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Obviously, it’s a really really good idea to have a fire extinguisher on hand in your kitchen. But if you don’t, all is not lost…just please please please do not throw water on your grease fire. Watch this short informative video and learn how to use the most humble of kitchen “gadgets”: a dish towel.
Consumer Reports has additional important information on dealing with kitchen fires and preventing them in the first place!
No, In 30+ years, with two kids and bunches of friends living at the house, what we had was minor and annoying, but not unexpected. The Fires all stayed on the stove, they just needed to be put out. The hardest part is cleaning up the mess afterward, especially the melted plastic of a spoon handle. Luckily, one of the extinguishers we have is CO2. Stops a grease fire without the fire retardant mess.
If you DO have a fire extinguisher, do not store it next to the stove, where you won’t be able to reach it if there IS a fire. Store it close by, a few steps away… We have one cabinet next to the stove and then open space, it is on the Other Side. Easy to see and reach, but away from where the fire will be.
You can also drop a Pan Lid on a fire, but that can be harder to place correctly.
We’ve had three fires on the stove in 30+ years. So yes, I have had to put them out. Scary. You don’t want to reach near them at all. Put two out with the extinguisher, one with a lid and damp towel (it was real small still).