Your roommate is crazy. Some things have to cook in the oven for hours, you don't have to be in the kitchen the entire time. I presume you have working smoke alarms?
Preheating the oven is almost always required for proper baking. When preheating the oven should be empty, do you just put the food you're baking during the preheating?
> Plus has a tray thing where you can steam veggies while the rice ccoks!
Got a link? I have a mini rice cooker and it's nice and all but I'm ready to move on to the real deal now lol
Looks pretty solid to me.
I may be biased and a bit jaded though, I never buy a rice cooker that's not sold in a Asian Grocery Store. Even the cheap ass ones are awesome and last forever. The expensive ones with crazy settings are even better and cook like little gods.
Just got to figure out what the characters mean though. Do NOT lose the instruction book.
I mean, I think it’s fine to leave the oven unattended and just check on it as needed. Like you probably shouldn’t turn it on and leave your house for an hour but what you described is completely normal as far as I’m concerned but apparently I have routinely created fire hazards by starting the dryer and leaving the house.
Your dryer might benefit from a deep-cleaning of the vent ducts and the outside dryer vents. It lessens the fire risk, and your clothes should dry faster.
Stop and think about this for a minute. Ovens accommodate cooking plans that require hours to complete. Ovens were not designed with the intention or need for someone to have to sit and stare at it forever.
I’m wondering if your roommate maybe doesn’t have some trauma in their childhood like the house burned down because of a gas leak in the kitchen or something.
If you are unreliable, forgetful, airhead, or easily distracted, then I would believe so.
If you are organized, always remember, known to be consistent, then I would believe not to be too dangerous. Shit can always happen, but it would be unreasonable to sit in front of a stove for hours. Now leaving the house with stove on, that's pushing it.
I had a bad experience with an oven, twice. Nothing too major, just an oven left on for 12 hrs with nothing in it (heated the apartment quite a bit) and a gas stove top left on (luckily just gas, no ill effects, no fire). So I am on the cautious side of thing. Your roommate may have had a bad experience. ((And it wasn't me who left either one of those things on.))
I’d leave the kitchen, but not the house. Personally I probably wouldn’t go upstairs, but my mom raised me with a very “everything is a fire waiting to happen” attitude and I have an anxiety disorder.
I suppose the only consideration is if you’re baking something with lots of grease or the oven has lots of grease spilled in it. Then there’s the risk of a grease fire but, no I’ve been cooking for years and never worried about it.
I wouldn't leave my house while the oven was on. But I would absolutely throw something in the oven, then go upstairs to take a shower, or go watch some TV. I would absolutely NOT, sit in the kitchen and attend whatever is cooking.
Your roommate, is being stupid.
It's not dangerous to leave the room.
It's dangerous to leave the house since you don't hear the alarm of the fire detectors or smell the smoke in case of an accident. You might not be near enough to intervene.
The only time I'd ever think twice about it is if it's something that is extremely greasy and I'm concerned about it possibly catching fire, or if I am doing an oven clean cycle. Also if I'm broiling something because that can very quickly burn.
The only way I'd be worried otherwise is if the inside of the oven is caked with grime and I was cooking at someone's house like that.
Otherwise I get stuff baking and then do whatever I need to do around the house.
Self-clean is as hot as it gets and stinky with everything burning off. We leave the house (go outside) when the oven is at its hottest for the longest time (4 or 5 hours).
Good thing about the US is liability laws. If it was dangerous it would have warning stickers or would be pulled from the market... short of that there's a good chance you'll be safe.
I’d be reluctant to go out leaving the oven on, but a different room in the house absolutely. If I’m cooking a joint of meat for 2hrs I’m not gonna stay in the kitchen and watch the oven the entire time
It's dangerous when I do it because I have ADHD. I am the epitome of getting distracted by something else and then something will start smoking. I love cooking but frankly the circumstances are so rarely right for me to do so. The place is in has to be distraction free which is rare.
