Cooking, and leaving it unattended?

That is dangerous; it can cause a bad fire! Although, at times I leave food on the fire when am just headed to the nearby grocery shop…

It is the common disaster which can ever happen and people normally get perturbed and go elsewhere making it to fail and always have that under control

I have done that in the past. About three times total, and I have thoroughly learned my lesson about it. It has been at least twenty years since that has happened. I actually caused a flash fire, but I put it out with a fire extinguisher. It ruined the stove, but not the cast iron skillet and lid. It was time to get rid of the stove anyway. I put oil on to heat to fry something, and took a shower. It super heated and when I lifted the lid the vapors ignited. It all ended okay though.

Hi, My mom uses her slow cooker all the time. The slow cooker is very safe. Slow cookers are designed to cook safely while left unattended. Like you, I was afraid of putting the cooker on and going out at first. I am fine with it now.

When you are coking it is very unwise to leave your food unattended. Too much can happen in too short a time. It may seem boring to have stay in the kitchen and wait while food finishes cooking, bt leaving alone could result in a disaster you cannot cope with. A little patiebce in the kitcen will go a long way to a fabulous meal.

I think we all have burned stuff a time or two but if its like every time that cooking is being done then it is time to make a change on who does the cooking as you do want a home to come back too

I think most probably it is good to stay on the kitchen itself before finish cooking. I think most probably one of the reason that cooking gets burned is that most times people will forget they were cooking.

Oh, that's dangerous, it could start out a fire in your house. Your sister and your mother should avoid doing that. And also you must have fire alarms and fire extinguishers ready at your home, just in case those things might happen. But then, try to avoid it as much as possible.

This situation must be one of continuing concern for you. Is it not possible to make them aware of the problem before they burn the house down? Leaving the kitchen when something is cooking on the top of the stove is dangerous because we can so easily be distracted when we leave the room and forget what we were doing in the kitchen. The worst thing of all is to leave a frying pan burning. Can you install a fire extinguisher in the kitchen for these emergencies?

I wouldn't really take a shower or sleep, but also maybe get into the habit of having an alarm set a few minutes earlier and know the room temperature.

my sister would be on the kitchen table at her laptop then, tablet now, and she'd still forget about what she's cooking on the stove, two short steps away. the scariest event was when she left a pan of oil heating on the stove and went back to the desktop pc in the dining room. good thing my father happened to pass by the kitchen when the oil burst into flames. the stove has four burners and my mother would be cooking on one and won't care about the other pot or pan someone has started cooking on. yet i, who avoid cooking, would always check if i pass by the kitchen and see something on the stove. should it be lit? did we run out of gas? or did the overflowing pot put it out and the gas is still on? is whatever inside cooked, overcooked, dried out? i may not be a foodie and dread cooking when i have to, but i'm practical enough to prioritize safety at all times.

Maybe you should have tv in the kitchen, this for them to stay in the kitchen. If you have tv already well I don't have any suggestion anymore but to handcuffed themselves in the kitchen if they are cooking. What they have is not a good habit and maybe next day won't be as lucky as previous days, accidents do happen.

I used to do this when I was a teenager, but I don't do it anymore because I don't want to set off the smoke alarm.. I now set a rule for myself that when I cook something, I can't leave the kitchen area until I'm finished. I would be pretty mad if my family members did this all the time.. I'd sit them down and tell them you don't want your house burnt down!

i know my mother leaves cooking unattended at times but generally when she does it is the sort that you either use a pan of water for or the oven and generally she will be in the living room with the door open a bit to keep an ear out for either the timer on the oven or the fire alarm. i know that we don't have a fire extinguisher but for burning we just place a wet tea towel over it which puts the flames right out. i suppose the good thing about my mother is that she does not like frying anything so it is very rare that she will and if she does and needs to do something she will ask someone to keep an eye on the cooking.

I would be afraid that your sister or mother is going to burn the house down! I hope you have working smoke detectors. Our smoke detector is so sensitive that I had to get a different grill because our grill kept setting off the smoke alarm. Maybe remind your sister to set a timer when she is cooking so she comes back when the food is done?

My husband does that sometimes, and I have told him many times that it is a bad idea and that I am worried about our safety when he does that. Fortunately nothing really bad has happened so far. He has damaged some pots, but they can be replaced, I am much more worried about the risk of fire when he just leaves the food unattented. Sometimes it is can be tempting to do other things while we wait for the food, but I always have make sure that I do those things in kitchen. I sometimes read or use my laptop in the kitchen while I am waiting for the food. I think that your mother and you sister are taking a big risk when they just leave the food unattended, but I don't know how you can covince them to change that habit. I have talked to my husband many times and he still does it.