Hazardous Chemical Detection in a Microwave Oven

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a microcontroller of a microwave oven, a reading from at least one chemiresistor inset in an interior side wall of the microwave oven, wherein the at least one chemiresistor is configured to detect a chemical;
• determining, by the microcontroller, whether a pre-set threshold is met;
• and
• sending, by the microcontroller, an alert.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a reading from at least one chemiresistor inset in an interior side wall of a microwave oven, wherein the at least one chemiresistor is configured to detect a chemical;
• program instructions to determine whether a pre-set threshold is met;
• and
• program instructions to send an alert.