A tip for cleaning microwaves that I’ve learned at home: A glass bowl of water heated until boiling plus a minute more will loosen up most of the stuck-on crap in your microwave. Of course, only do that if the microwave is truly filthy, otherwise a scrubby pad (used gently! It’s easy to remove the paint otherwise) plus dish soap does wonders for getting “baked on” food crud out.
I’m also a big fan of lining the glass plate with a paper towel sheet so that any leaks or messes from my own reheated meals can be cleaned up as quickly as peeling one paper towel up.
In workplaces, I’d recommend bringing food that doesn’t require reheating to be edible. Ate more than my fair share of noodles in cold broth because I was not going to clean the microwave (for the eleventh time) to heat up my bowl, only to have the microwave fouled again tomorrow.
Amusingly, that stopped happening after I blew up a bowl of chili in the brand new microwave and left it for the offending person to clean up.
How’s this for a fouled microwave oven story? When I was stationed in Japan, a friend bought some natto one evening. The next morning, he reheated it in the microwave. That smell never went away!
A tip for cleaning microwaves that I’ve learned at home: A glass bowl of water heated until boiling plus a minute more will loosen up most of the stuck-on crap in your microwave. Of course, only do that if the microwave is truly filthy, otherwise a scrubby pad (used gently! It’s easy to remove the paint otherwise) plus dish soap does wonders for getting “baked on” food crud out.
I’m also a big fan of lining the glass plate with a paper towel sheet so that any leaks or messes from my own reheated meals can be cleaned up as quickly as peeling one paper towel up.
In workplaces, I’d recommend bringing food that doesn’t require reheating to be edible. Ate more than my fair share of noodles in cold broth because I was not going to clean the microwave (for the eleventh time) to heat up my bowl, only to have the microwave fouled again tomorrow.
Amusingly, that stopped happening after I blew up a bowl of chili in the brand new microwave and left it for the offending person to clean up.
How’s this for a fouled microwave oven story? When I was stationed in Japan, a friend bought some natto one evening. The next morning, he reheated it in the microwave. That smell never went away!