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Burnt Food. Smoke from burnt food remove the smell

So it has all gone wrong and you walk into the kitchen to be welcomed with billowing smoke - you are burning supper, dinner or even breakfast! For a quick way to disperse the smoke. Get a wet bath towel and swing it around the room for a few minutes in the air above your head.

This will disperse the smoke. Make sure you do not make matters worse by knocking something over and creating a huge mess. Carefully swing your wet towel around the kitchen.

Once all the panic is over you will be left with a nasty smell. Even if it was just the toast that you burnt it is still going to smell. To neutralize burnt food odors in the house, such as burnt toast, I mix 1/2 cup whole cloves with 2 cups water in a heavy duty sauce pan and bring to boil. Simmer cloves for 15-30 minutes. The house smells wonderful and the burnt odor is gone fast and without chemicals. Cloves can be kept in the pan inside the oven to keep oven fresh. The Cloves can be used again for up to one week simply by refreshing the water and bringing to a boil whenever needed.

Visitors comments

the order is very strong Comments By: mel It seems to get some of the smoke smell out, but cover up the rest of it. My little girl hates the smell so bad she is crying because of the smell   Boiled cloves/vinegar eliminated the burnt odor Comments By: MSB After opening all doors and windows, turning on all fans and air filters, and spraying the house with air freshener, the burnt food odor was still there. Turning to the internet, I found this website with the "possible" solution. Well, it worked! Thank you.   ridding house of burnt food smell Comments By: Beck I used 'Force out' www.odorfighter.com which is a non-toxic liquid spray and it worked where everything else had failed (Febreeze, vinegar, cloves, pine sol, etc.) It cleared the smoke smell on and in my cupboards. And saved me from having to replace the cupboards. Great stuff! Of course, I also washed everything down and aired out the place as well. But make no mistake...this stuff is the best by far!   burnt microwave smell - BAD Comments By: Janine This worked wonderfully. My two grandchildren were here too and they don't notice the "bad" smell anymore. My 14 year old put a microwave pretzel in for the toaster oven time instead of the microwave. Bad, bad! Thank you soooo much!