How do I get the smell of burnt food off of the inside of my microwave oven?
Someone reheated a stick of barbecued pork on too high a setting and/or for far too long. Now the inside of my microwave oven smells like burnt something. It gets worse when I actually try to cook something in it. How do I get the smell out? I've already tried washing the inside with a little soap and water.
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Working in restaurants similar things to this happened a lot. Our quick fix that usually did the trick was 50/50 vinegar and water and boil it off as mentioned above. Lemon juice or even orange should work instead of vinegar for a better scent. At a guess, the more acidy fluids help break down any splatter that may have gone into the vents.
Hint: this is also great to do just before cleaning the microwave, even baked on splatter comes off easily after the steam.
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To get rid of that burnt food smell, mix five teaspoons of baking soda and about a ½ cup of water inside a small, microwave-safe bowl and heat on high for six minutes. Leave inside the microwave for up to one hour.Will burnt smell in microwave go away?
Remove any debris or loose burnt pieces from the microwave, then mix 1 cup of water with 1 tablespoon of either lemon juice or vinegar in a microwave-safe container. Heat for 2-5 minutes. Wipe the interior with a sponge or paper towel.How do you neutralize the smell of burnt food?
Put a tablespoon of white vinegar in a microwave safe bowl with \xbd cup of water. Microwave this for approximately 2 minutes and allow the door to stay shut for 15 minutes. The steam will allow any smell-causing particles stuck to the interior to be loosened and the vinegar will absorb any odors.How do you deodorize the inside of a microwave?
Soak a pan in white vinegar or wash it out with a mixture of water and baking soda. The vinegar is a mild acid that will help loosen up the smelly burnt-on gunk, and the baking soda is a mild abrasive that will help you scrub it away.How to Get a Burnt Smell Out of a Microwave The Quick Way
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Sometimes the smoke and vapours make their way into the guts of the microwave via the vents (as Ashkan noted). So regardless of how clean the chamber is, the smell still comes out.
- Try soaking a stick of cinnamon in a bowl of water and then boiling it in the microwave on medium for 10-15 minutes.
This should generate a decent amount of steam that should follow the same path as the BBQ smell. You may get lucky and have the water vapour and cinnamon grab onto the smelly stuff and displace them out of the microwave.
Answer 3
We had gone to get take-out fish, someone burnt a Hush puppy in our microwave when re-heating left overs. What a nasty flavor and smell that was, it got into every dish microwaved after it.
Cleaned inside completely, top and sides and the tray. placed a micro wave safe bowl with 1 cup water, 1/4 cup vinegar...set for 2 minutes wait 5 minutes, microwave again for an additional 2 minutes and let it sit till cool.
Wipe the inside again, and the smell is gone and the nasty flavor that was getting into everything.
Answer 4
After cleaning with a degreaser, the food particles and oils should be taken care of. Residual moisture can cause recurrent odor though. I would recommend unplugging the microwave and leaving it open for a considerable amount of time, maybe a day. If the smell persists then it's possible that food scraps have splattered into the vents of the microwave. I don't actually know a for-sure safe way to clean those components.
Answer 5
I had this happen when my son cooked a pasta dish that required water in the dish but he forgot to put the water in prior to putting it in the microwave. :) I cleaned the microwave interior with a mixture of baking soda and vingegar and let it air out and then I boiled lemon juice in a coffee mug and let it sit for awhile. It helped tremendously!
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