SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0168
Restaurant Kitchen
Permanent ID: smellbook: · updated 2026-10-06, revision 4
Character EDITORIAL
A restaurant kitchen smells hot, loud and layered: sizzling fat, browned onions, garlic, herbs and simmering sauces press together in steamy air.
Words: warm, savory. Families: Temperature and texture.
States: cooked (EDITORIAL). A state says how an entry is met, such as wet, aged or roasted. It does not create a new smell, and it adds no scientific fact by itself: states marked EDITORIAL come from the entry's own records, and only those marked VERIFIED are reported by a VERIFIED claim.
Met in: Kitchen.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Odours from grilling pork (CLM-GRILLING-001). Yun-Yeong Lee et al., Emission characteristics of particulate matter, odors, and volatile organic compounds from the grilling of pork, Environmental Research, 2020.
Molecules named in these claims: acetaldehyde, ammonia. A molecule listed here is named in a VERIFIED claim about this smell. It is not presented as the cause of the smell; each claim says what its source supports.
Cite
SmellBook. (2026). Restaurant Kitchen (revision 4, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:restaurant-kitchen. https://smellbook.com/smells/restaurant-kitchen
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