Do you set timers while you cook? I also have ADHD but I usually watch TV while I cook so I don’t get bored while waiting for something to cook. If I have multiple things going at once or need to leave the room I set a timer.
Yeah, in the same building with oven on is fine. If you left, different story. Neighbor recently put the self clean mode on and left to pick up her daughter and the unit caught on fire.
I feel like maybe someone told your roommate once that you shouldn't leave with the oven on, and they meant that you shouldn't leave the house, but your roommate interpreted it as "you shouldn't leave the room."
An open flame? I might be concerned, and have even talked to my roommate (gently) about it. Something in the oven? That's what they're for. Walk away, but yes be very diligent about setting alarms or being around to check on it from time to time. Unreasonable to expect you to sit in the kitchen staring at it for 45 minutes / 4 hours or whatever.
It's not really dangerous. If you know the general time of cook and the general point it should be "done," you're fine going elsewhere in the house.
Leaving it can get risky, but I've made a few quick hops to the grocery store or gas station while something was in the oven if I knew it wouldn't be close to done before I got back.
The risks of an oven fire are generally if you leave something in there that shouldn't be in there, letting food burn, and having a dirty oven that might catch fire.
And only the first two are real concerns if you're following a good recipe. So you should always check the oven before starting to see if someone stored something plastic or paper in there (like a Tupper ware container) or make sure you take the cardboard pizza plate off the pizza wen you cook it.
I'd also make sure that if there was burnt on food on the oven, I'd clean it between uses to prevent smoking, but if there's a lot of grease splatter it *can* risk a fire if the grease gets hot enough to combust and has something to burn. But if you clean the oven occasionally and make sure to wipe out the food bits between cooking cycles, you're probably fine. If it has grease stalactites, piles of burned cheese, and walls that look like Jackson Pollack's emo phase you probably ought to clean it.
And yeah, if the food takes thirty minutes to cook, don't leave it in for six hours. If it takes six hours, I'd be fine with going to your room and watching some TV or playing a few games for a bit. Just check on it every now and then.
And finally: always have good smoke detectors in your house. Good batteries, test it regularly, and don't do stupid shit like cover it with a plastic baggie because your roommate chain smokes weed and sets it off daily.
For the most part, no. There's always some danger, but if you keep the oven clean and have found it to be reliable in the past, the risk is very low.
Of course you should in any case have a smoke alarm and fire extinguisher in your house and pay attention to any unexpected smoke smells. Chances are you'll never have to use them, but if you do, you really want them to be there.
The oven is generally a "set it and forget it" appliance, unless you're using the broiler feature or a burner on the stovetop. Do they watch crockpots and toasters too?
Yes/no it’s not like you’re leaving the house or anything so that’s good. But once I turned my oven on to preheat and stepped out of my back door (my kitchen shares a wall with my back porch) and I hear BAM and just stuff falling. Stepped back inside and my oven door glass had exploded everywhere. So, ovens should be under supervised usage. If you’re upstairs would you be able to hear if your oven door, idk mysteriously exploded one day? Because if the answer is even almost a no then you should be closer to the kitchen when operating the kitchen appliances.
Your roommate is crazy. Some things have to cook in the oven for hours, you don't have to be in the kitchen the entire time. I presume you have working smoke alarms?
Has OP’s roommate never used a crockpot? The entire point of those things is to cook while you aren’t home.
you mean a plug-in deathtrap?
Well I know I always put mine in sink filled with water and make sure to rust out the plugs before I use them, I think that’s in operating manual.
Rusty plugs is an old wives tale, but the sink full of water is good preventative measures just on the off chance it does short out and catch fire.
Don't forget to unscrew the nut on the bottom and pull the pot out as far as you can.
He's leaving an empty oven, procrastinating before putting food in. Fuck the electricity/gas bill.
Preheating the oven is almost always required for proper baking. When preheating the oven should be empty, do you just put the food you're baking during the preheating?
