My daughter apparently had a small catastrophe during the
night, and now the microwave oven has a strong smoky smell.
Is there a good way to get rid of it?
--
Jean B.

In article >, Jean B. > wrote:
>My daughter apparently had a small catastrophe during the
>night, and now the microwave oven has a strong smoky smell.
>Is there a good way to get rid of it?

Goodwill?

Donald

Donald Tsang wrote:

> In article >, Jean B. > wrote:
>
>>My daughter apparently had a small catastrophe during the
>>night, and now the microwave oven has a strong smoky smell.
>>Is there a good way to get rid of it?
>
>
> Goodwill?
>
> Donald

LOL! Let me be more specific: is there a good way to get rid
of the smell? :-)

--
Jean B.

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:32:15 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>My daughter ...during the night,

>and now the microwave strong smoky smell.

>Is there a good way to get rid of it?

Did you mean "it" or her? <vbg>


Get a couple of fresh lemons, cut in half and put in a large bowl. Add
water to cover and heat until boiling for three minutes. Let the
oven shut off and keep the door closed until morning.

Lock her door and keep her out of the kitchen.

Good luck.

Ward Abbott wrote:
>
> Get a couple of fresh lemons, cut in half and put in a large bowl. Add
> water to cover and heat until boiling for three minutes. Let the
> oven shut off and keep the door closed until morning.
>
> Lock her door and keep her out of the kitchen.
>
> Good luck.
>

I was gonna suggest a paste of baking soda and water, but
that sure sounds a hellofalot easier Ward.

Ditto on the "out of the kitchen", that's sufficient for
being banned. ;-D

--
Steve

Steve Calvin wrote:

> Ward Abbott wrote:
>
>>
>> Get a couple of fresh lemons, cut in half and put in a large bowl. Add
>> water to cover and heat until boiling for three minutes. Let the
>> oven shut off and keep the door closed until morning.
>> Lock her door and keep her out of the kitchen.
>> Good luck.
>>
>
> I was gonna suggest a paste of baking soda and water, but that sure
> sounds a hellofalot easier Ward.
>
> Ditto on the "out of the kitchen", that's sufficient for being banned. ;-D
>
I was thinking of baking soda. If the lemons don't work, I'll
try that next.

I am actually glad my daughter is taking more initiative in
the kitchen, so I am only trying to find out exactly what she
did to satisfy my intense curiosity. At least the microwave
is still working!

--
Jean B.

Ward Abbott wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:32:15 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>
>>My daughter ...during the night,
>
>
>>and now the microwave strong smoky smell.
>
>
>>Is there a good way to get rid of it?
>
>
> Did you mean "it" or her? <vbg>
>
>
> Get a couple of fresh lemons, cut in half and put in a large bowl. Add
> water to cover and heat until boiling for three minutes. Let the
> oven shut off and keep the door closed until morning.
>
> Lock her door and keep her out of the kitchen.
>
> Good luck.
>
I'll try the lemons, thanks!

As for my daughter, she's almost 16 and has to learn from such
mistakes. :-)

--
Jean B.

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:27:58 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Ward Abbott wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:32:15 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My daughter ...during the night,
>>
>>
>>>and now the microwave strong smoky smell.
>>
>>
>>>Is there a good way to get rid of it?
>>
>>
>> Did you mean "it" or her? <vbg>
>>
>>
>> Get a couple of fresh lemons, cut in half and put in a large bowl. Add
>> water to cover and heat until boiling for three minutes. Let the
>> oven shut off and keep the door closed until morning.
>>
>> Lock her door and keep her out of the kitchen.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>I'll try the lemons, thanks!
>
>As for my daughter, she's almost 16 and has to learn from such
>mistakes. :-)


Print out the message and give it to the daughter and let her do it.
That is how she will learn from her mistakes.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

The Cook wrote:
>
>
> Print out the message and give it to the daughter and let her do it.
> That is how she will learn from her mistakes.

I like the way you think. Sounds like something I'da done. ;-)

I started cooking when I was five. I made a wisecrack about
how my Mom cooked eggs, not a good move. At least I didn't
think so at the time. In retrospect it got me started. At
52 I still enjoy cooking and do 99.9% of it in the house.

--
Steve

The Cook wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:27:58 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>
>>Ward Abbott wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:32:15 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>My daughter ...during the night,
>>>
>>>
>>>>and now the microwave strong smoky smell.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Is there a good way to get rid of it?
>>>
>>>
>>>Did you mean "it" or her? <vbg>
>>>
>>>
>>>Get a couple of fresh lemons, cut in half and put in a large bowl. Add
>>>water to cover and heat until boiling for three minutes. Let the
>>>oven shut off and keep the door closed until morning.
>>>
>>>Lock her door and keep her out of the kitchen.
>>>
>>>Good luck.
>>>
>>
>>I'll try the lemons, thanks!
>>
>>As for my daughter, she's almost 16 and has to learn from such
>>mistakes. :-)
>
>
>
> Print out the message and give it to the daughter and let her do it.
> That is how she will learn from her mistakes.

