Burnt Popcorn Smell

[arcas]

Burnt popcorn smell eventually goes away. Someone at work manages to burn his/her popcorn once every couple weeks. It smells for a few days but it goes away with use. Being this is your personal microwave, though, it'll probably take longer. The microwaves at work are probably used 40-50 times/day.

BTW, be glad it's just burnt popcorn. If you really want to create a horrid smell, microwave some raisins for a few minutes or until they begin smoking. Ugh. But be prepared to sleep somewhere else for a while.

 

[csyberblue]

I burnt some popcorn a few months ago. With casual use (my roommate and I) using the microwave about once a day, the smell wasn't noticeable after about 3 weeks or so.

 

[BullsOnParade]

Ozone

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Roll up a big ball of aluminum foil and microwave it for 10-20 minutes. The heated foil will absorb any residual odors from the surrounding surfaces. Don't worry - the sparks and fire means that its working.

 

[Crusty]

You don't

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: WT
sao, that might help the microwave clean out (not a lot), but it will do nothing to remove the burned popcorn smoke residue thats in the exhaust fan assembly. Trust me, no one on the werld wide intarweb has a surefire method for removing that internal smell (short of buying a new m/wave).

buying a new m/wave

 

[huesmann]

Ammonia?

 

[RegularK]

Put water and sliced lemons in a styrofoam cup and microwave it for a minute or two...it should loosen any debris you have in there and leave the microwave with a nice lemony scent.

 

[BooGiMaN]

im glad my micro has a popcorn button on it..have never had burnt popcorn and we make it often

 

[WT]

LoL, my problem was I had previously used the popcorn button with greats results, but this time I had set it to what the old m/wave nuked the popcorn. Nedless to say, there's a huuuge difference in time between the two (plus I think the bag was defective). I said we paid $450 for it, that was a typo, it was $350 with install (new kitchen as well, to the tune of $13k, so $350 was a drop in the bucket. Damn guys, you think PC hardware is pricey ... try renovating a kitchen from the floor up. With our budget, I should be typing this on a Celeron 800 !!

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: BullsOnParade
Ozone

Yes.

 

[ravana]

Originally posted by: sao123
Wash it out with 409 entirely. then put a box of baking soda in it for a week or so.
that will take the smell out.

Ex roomate left us a parting gift. Mirowaved a spaghetti meatball for 1 hour the day he moved out. I was PIZZED.

Baking Soda :thumbsup: