Deodorize Your Stinky Disposer with Citrus

If your disposer has developed an odor, it may contain bits of rotten food. Here’s how to clean them out:

With the water running at about half of the full flow, drop in some orange or lemon peels. Run the disposer for 5-10 seconds. The citric acid from the peels softens crusty waste and will attack the smelly bacteria. Give the acid about 20 minutes to do its magic.

Then, turn on the water and the disposer and drop in a cubes of ice. Flying shards of ice will work like a sandblaster inside the disposer. Run the water until the bowl is about half full. Then pull the stopper and turn on your disposer to flush it out.