Good idea. She can continue with the de-smoking!

--
Jean B.

You could try wiping down the insides with vanilla essence. I know that
works for smells in the fridge. I agree that children need to learn how to
fend for themselves - the difficulty is where to draw the line between
learning from experience and possibly not living to tell the tale! I will
have to go through all this - my daughter is nearly 9 and very adventurous
in the kitchen. There but for the grace of god go I.....

"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
> My daughter apparently had a small catastrophe during the night, and now
> the microwave oven has a strong smoky smell. Is there a good way to get
> rid of it?
> --
> Jean B.

Viviane wrote:

> You could try wiping down the insides with vanilla essence. I know that
> works for smells in the fridge. I agree that children need to learn how to
> fend for themselves - the difficulty is where to draw the line between
> learning from experience and possibly not living to tell the tale! I will
> have to go through all this - my daughter is nearly 9 and very adventurous
> in the kitchen. There but for the grace of god go I.....
>

My daughter is very cautious--and sensible. She just had no
idea how to tackle the bagel. (Hmmm, She probably also
didn't know the directions are probably right there.) Good
luck, Viviane!

--
Jean B.

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:32:15 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>My daughter apparently had a small catastrophe during the
>night, and now the microwave oven has a strong smoky smell.
>Is there a good way to get rid of it?

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.

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

Don Wiss wrote:

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

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.

--
Jean B.

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

>Don Wiss wrote:
>
>> 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).

>
> 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.
>
> --
> Jean B.


Jean,
Take a cup of white vinegar and set it in the oven and cook on high for
4 minutes, until the interior of the oven has got a steamy condensation
all over the inside. Open the door; allow to cool and wipe clean with
a damp sponge.
Now, if possible, take the oven outdoors and leave it with the door
fully open for a couple of days. That should do it.

Pierre

My Son tried cooking bacon for an hour whilst sitting on a sheet of
tinfoil to keep the MW clean. It resulted in the kitchen being filled
with black and eventually I threw the microwave away as it stunk for
months. Best idea is to take aprt to get really clean, but not good if
your not handy with that sort of thing. How much did it cost as they
are so cheap sometimes the cleaning can be nearly as much as a cheap
one.
Best of luck.
Stu
HTTP://www.cateringappliancesltd.co.uk
Pierre wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Jean B.
>
>
> Jean,
> Take a cup of white vinegar and set it in the oven and cook on high for
> 4 minutes, until the interior of the oven has got a steamy condensation
> all over the inside. Open the door; allow to cool and wipe clean with
> a damp sponge.
> Now, if possible, take the oven outdoors and leave it with the door
> fully open for a couple of days. That should do it.
>
> Pierre

Stu wrote:

> My Son tried cooking bacon for an hour whilst sitting on a sheet of
> tinfoil to keep the MW clean.

1. Please, stop top-posting. Please :-)

2. An hour of cooking bacon in a microwave? On tinfoil? Really?

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

Stu wrote:

> My Son tried cooking bacon for an hour whilst sitting on a sheet of
> tinfoil to keep the MW clean. It resulted in the kitchen being filled
> with black and eventually I threw the microwave away as it stunk for
> months. Best idea is to take aprt to get really clean, but not good if
> your not handy with that sort of thing. How much did it cost as they
> are so cheap sometimes the cleaning can be nearly as much as a cheap
> one.
> Best of luck.
> Stu
> HTTP://www.cateringappliancesltd.co.uk
> Pierre wrote:

Yikes! That sounds much worse than the incinerated bagel! I
might, indeed, have decided to scrap the microwave if that had
been the case. :-)

--
Jean B.

Pierre wrote:

>>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.
>>
>>--
>>Jean B.
>
>
>
> Jean,
> Take a cup of white vinegar and set it in the oven and cook on high for
> 4 minutes, until the interior of the oven has got a steamy condensation
> all over the inside. Open the door; allow to cool and wipe clean with
> a damp sponge.
> Now, if possible, take the oven outdoors and leave it with the door
> fully open for a couple of days. That should do it.
>
> Pierre
>
A belated thanks, Pierre. I used the lemon in water
technique, which removed most of the smell, and then unplugged
the microwave and left the door open for large periods of time
for several days. That plus the tincture of time seems to
have solved the problem.

--
Jean B.