Tekeevia Abner (18) and her twin were charged with murder after a house fire killed their young children who had been left alone with the oven open for warmth

[morbidT]

I'm appalled. I guess I never ran into one of those, or if I did, I didn't notice it being hot. My parents have had wall ovens and separate cooktop since 1973 so I wouldn't have run into it there. I had a couple of apartments that probably had stoves like that, but I sure don't remember noticing it. I didn't do a lot of cooking then, though I guess and in my house the burners and ovens were separate and then I got a new stove.

I've got a box of Jiffy mix, a tub of margerine and Styrofoam bowls in a plastic wrapper on mine now and I would turn the oven on and leave it on for hours and not worry about anything catching on fire. I can assure you, however, if I turned the burners on the house would burn.

I hope your streak continues! I'm constantly on my family members about keeping things on the stove, and checking smoke detectors/batteries, having fire escape routes, etc. They think I'm paranoid, but I bet the first time they had to see a dead, burnt up family, they'd think differently. I love wall ovens!

[nestlequikie]

This discussion is so funny. I left a freshly-opened $9 jumbo jar of Skippy on top of the stove after getting hubs out the door for work. I was gonna make cupcakes for him for when he got home so I set the oven to pre-heat, then got a phone call and got sidetracked with the dogs - yadda yadda. All of a sudden I smelled this horrible, plasticky-hot smell and go flying over to the stove. There is an actual vent that vents out to the stove top on the left side from the oven and it flat melted a hole into my freaking new jar of PB!!


And just to have full disclosure, I have a house that was built within the last 10 years. My stove is an electric, smooth-top Whirlpool range. The vent is located over the left rear burner where the control panel is perpendicular to the stove top itself and is about 4 inches wide and an inch or so tall. (I will find the camera in the morning and post a picture of this evil vent)

[puzzld]

RIP peanut butter

Our stove gets hot too. I've just about burned myself when turning off the oven timer...

[morbidT]

This discussion is so funny. I left a freshly-opened $9 jumbo jar of Skippy on top of the stove after getting hubs out the door for work. I was gonna make cupcakes for him for when he got home so I set the oven to pre-heat, then got a phone call and got sidetracked with the dogs - yadda yadda. All of a sudden I smelled this horrible, plasticky-hot smell and go flying over to the stove. There is an actual vent that vents out to the stove top on the left side from the oven and it flat melted a hole into my freaking new jar of PB!!


And just to have full disclosure, I have a house that was built within the last 10 years. My stove is an electric, smooth-top Whirlpool range. The vent is located over the left rear burner where the control panel is perpendicular to the stove top itself and is about 4 inches wide and an inch or so tall. (I will find the camera in the morning and post a picture of this evil vent)

I'm glad you caught it before anything horrible happened! Well, a ruined $9 jar of PB IS horrible, but you know what I mean. Out of all seriousness, hopefully people read this post and learn something about preventable fires, a family is saved, and a fire fighter may not have to possibly be injured or killed.

[morbidT]

NQ- I forgot to ask. Were you able to get all the plastic off the stove? It will probably smell for ages. You can always heat the stove up, A LITTLE, to get it warm and scrape the plastic off. I bet it's still gonna smell for a while though.

[bowieluva]

A NINE DOLLAR PAYNUT BOOTER???? Was it a barrel?

[captainjillian]

A NINE DOLLAR PAYNUT BOOTER???? Was it a barrel?

That's what i thought too!!!

[nestlequikie]

RIP peanut butter

Our stove gets hot too. I've just about burned myself when turning off the oven timer...

Thank you, puzz!

NQ- I forgot to ask. Were you able to get all the plastic off the stove? It will probably smell for ages. You can always heat the stove up, A LITTLE, to get it warm and scrape the plastic off. I bet it's still gonna smell for a while though.

It was weird, morbidT - it was almost like the oil from the peanut butter kept it from being able to meld with the stove top. I got lucky there and the smell is almost gone.

A NINE DOLLAR PAYNUT BOOTER???? Was it a barrel?

64 ounce size - when it comes to PB around here, it is go big or go home!! Today on Safeway.com it is $14.29!! You can get a 2-Pack on Amazon.com for $17.97. Costco is about the same price as Amazon.

[bowieluva]

Geez, I just get the 2 dollar target brand.

[deeply shaded]

They had buy one get one, or some kind of peanut butter deal at our store awhile back where two jars were fastened together. I bought two (total 4 jars) and came home and Denny had been there and also bought two, so we're fixed for peanut butter for awhile.

[deeply shaded]

I'm watching the Partridge Family. They have the same wall ovens my parents do.

[nestlequikie]

They had buy one get one, or some kind of peanut butter deal at our store awhile back where two jars were fastened together. I bought two (total 4 jars) and came home and Denny had been there and also bought two, so we're fixed for peanut butter for awhile.

Birds like peanut butter. Add some to the bird bread!

[morbidT]

It was weird, morbidT - it was almost like the oil from the peanut butter kept it from being able to meld with the stove top. I got lucky there and the smell is almost gone.


Wow, that's awesome! I imagined you making bacon and it tasting like plastic