Smelly Home

My hubby can fix that! He has a business called MARS, and he specializes in getting the smells out of vehicles, homes, carpets, etc. He can also get out RED DYES! Are you in the Little Rock area?

There are filters in the vent a hood. They need cleaning. Just take them out and wash them with soap and water.

P.,
I burn candles to remove the smells. Also, I've found that placing a bowl or cup of white vinegar on a table or shelf helps a lot. Good luck!

C., MS

I keep cinnamon sticks on hand so that I can place them in a sauce pan of ater and boil them. It does not take long for the sweet smell of cinnamon to go through out the house. Also try mixing water and white vinegar in a spray bottle and spray it sparingly through out the house. It will neutralize the smell. Just don't spray it in large amounts or your house will smell like vinegar. If you do accidentally spray to much, don't worry. The vinegar smell will go away quickly.

We have a side burner on our barbecue grill (which is outside) and use it for frying bacon and other things that tend to have a lingering smell. We also invested in an outside fryer for fish and shrimp and well, anything that can be deep-fried. This has helped GREATLY to keep the smell out of the house, instead of trying to mask it with deodorizers.

Vanilla scent is known to eliminate smells like that. Try lighting a vanilla candle or two. For your own personal "smell", try taking some vinegar in the shower and rubbing down with it before you use your regular soap. The smell should vanish!

I burn a candle; when I cook and the odor still lingers.

The candle as it burns somehow absorbs the odors, but does not release it.

I havn't found a cooking odor yet that my candles won't dispel.

Buy one of those outdoor fryers- be careful though - oil can cause serios burns

I don't fry often, either, but you might see if you need to change the filter in your hood vent. I cook with a lid on my bacon, sausage and hamburger meat and clean it up when it gets onto the counter. I always wipe down the floor, also, so it doesn't get tracked onto the carpet. The Febreze or Renuzit may actually be attracting the grease smell. I always thought that kind of stuff left a residue and built up over time.

I have been baking or grilling my fish, chicken, etc., and that keeps the smell to a minimum.

If your central heat and air is located on the inside of the house (like a heat pump), you might also see if the filter needs to be changed. We have to change ours once a month, faithfully, or the air flow is constricted and it prevents the old air from being pulled out and replenished with fresh air.

Good luck!

P., I'm a little curious as to what "not often" means... once a week, once a month? If it bothers you that much, maybe you should consider an overhaul on how you cook. We don't fry anything... many things work out well just seasoned in breadcrumbs and baked in the oven. For those times you DO fry (like the fish fry) do like some neighbors of mine and invest in a big fry-daddy that you can use on your back porch. It will keep the smell out of your house. My MIL has the same issue but I'm too polite to say anything- she always smells like fried food or pungent things cooked on the stove (onions, garlic, etc.) She fries way to much as well. They make some great super-smelly candles out there too that you can be burning while (and after) you cook. Invest in the not-so-cheap ones.

I have issues about my house smelling fresh. I cook often and we have an inside dog. So, I got a Time Mist automated deodorizer (you can find it online or at most janitorial supply stores) there are dozens (literally) of great fragrances and it sprays the scent every 15 minutes. The fragrances linger longer than the Renuzit brand and they smell yummy (my favorite is Yankee Candle Buttercream Icing). It is on top of my cabinet in between my kitchen and living room and when it sprays, most of my house smells heavenly (3100 sq. ft). You might want to try an air purifier. I also have Glade Plug-Ins randomly placed and they help too.

I know it seems odd but I fry food on my patio in the back of my home. It is almost like a barbeque. & no fry smell in my house or grease to clean in my kitchen.

i suggest when you are frying fish, put a potatoe in the grease while cooking, otherwise try buying you a deep fryer that can be used outside, i enjoy cooking outside

P.,

Lampe Berger. Expensive, but worth it. It is an air cleaning system they used in hospitals in Europe at the turn of the century. I won't go into the sales pitch here (I used to work at the Copper Pig and that is where I discovered them). You can buy there (in Fayeteville) or on e-bay (cheaper). The lamp oil is pricey, but lasts, and you can have scented or non scented. I have never found anything as effective, it cleans the air and removes scents...even the smell of the skunks who were living under our house and let loose when they were captured, was gone in 12 hours...and it was baaaaad. Don't even bother with a knock off (La Scentures and some other brand) I tried them and ended up with the original. I use about 1 large oil every 2-3 months depending on frequency of fish and bacon meals. It also helps allegies and kills germs. Truly wonderful product.

D.

Ventilation helps a lot; but, my favorite new neutralizer is called FreshWave. It comes in a spray, a carpet refresher, candle & my favorite, a gel. I keep a small container of the opened gel in several rooms of my home. It knocks out all the "ick" smells WITHOUT creating its own fragrance.

You might want to get it try. Good luck!

P., we have a small home with all hardwoods but with a dog and two cats, an active toddler and three month old, the smells are many! We have two air purifiers in our home, both with permanent filters so we never had that extra expense. We keep them running on low all the time. When I cook, I have the same issue but within about an hour, the smells dissipate and are gone for good. I highly recommend it. We have a Hunter ionizer tower filter that sits in the corner of our living room, adjacent to the kitchen and it takes care of everything.

There are several things you can do to help. Change out your oil often - I only use mine about 2 or 3 times depending on what I'm cooking. Lower your heat, your oil temp shouldnt be any higher than 300 - any more could be scorching your oil and that can lead to a buildup of carcinogens. Limit your consumption of fried foods because the act of frying causes trans fats (a little something that food makers wont tell you, the "0 trans fat" label is a scam. If its fried it contains trans fats). Wow, disregard what I just said. I just learned a few new things myself. Check out these weblinks: http://www.lordsday.org/fryed_foods.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-382571/Frying-i...

I found these by searching "fried food". As a young breast cancer survivor, I thought I had researched everything (its amazing how much of what we - western culture - consume increases our cancer risk). I've been using canola oil to fry, eeek. Supposedly, coconut oil is more stable at higher temperatures - it has to be cold-pressed in order to avoid high cholesterol - but I've only been using it for frying; french toast, eggs, onions & garlic, etc. Finding it is the hard part, I get mine at Akin's, but need to check out the Asian supermarkets for a better price. I did already know that olive oil is better consumed cold (salad dressing, bread dip, hummus, etc.) and that it goes toxic at a lower level.

I guess the botton line is that if you can smell it, its pretty dangerous, not just unattractive. :{

Unless you have an attic fan on to accompany those open windows and doors, there isn't much to do about the smell unless you want to mask the odor with chemical air fresheners which are harmful to people and pets. I don't think there is a solution, because every time I go to someone's house who fries things on occasion it always smells like that. My solution is to not fry anything! It is soooooo unhealthy anyway. Try cooking your bacon in the microwave on a plate lined with paper towels or on a baking sheet in the oven and try cooking fish or chicken in the oven - there are recipes out there for "fried" chicken in the oven where it has the breading like on fried food but not the fat, grease, or smell.

What you smell are actually particles from grease that have floated throught the air. They do not stay in the air, they land on what ever is in their path, pictures, walls, clothes, etc. Most kitchen exhaust fans are really not strong enought to handle it.
1. Start by closing and keeping closed all inside doors. This will cut down on what floats to your room and closet.

2. You can buy filters for your stove fan at most home improvement stores.

3. But i would suggest keeping an air filter on just before you start frying until several hours after you are done. A good one is not cheap, but it will help tremendously with the smell and particles, and should last a while.