She was doing hardcore parkour and knocked some Tupperware onto the stove. The stove that she had turned on.
Everyone is fine, but my stove is kinda fucked.
We have a touch button glass stove with a lock and I always lock it when not in use just in case one of the cats does something like this. Glad everyone is fine and it’s only a lost plastic container and some cleanup work 🤍
Extremely overkill for direct next step but whenever you have to eventually replace the range/stove seriously consider an induction stove.
Doesn’t magically get rid of all risk but the fact that the stove itself doesn’t heat up is great. If you haven’t used one it is more efficient and the pan or whatever itself becomes the heating surface. All of them I know of even auto disable themselves if no metal is on it is great.
The pot or pan is the secondary in the circuit. They wont work without it on the stove top because there is nothing to induct the energy to. All the modern one switch off if there is no load in certain length of time.
Jelly did nothing wrong. Just look at that face!
God forbid girls have hobbies…
How is she ever going to learn chemistry if you keep shutting down her experiments?
If it is a glass top stove, a razor blade scraper does wonders
It is. I’ll have to give that a try
Maybe acteone and a scraper? May need a stronger solvent, depending on what burnt plastic becomes, but it may soften it up
Recently did this but using a sharp flat kitchen knife. Angle it almost horizontally and scrape it over the surface like it’s a sharpening stone.
A plastic razor blade scraper may help keep you from scratching your stove top. They’re easy to find on Amazon and other online stores. I’m not sure about physical store availability though
You won’t scratch your stovetop with a razor blade. The ceramic glass top is significantly higher up on the Mohs scale than the steel razor blade.
If GE/whatever company can be trusted it is. What isn’t though is the enamel paint that is on top of the glass that keeps the bottom of your pan from totally coming into contact with the glass.
You should really try a plastic scraper first.
The manufacturer literally recommends you use a regular razor blade in the manual. This is from a GE manual, since you brought them up:
And so does the manufacturer of the most popular ceramic glass material used. A plastic scraper won’t accomplish much, especially if the plastic it’s made out of is softer than whatever is stuck to your cooking surface.
The markings are etched into the glass, not painted.
Thanks for posting this. Holding the blade at a correct angle and putting the correct pressure on it is key.
Interesting. The manual from the GE cooktop I bought two years ago does not say this.
Just for grins, here’s a manual for the oldest discontinued GE electric cooktop I could find on short notice. Note the publication date of 2017. Your card is on page 16:
https://pdf.lowes.com/useandcareguides/084691809609_use.pdf
This one is so crusty they’re still referring to Cerama Bryte by name. One wonders exactly when that licensing deal fell through…
Seconding the rec! I had a plastic melting incident last year and that fixed it right up.
Poor jelly!
She did not like the firemen.
Did you, though?
Yeah they did. That’s a perfect kitty right there.
Our stove is so easy to turn on. I bump into it and flip on the gas accidentally pretty often. My curly tailed dog has as well. I need to figure that out.
is it a samsung? they sent me some clips to put on the knobs because it was easy for pets to turn on
Yo how’d you get those clips? Mine is a Samsung. It came with my house, so I don’t have any of the info for it
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/range-knob-kit/
here’s the page - they are just a piece of plastic that goes on the dial tho, nothing mind blowing
I think it’s a GE. Pretty ancient. I’ll have to look for some of those.
Was about to say, they sell little silicone clips that fit on dang near any stove nob for child proofing. I’ve kept them on long after because of cats and how easy it is to bump aand accidentally turn it on. And unlike moat child proofing, not too much od a hassle to use. Got like 6 for under 10. Completely worth it.
You rock. Thanks for saving me the research.
Good work Jelly. Maybe tomorrow you can achieve your dreams of being an outside cat.
https://www.rangesafe.com/product-line-up
Cat proof that shit.
Omg thank you
Holy s, 30 bucks per knob though. I better be able to pass those down to my grandkids!
Oh wow, there are cheaper options, but they’re more annoying: https://www.acehardware.com/departments/hardware/safety-and-security/child-safety/5989181
(But less annoying than a burned down house)
definitely less annoying than a burnt down house
This is at least the second time I have heard this, you could never accidentally turn mine on. Sounds like there’s a lot of missing regulation in this space.
