lemonhead2How to reassure your wife 101
gigastasioFucking with my ex, example #47:
We’d start a road trip, get about a mile or so down the road, and I’d say, “Did I leave the oven on?”
schnurritoWhen I read about people worrying about that, I always wonder how many people don’t turn their oven off immediately before or after taking out the food they prepared in it?! Assuming that it’s been a while since the last time you used it, why would it ever be on?
Now forgetting to properly turn the oven on (turning only one of the two knobs necessary to turn it on) when preparing food, that has definitely happened to me too a few times. :(
I’ve never forgotten to turn it on, but definitely forget to turn it off at times. Usually notice when I finish eating.
The reason why it gets left on is I usually am taking something out of the oven before I’m certain it’s done, then an serving up a plate and forget to turn it off.
You could try the timer function to turn it off at whatever time it was supposed to be done? That way even if it finishes sooner and you forget, you know it’ll be off shortly. :)
Not all ovens have that. Pretty sure mine doesn’t, though my induction hot plate does. And tbh it’s kinda annoying because the timer finishing doesn’t always mean it’s done cooking, it might just mean time to add the next batch of ingredients or flip whatever is baking. But I’ve got two other timers on other devices within reach, so I just pick the most convenient one for the current objective (or just look at the time and try to remember on my own).