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Default removing strong smoky smell from microwave

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:31:03 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Don Wiss wrote:
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>> I once had this problem. A woman at work was cooking some popcorn.
>> Supposedly she set it for four minutes, but more likely it was 40. After it
>> was smoking away someone turned it off. What I did was to take it apart and
>> clean all the parts inside. I did not use anything special to clean with. I
>> just had to get the smoke residue off of everything.


>I don't know that I'm ambitious enough to dissect it. I am
>trying to keep it unplugged with the door ajar when not in use.


Thinking more about this (it was almost 20 years ago), I didn't actually
dismantle it, but I took the cover off so I could get to all of the
insides.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).