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If you need to put out a small kitchen fire in an emergency and have no other way to do it rip the top off a box of baking soda and use the contents to smother the fire. As the baking soda heats it releases CO2 starving the fire of oxygen, the remaining salt also prevents oxygen from reaching the burning material.
Even better, always have a fire extinguisher handy in the kitchen - don't bury it under the sink or in a closet.
Fire extinguishers and baking soda, always have them in the kitchen.
Life saver on fire extinguishers: Practice. See a post like this? JUMP and run to your extinguisher. Can you find it by reflex?
Because if shit goes south, you don't have time to think about it. Just try it a few times when it occurs to you. Like NOW. A time or three will get you in the zone.
While you're at it, check the gauge on the side. Look good? OK, there's a place to pencil in the last time it was checked. Do so. I just did! Thanks OP!
When it gets old, AFTER you bring home a new one, take the old one outside and practice with it until it's used up. Educational and fun.
If its a dry powder extinguisher WEAR A MASK if only practicing. A lungfull of the powder will fuck your day right up.
Good point, and fire it downwind!
Years ago a friend stole a fire extinguisher from an apartment building as we left, unbeknownst to me. He started spraying it out the car window after we were on the road. One turn is all it took for him to fall back a fraction enough to spray it inside the car.
Middle of winter, we're all choking and gagging. Next day I made him be the one to clean all our frozen vomit from my car.
Does no one have lids for their cookware? Just cover it. A cutting board or cookie sheet works good too.
Not all kitchen fires are on the stove, toasters and toaster ovens are common culprits as well.
Throwing it into an oven that's turned off and then closing the oven door can help extinguish the flames too
Don't start walking around with burning shit
Of course you shouldn't do that, silly.
What I meant was if you are cooking on your stovetop using a pan and somehow don't have a lid, fire blanket, fire extinguisher etc, you can just put it inside the oven. Flames and all. Just make sure you shut the door. It works best when the oven is not filled or in use
This stops the fire from spreading, and starves it of oxygen quickly. Another alternative method is to use another pot/pan that's just big enough to cover the top of the burning pan.