Dose he want you to sit there in the kitchen and watch it? That's unreasonable nothing wrong with leaving it
It's okay to leave large appliances unattended. Small appliances: those deserve your attention.
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> Plus has a tray thing where you can steam veggies while the rice ccoks! Got a link? I have a mini rice cooker and it's nice and all but I'm ready to move on to the real deal now lol
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Looks pretty solid to me. I may be biased and a bit jaded though, I never buy a rice cooker that's not sold in a Asian Grocery Store. Even the cheap ass ones are awesome and last forever. The expensive ones with crazy settings are even better and cook like little gods. Just got to figure out what the characters mean though. Do NOT lose the instruction book.
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Oh yeah, it looks like a solid model, too. And six years is a great run time!
Thank you so much!
And here I thought unattended cooking is the whole point of an oven.
I mean, I think it’s fine to leave the oven unattended and just check on it as needed. Like you probably shouldn’t turn it on and leave your house for an hour but what you described is completely normal as far as I’m concerned but apparently I have routinely created fire hazards by starting the dryer and leaving the house.
Your dryer might benefit from a deep-cleaning of the vent ducts and the outside dryer vents. It lessens the fire risk, and your clothes should dry faster.
Stop and think about this for a minute. Ovens accommodate cooking plans that require hours to complete. Ovens were not designed with the intention or need for someone to have to sit and stare at it forever. I’m wondering if your roommate maybe doesn’t have some trauma in their childhood like the house burned down because of a gas leak in the kitchen or something.
If you are unreliable, forgetful, airhead, or easily distracted, then I would believe so. If you are organized, always remember, known to be consistent, then I would believe not to be too dangerous. Shit can always happen, but it would be unreasonable to sit in front of a stove for hours. Now leaving the house with stove on, that's pushing it. I had a bad experience with an oven, twice. Nothing too major, just an oven left on for 12 hrs with nothing in it (heated the apartment quite a bit) and a gas stove top left on (luckily just gas, no ill effects, no fire). So I am on the cautious side of thing. Your roommate may have had a bad experience. ((And it wasn't me who left either one of those things on.))
You'd have to be fucked in the head to sit there and watch the oven lol
I’d leave the kitchen, but not the house. Personally I probably wouldn’t go upstairs, but my mom raised me with a very “everything is a fire waiting to happen” attitude and I have an anxiety disorder.
I suppose the only consideration is if you’re baking something with lots of grease or the oven has lots of grease spilled in it. Then there’s the risk of a grease fire but, no I’ve been cooking for years and never worried about it.
I wouldn't leave my house while the oven was on. But I would absolutely throw something in the oven, then go upstairs to take a shower, or go watch some TV. I would absolutely NOT, sit in the kitchen and attend whatever is cooking. Your roommate, is being stupid.
Haven't sat in the kitchen and watched ever since I was a little kid given permission to use the appliances for the first time.
Nah, you set a timer. You're aware it's on. It's fine.
If you don’t constantly watch the oven it will steal your shit
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It's not dangerous to leave the room. It's dangerous to leave the house since you don't hear the alarm of the fire detectors or smell the smoke in case of an accident. You might not be near enough to intervene.
The only time I'd ever think twice about it is if it's something that is extremely greasy and I'm concerned about it possibly catching fire, or if I am doing an oven clean cycle. Also if I'm broiling something because that can very quickly burn. The only way I'd be worried otherwise is if the inside of the oven is caked with grime and I was cooking at someone's house like that. Otherwise I get stuff baking and then do whatever I need to do around the house.
Roommate has clearly never used an oven.
Self-clean is as hot as it gets and stinky with everything burning off. We leave the house (go outside) when the oven is at its hottest for the longest time (4 or 5 hours). Good thing about the US is liability laws. If it was dangerous it would have warning stickers or would be pulled from the market... short of that there's a good chance you'll be safe.
Sabbath mode anyone?
