NWR: Kitchen odors

ok, so im not the brightest crayon in the box when it comes to domestic affairs.. but i soon will have to step up and get started with the wifey stuff.. and i want to.. but i know i'm going to stink up the kitchen.. and our new apt. does not have a window near the kitchen and i need to get something like a ionizer or something to absorb the cooking smell and not stink up our brand new apt. and our floor before the neighbours come banging on our door..

any suggestions.. i wrecked my brain on crate and barrel.. and didn't find anything...

I'm going to bump this cause I need it too, we are going to have a kitchen living room and only window is across the room 20 some odd feet away.

The few times I've cooked I've set off the smoke detector, I'm not that bad of a cook, but setting off the smoke detector all 3 times I've attempted to cook at FH's place ... I wonder what he thinks

you can get a small air purifier. hamilton and honeywell has nice ones.

also for a new scent, you should get wallflowers from bath and body works

bump..

Do you have a fan above the stove to help push things up and out? If so, use it liberally. You could also get a little clip fan (fan has a diameter of abt 6') and mount it somewhere in the kitchen so it pushes the cooking vapors out twds your nearest window.

I don't use an electric ionizer or plug ins (tried that once and my food absorbed that odor ), but whenever I am cooking something really potent (like fish), I make a little bit of potpourri on the stove. It's very easy:

Take a small sauce pan (1.5 qt does nicely), fill it with cold water about 3/4 of the way up. Cut up a citrus fruit (orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, etc), put that in the water, with a tablespoon of whole cloves, and a cinnamon stick that you break in half. Start to simmer that on your stove when you are about half way finished cooking and continue it for a few hours after you have fully finished. Keep an eye on it and add water to it as needed to keep it going and so you don't scorch your pot.

It does the trick for me every time and keeps and gets rid of the nastiest of smells. Plus its all natural.

Good luck!

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Posted by Cpt2007

Do you have a fan above the stove to help push things up and out? If so, use it liberally. You could also get a little clip fan (fan has a diameter of abt 6') and mount it somewhere in the kitchen so it pushes the cooking vapors out twds your nearest window.

I don't use an electric ionizer or plug ins (tried that once and my food absorbed that odor ), but whenever I am cooking something really potent (like fish), I make a little bit of potpourri on the stove. It's very easy:

Take a small sauce pan (1.5 qt does nicely), fill it with cold water about 3/4 of the way up. Cut up a citrus fruit (orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, etc), put that in the water, with a tablespoon of whole cloves, and a cinnamon stick that you break in half. Start to simmer that on your stove when you are about half way finished cooking and continue it for a few hours after you have fully finished. Keep an eye on it and add water to it as needed to keep it going and so you don't scorch your pot.

It does the trick for me every time and keeps and gets rid of the nastiest of smells. Plus its all natural.

Good luck!

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thank you!!!! that's awesome..


there's no fan above the stove.. so i would have to resort to something like this.. it's going into my notebook!!

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Posted by Cpt2007

It does the trick for me every time and keeps and gets rid of the nastiest of smells. Plus its all natural.

Good luck!

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Notebook worthy! Thank you!