Cooking while beer is brewing

I was making a pumpkin ale and while it was boiling I stepped away for a little while not worrying about it. When I came back I saw my wife started to cook peppers and onions with garlic for dinner right next to my wort. Is there a chance that the smell could have contaminated my beer or am I just being paranoid?

 

I think you are fine i doubt it has any effect at all and best plan of action is to thank your wife for making dinner

 

Yea no worries man..

 

I vote paranoid.

 

I vote thank your wife for cooking dinner.

 

I dunno. It's best to be safe. After you bottle/keg it you can send it to me and I'll let you know if it was ruined :fro:

 

Could be worse.

She could have thrown some Brats in your boiling wort.

 

Since nobody seems to really know, would you post back how the beer turns out?

 

I'm cooking sausage and peppers in beer this very second.

 

When I brew inside I usually knock out dinner while I'm at it. I make a lot of curries from scratch (lots of onion) and I haven't had an onion beer yet.

 

I have cooked food next to my wort inside and smoked and BBQ next to it outside and never picked up a flavor that I can tell I would again say no worries and please do let us know how it comes out