Microwave Disaster: Lemon and Baking Soda Explosion – How to Get Rid of the Burnt Smell?

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ebuzi

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Hi all, so I did something very silly…. I put a lemon that I chopped in half into a bowl sprinkled some baking soda and put it in the microwave. I thought I put it on for 2 minutes 10 seconds but I managed to put it on for 21minutes 10 seconds… was sat in the living room and heard this loud crunch… went into the kitchen to a very nasty burnt smell and smoke…. Opened the microwave and this thick black smoke billowed out. The bowl was cracked I. Half and the lemon was well cremated…
The issue is now it absolutely stinks of burnt and is worse when I use it… I’ve scrubbed it so many times is it ruined or what else can I do to get rid of the smell???
 
I did this once leaving eggs to boil at night, for sandwiches next day. I forgot. Woke up to an almighty bang where they’d boiled dry and exploded across the kitchen! The mess! But the smell………
 
I tried everything once when I did something similar with a garlic bread! Had to buy a new microwave could not get rid of the burnt smell!
 
My son trued grilling a pizza in the microwave but forgot to select the grill option. 7 minutes later and he opens the kitchen door to smoke (for some reason our alarm didn't go off so we've replaced it) and when he opened the microwave tons of smoke came out setting off all the other alarms. We opened all the doors and windows and even though it cleared relatively quick, I had to wash everything and anything that was fabric from all rooms in our house. The smell spread everywhere and it was so bad......as for the microwave, I scrubbed it with cleaner and then heated lemon and water for 5 minutes THEN used bicarb and water for another 5minutes. It still smells now but only ever so slightly. You need to steam the shit out of it 🤣
 
Was in a villa on holiday when I was a kid and my mum was on the phone to my aunt. She put something in the microwave and after she turned around and walked off afew steps she realised she was still holding the bowl of food and it was her phone she put in the microwave and it exploded with the loudest bang ever 🤣
It was a Nokia 3210 so that’s how long ago it was and we still don’t trust her to not do it again 🤣
 
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