaning with a wet sponge and plastic scrub brush until I got it as clean as I could. I used a razor blade to get everything off the glass on the door. Then I ran 2 more steam cycles. I was actually afraid to try this until I had my back-up unit, just in case the baking soda messed something up but so far it's working fine.
It's not perfect, but not bad, as you can see in this photo I posted earlier today:
You can see that I didn't clean the rack.
The only part that I didn't get super clean is the top (ceiling?) of the interior. With 3 elements to work around, it was kind of a pain and I started to lose interest. It's cleaner, but could be better.
