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[Jane]

I've recently moved into a new apartment and it comes with a kimchi fridge. Unfortunately, it permeates a kimchi smell in my kitchen and I hate it. I've tried defrosting it and washing it out thoroughly, but the smell won't leave.

Any suggestions on how I can win the fight againt kimchi odor?

[madtownhustl]

throw that smelly berch out... unless your makin kimchi up in there.

[redaxe]

baking soda, maybe?

[ktkates87]

They have these things that you hang in your kitchen sink drain to de-oderize....like bleach tablets. Maybe you could throw a few in your fridge? I mean these things are powerful, when we leave the drain uncovered and ith one of them inside you can smell it all over the apartment....Either way bleach of any kind might help.

or Maybe a good plug-in smelly thing?

[Jake_Kim]

There are fridge deodorants readily available in most supermarkets.
One of the most prominent brands is the 'Hippo' lineup, in this case product name would be '냄새먹는 하마 (냉장고용)'
See http://gmkt.kr/gHAE1r for product image.

[balzor]

I smell it whenever I get on Line 4

[machoman]

baking powder doesn't work. i tried. i just suffer.

[crescent]

My mom-in-law-to-be uses:

1. A bunch of the old larger ship-won coins. Not the new small ones.
2. A bowl of green tea leaves.

[WadRUG'naDoo]

Aren't they meant to keep the kimchi smell in. You using it as your regular fridge or something? Toss it or pour soju on it.

[Jane]

[mosesmoses]

we keep charcoal in our fridge. that seems to take care of it as long as we change it every month or so.

[Juregen]