How can I get rid of a strong burnt food in my microwave. I tried
cleaning with vinegar, but that didn't help at all.
Looking forward to your advice
TIA
__
Dusty

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:35:34 GMT, dusty wrote:

>How can I get rid of a strong burnt food in my microwave. I tried
>cleaning with vinegar, but that didn't help at all.
>Looking forward to your advice

You can fill a bowl with water and a big dose of lemon juice. Place
the bowl in the microwave and set it so the water will boil and steam
for several minutes. Let the oven cool a bit and then leave it open
overnight.

Tara

Tara wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:35:34 GMT, dusty wrote:
>
> >How can I get rid of a strong burnt food in my microwave. I tried
> >cleaning with vinegar, but that didn't help at all.
> >Looking forward to your advice
>
> You can fill a bowl with water and a big dose of lemon juice. Place
> the bowl in the microwave and set it so the water will boil and steam
> for several minutes. Let the oven cool a bit and then leave it open
> overnight.
>
> Tara
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I had great success with wet coffee grounds (I just lifted a used
filter out of my coffee-maker.) Overnight (or all day) and the odor was
completely gone. I have also used this method on a shelf in my storage
closet. (ironically, the thing that had spilled was a can of Ozium air
spray (a wonderful product, when used a little at a time) . This was an
extra large can that tipped over and the spray opening fell off, and it
all leaked out. Success there, too. Good luck.
Nancree

dusty wrote:
> How can I get rid of a strong burnt food in my microwave. I tried
> cleaning with vinegar, but that didn't help at all.
> Looking forward to your advice
> TIA
> __
> Dusty

Vanilla!
a few drops of vanilla essence on a dampened cloth works wonders.

here in Oz supermarkets stock "vanilla fridge wipe" sold in squirt
bottle for cleaning fridges & de-odourizing them. Works brilliantly in
microwaves as well.

LadyJane
--
"Never trust a skinny cook!"

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:00:01 GMT, Tara > wrote:

>On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:35:34 GMT, dusty wrote:
>
>>How can I get rid of a strong burnt food in my microwave. I tried
>>cleaning with vinegar, but that didn't help at all.
>>Looking forward to your advice
>
>You can fill a bowl with water and a big dose of lemon juice. Place
>the bowl in the microwave and set it so the water will boil and steam
>for several minutes. Let the oven cool a bit and then leave it open
>overnight.
>
>Tara

On 2 Sep 2006 16:39:23 -0700, "nancree" > wrote:



>I had great success with wet coffee grounds (I just lifted a used
>filter out of my coffee-maker.) Overnight (or all day) and the odor was
>completely gone. I have also used this method on a shelf in my storage
>closet. (ironically, the thing that had spilled was a can of Ozium air
>spray (a wonderful product, when used a little at a time) . This was an
>extra large can that tipped over and the spray opening fell off, and it
>all leaked out. Success there, too. Good luck.
>Nancree

Coffee grounds!! Never would have thought of that in a million years.
Thanks for the tip.
--
Dusty

On 2 Sep 2006 16:50:29 -0700, "LadyJane" >
wrote:

>Vanilla!
>a few drops of vanilla essence on a dampened cloth works wonders.
>
>here in Oz supermarkets stock "vanilla fridge wipe" sold in squirt
>bottle for cleaning fridges & de-odourizing them. Works brilliantly in
>microwaves as well.
>
>LadyJane

I haven't seen the vanilla fridge wipe product. but I do have pure
vanilla extract to wipe my microwave with. Thanks for the advice.
--
Dusty

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:00:01 GMT, Tara > wrote:

>
>
>You can fill a bowl with water and a big dose of lemon juice. Place
>the bowl in the microwave and set it so the water will boil and steam
>for several minutes. Let the oven cool a bit and then leave it open
>overnight.
>
>Tara
Oops-- forgot to add my thanks for your advice in my followup post.
gonna go squeeze some lemons now.
--
Dusty

<dusty> wrote in message news:44fb1ce8.44888485@localhost...
> On 2 Sep 2006 16:50:29 -0700, "LadyJane" >
> wrote:
>
>>Vanilla!
>>a few drops of vanilla essence on a dampened cloth works wonders.
>>
>>here in Oz supermarkets stock "vanilla fridge wipe" sold in squirt
>>bottle for cleaning fridges & de-odourizing them. Works brilliantly in
>>microwaves as well.
>>
>>LadyJane
>
> I haven't seen the vanilla fridge wipe product. but I do have pure
> vanilla extract to wipe my microwave with. Thanks for the advice.

I also do Tara's trick, but with vanilla instead of lemon. The vanilla
smell is lovely.

If you go through all these ideas, you'll have a lovely smelling kitchen as
well as microwave.

Good luck.

Jen

"nancree" > wrote in message
ps.com...

> I had great success with wet coffee grounds (I just lifted a used
> filter out of my coffee-maker.) Overnight (or all day) and the odor
> was
> completely gone. I have also used this method on a shelf in my
> storage
> closet. (ironically, the thing that had spilled was a can of Ozium
> air
> spray (a wonderful product, when used a little at a time) . This was
> an
> extra large can that tipped over and the spray opening fell off, and
> it
> all leaked out. Success there, too. Good luck.
> Nancree

I don't understand what you actually did. You just dumped them in the
microwave and kept them there overnight, and the bad smell went away?
Forgive my obtuseness; it's not deliberate.

