Is the Burnt-Food Smell Inside a Simsbury Kitchen Permanent?

10/23/2020 (Permalink)

When smoke damages your home, count on the professionals at SERVPRO.

In Simsbury, the Scent of Scorched Food is One of the More Difficult Odors to Remove 

Any food, including a simple batch of plain white rice, forgotten on the stove in your Simsbury residence, can leave things a stinky mess. The burning of higher-protein foods produces an even more unpleasant stench. Oily foods make a very sticky, dark soot that also clings tightly to all that it coats. 

As the soils from burnt food degrade, odor-causing particles enter the air. When someone breathes air that contains these particles, they smell a disagreeable odor. An overcooked dinner’s lingering odor in Simsbury remains until we remove all traces of the soot. This requires a combination of labor-intensive soot removal, cleaning and deodorizing agents, and a few of SERVPRO’s powerful but efficient machines.

How does SERVPRO remove soot deposits?

Cooking messes often produce heavy, dense smoke that saturates the air with sticky particles. We use both wet and dry methods to remove the grime from walls, windows, ceilings, floors, and objects in your kitchen. 

What kind of machines assist in smoke and soot cleanup?

Our technicians rely on the latest scientifically backed machines to clean the air of leftover particles. 

• Our air scrubbers filter out these contaminants. This cleaner air also helps SERVPRO employees provide a more efficient and cost-effective service. 
• SERVPRO uses fogging machines that help push odor-blocking agents into areas impossible to reach otherwise. Encapsulated by these larger molecules, soot cannot re-enter the air to create foul odors again.

Which chemicals does SERVPRO use after a kitchen fire?

Our smoke and fire damage restoration team uses different types of cleansers and deodorizing agents. The ones we choose for your specific needs are based on:

• The kind of food burnt,
• The layout of your kitchen, and 
• Your stated desires. These can include specific scents you prefer, or allergies, and other health issues.

SERVPRO of The Farmington Valley is always ready to help after a cooking disaster. Call us at (860) 675-4500 to clear the air and make things “Like it never even happened.”