When the vinegar smell has blown away, it takes other stenches with it. Even tobacco smoke.
Vinegar in proportion makes ketchup, mustard, salad dressing, pickles 'interesting'. In bulk, even at a scant 5% it removes hardwater (calcium carbonate) deposits by liberating the carbonate (you still have to agitate/scrub the calcium).
But boiled with grease makes a cauldron of nose death lasting for days.
Speaking of chitlins-- as long as we don't have to smell them-- just how 'clean' can they be considering what they really are? Hint: alternate spelling of 'chit'.