"LadyJane" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> Vanilla!
> a few drops of vanilla essence on a dampened cloth works wonders.

Probably a dumb question: I have imitation vanilla extract. Will that
do?

>
> I don't understand what you actually did. You just dumped them in the
> microwave and kept them there overnight, and the bad smell went away?
> Forgive my obtuseness; it's not deliberate.
---------------
No "forgiveness" needed, Mordechai. We all ask questions on RFC.
That's half the fun.

To make coffee, I put a paper filter in the top of the coffee-maker,
fill the filter with coffee grounds, just as always. I usually just
throw the filter + wet coffee grounds away.

When I need to deodorize my microwave, I lift out the wet filter with
the wet, used coffee and sit it in the microwave, wet filter and all.
I let it sit overnight with the microwave door closed. In the morning I
toss it away. It's always worked for me.

Good luck, Nancree

Mordechai Housman wrote:
> "LadyJane" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > Vanilla!
> > a few drops of vanilla essence on a dampened cloth works wonders.
>
> Probably a dumb question: I have imitation vanilla extract. Will that
> do?
Yes, it will do just fine.
Nancree

Mordechai Housman wrote:

> Probably a dumb question: I have imitation vanilla extract. Will that
> do?

Almost certainly - can't see producers using pure extract in the
commercial fridge wipe product I mentioned, most assuredly use
imitation vanilla, IMHO.

Worth a shot and if it doesn't work 100%, try using pure extract, I
know it yields great results.

LadyJane
--
"Never trust a skinny cook!"

"nancree" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
>
>>
>> I don't understand what you actually did. You just dumped them in the
>> microwave and kept them there overnight, and the bad smell went away?
>> Forgive my obtuseness; it's not deliberate.
> ---------------
> No "forgiveness" needed, Mordechai. We all ask questions on RFC.
> That's half the fun.
>
> To make coffee, I put a paper filter in the top of the coffee-maker,
> fill the filter with coffee grounds, just as always. I usually just
> throw the filter + wet coffee grounds away.
>
> When I need to deodorize my microwave, I lift out the wet filter with
> the wet, used coffee and sit it in the microwave, wet filter and all.
> I let it sit overnight with the microwave door closed. In the morning
> I
> toss it away. It's always worked for me.

So it's pretty much letting the smell of coffee permeate and ultimately
overpower the prior, unwanted smell?

"LadyJane" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> Mordechai Housman wrote:
>
>> Probably a dumb question: I have imitation vanilla extract. Will that
>> do?
>
> Almost certainly - can't see producers using pure extract in the
> commercial fridge wipe product I mentioned, most assuredly use
> imitation vanilla, IMHO.
>
> Worth a shot and if it doesn't work 100%, try using pure extract, I
> know it yields great results.
>
> LadyJane

Okay, thanks!

"nancree" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> Mordechai Housman wrote:
>> "LadyJane" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> >
>> > Vanilla!
>> > a few drops of vanilla essence on a dampened cloth works wonders.
>>
>> Probably a dumb question: I have imitation vanilla extract. Will that
>> do?
> Yes, it will do just fine.
> Nancree

Okay, thanks!

nancree wrote:
> Tara wrote:
> > On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:35:34 GMT, dusty wrote:
> >
> > >How can I get rid of a strong burnt food in my microwave. I tried
> > >cleaning with vinegar, but that didn't help at all.
> > >Looking forward to your advice
> >
> > You can fill a bowl with water and a big dose of lemon juice. Place
> > the bowl in the microwave and set it so the water will boil and steam
> > for several minutes. Let the oven cool a bit and then leave it open
> > overnight.
> >
> > Tara
> --------------
> I had great success with wet coffee grounds (I just lifted a used
> filter out of my coffee-maker.) Overnight (or all day) and the odor was
> completely gone. I have also used this method on a shelf in my storage
> closet. (ironically, the thing that had spilled was a can of Ozium air
> spray (a wonderful product, when used a little at a time) . This was an
> extra large can that tipped over and the spray opening fell off, and it
> all leaked out. Success there, too. Good luck.
> Nancree

Nancree--I tried this last night, and it worked like a charm.--r3

Tara wrote:

> On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:35:34 GMT, dusty wrote:
>
>
>>How can I get rid of a strong burnt food in my microwave. I tried
>>cleaning with vinegar, but that didn't help at all.
>>Looking forward to your advice
>
>
> You can fill a bowl with water and a big dose of lemon juice. Place
> the bowl in the microwave and set it so the water will boil and steam
> for several minutes. Let the oven cool a bit and then leave it open
> overnight.
>
> Tara

Oh, yeah. I had this problem recently when my daughter
incinerated a bagel in the microwave. Someone on rec.food.
equipment suggested cutting up two lemons, nuking them in
water for three minutes, and then letting this stand in the
microwave. I let it stand overnight. The smell was
diminished, and the rest was taken care of by "tincture of
time". I did keep unplugging the unit and letting it sit with
the door open as much as possible. No smell now. If I could
get rid of it, I'm sure you can too--it was VERY strong.

--
Jean B.