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Leaving oven on while out?

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  • 22-05-2013 4:54pm
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    tiny_penguin
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    I want to make a chilli tonight and leave it cooking for abut an hour and a half/2 hours total on a low heat in a dutch oven. Is it ok to leave this in the oven while i go out for about an hour?
    My boyfriend was meant to be home but he has been called into work and I dont want to miss my exercise class. If i wait til i get home from that it will be midnight before i am eating. I did a google search and seem to be getting 50/50 opinions. I would be a bit nervous but I have a bit of OCD about things being unplugged/turned off before I go out - my boyfriend and work colleagues think it'd be fine.

    Would appreciate opinions/thoughts on this?


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    the beer revolu
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    I do this all the time. Low oven-150 C. so it won't dry out. I've recently gone out for 4 or 5 hours at a time with pork joints in the oven.


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    dmc17
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    Well, if you leave it on there's a chance that your house will be burned down when you get back and then your chilli will be ruined :)


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    the beer revolu
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    dmc17 wrote: »
    Well, if you leave it on there's a chance that your house will be burned down when you get back and then your chilli will be ruined :)

    Not helpful.


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    dmc17
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Not helpful.

    Yes it is. I'm advising her not to leave her oven on while she's out. She asked for opinions. That would be my opinion!!


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    the beer revolu
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    dmc17 wrote: »
    Yes it is. I'm advising her not to leave her oven on while she's out. She asked for opinions. That would be my opinion!!

    There's every chance that something in your house has developed an electrical fault and your house is burning now.
    Better get home quick.


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    dmc17
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    There's every chance that something in your house has developed an electrical fault and your house is burning now.
    Better get home quick.

    I am home :confused:

    No harm in taking precautions to reduce risk.


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    the beer revolu
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    Do you have any statistics, professional knowledge or experience to back up this risk you proclaim?


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    dmc17
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Do you have any statistics, professional knowledge or experience to back up this risk you proclaim?

    Why would you need statistics. It's basic common sense.


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    oscarBravo
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    dmc17 wrote: »
    It's basic common sense.
    Is it? What's the process by which an oven at low temperature can burn a house down?


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    the beer revolu
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    dmc17 wrote: »
    It's basic common sense.

    A very rare thing indeed!

    OP I have in my forty something years never had an oven go on fire and I have never known anyone who's oven went on fire, in fact never even heard of one go on fire.
    I'd suggest you pay no heed to our resident scare monger who has nothing to back up their advice, which was given in a rather flippant way to begin with.

    Why do nearly all ovens have timer settings if it is unsafe to have them on unattended?


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    The Hill Billy
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    For appliance safety advice - please check out a suitable forum in the Rec > Home & Garden forums.

    Thanks,

    tHB


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