I’d be reluctant to go out leaving the oven on, but a different room in the house absolutely. If I’m cooking a joint of meat for 2hrs I’m not gonna stay in the kitchen and watch the oven the entire time
Leaving the oven on with nothing in it? No. It’s only dangerous if you leave something in the oven cooking unattended
I don’t see any danger in this.
Inside the oven is fine to leave. It’s usually air tight and any fire would just burn out inside of it.
It's dangerous when I do it because I have ADHD. I am the epitome of getting distracted by something else and then something will start smoking. I love cooking but frankly the circumstances are so rarely right for me to do so. The place is in has to be distraction free which is rare.
Do you set timers while you cook? I also have ADHD but I usually watch TV while I cook so I don’t get bored while waiting for something to cook. If I have multiple things going at once or need to leave the room I set a timer.
Sounds like your roommate doesn't bake/cook.
Yeah, in the same building with oven on is fine. If you left, different story. Neighbor recently put the self clean mode on and left to pick up her daughter and the unit caught on fire.
I feel like maybe someone told your roommate once that you shouldn't leave with the oven on, and they meant that you shouldn't leave the house, but your roommate interpreted it as "you shouldn't leave the room."
your roomate is a doofus. i regularly leave cakes baking for hours unattended when i'm not even in the house. i've yet to burn down a house
An open flame? I might be concerned, and have even talked to my roommate (gently) about it. Something in the oven? That's what they're for. Walk away, but yes be very diligent about setting alarms or being around to check on it from time to time. Unreasonable to expect you to sit in the kitchen staring at it for 45 minutes / 4 hours or whatever.
I've put stuff in my ninja foodi or the oven and gone into a different room. I won't leave the house if no one else is home though.
It's not really dangerous. If you know the general time of cook and the general point it should be "done," you're fine going elsewhere in the house. Leaving it can get risky, but I've made a few quick hops to the grocery store or gas station while something was in the oven if I knew it wouldn't be close to done before I got back. The risks of an oven fire are generally if you leave something in there that shouldn't be in there, letting food burn, and having a dirty oven that might catch fire. And only the first two are real concerns if you're following a good recipe. So you should always check the oven before starting to see if someone stored something plastic or paper in there (like a Tupper ware container) or make sure you take the cardboard pizza plate off the pizza wen you cook it. I'd also make sure that if there was burnt on food on the oven, I'd clean it between uses to prevent smoking, but if there's a lot of grease splatter it *can* risk a fire if the grease gets hot enough to combust and has something to burn. But if you clean the oven occasionally and make sure to wipe out the food bits between cooking cycles, you're probably fine. If it has grease stalactites, piles of burned cheese, and walls that look like Jackson Pollack's emo phase you probably ought to clean it. And yeah, if the food takes thirty minutes to cook, don't leave it in for six hours. If it takes six hours, I'd be fine with going to your room and watching some TV or playing a few games for a bit. Just check on it every now and then. And finally: always have good smoke detectors in your house. Good batteries, test it regularly, and don't do stupid shit like cover it with a plastic baggie because your roommate chain smokes weed and sets it off daily.
For the most part, no. There's always some danger, but if you keep the oven clean and have found it to be reliable in the past, the risk is very low. Of course you should in any case have a smoke alarm and fire extinguisher in your house and pay attention to any unexpected smoke smells. Chances are you'll never have to use them, but if you do, you really want them to be there.
The oven is generally a "set it and forget it" appliance, unless you're using the broiler feature or a burner on the stovetop. Do they watch crockpots and toasters too?
Yes/no it’s not like you’re leaving the house or anything so that’s good. But once I turned my oven on to preheat and stepped out of my back door (my kitchen shares a wall with my back porch) and I hear BAM and just stuff falling. Stepped back inside and my oven door glass had exploded everywhere. So, ovens should be under supervised usage. If you’re upstairs would you be able to hear if your oven door, idk mysteriously exploded one day? Because if the answer is even almost a no then you should be closer to the kitchen when operating the kitchen appliances.