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Jullia Joson

The forgotten part of your microwave you're not replacing enough – 'it's not common knowledge'

Microwave set into a dark grey kitchen unit with a white worktop and a coffee machine on the worktop above.

We'd be lying if we said we didn't come across a couple of new kitchen discoveries now and then, but finding out about microwave filters has got to be the icing on the cake as far as appliance mysteries go.

That's right. The best microwaves will always have filters – grease filters and charcoal filters – which can typically be located at the bottom or back of your microwave. Chances are you've seen it before, but you might not have realised it was a priority area to tackle when cleaning a microwave and it also needs replacing.

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