dessiato
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Slow cookers (crockpots) are electric. I don’t think there’s much risk using them in a cupboard.
Is it safe to leave a gas ring on slow cooking overnight?
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Johnny Doe
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Yeah, googling around it, doesn't seem to bad, though I'd expect the heat in there might not be good for the cupboard, which is different from a safety issue
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Indeed. Not only is the flame unattended, you’re also asleep.
My brother in law is a firefighter and he warns me against putting the dishwasher on overnight. And that’s water.
SheilaNaGig
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nogojones
spelling is overrated
Any modern gas cooker should have thermos on the hobs so if the flame goes out the gas supply will shut off. Try it out - light a ring, blow it out and listen for the click a few second after.
Saying that, I wouldn't personally leave it on unattended... something falls off the wall the cat knocks something on to the ring, the pot boils dry...
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I didn't know that. We're (unfortunately) all electric here.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I wouldn't risk it. A slow cooker will do the job perfectly well, although I wouldn't leave that on overnight either.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
They also reckon you shouldn't take illegal drugs.
Reno
The In Kraut
Is this the sequel thread to "I don't know how to use a fridge." ? 
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WouldBe
Dislicksick
How often do people change their gas cooker or hob?
I'm still using the same gas hob that was in the house when I moved in 25 years ago and it wasn't new then.
No. Don't leave naked flames burning over night.
andysays
Love and solidarity
Did he explain why?
I don't have a dishwasher, but if I did I wouldn't think twice about putting it on overnight or while I was out, just like I regularly do with the washing machine.
Will I die?
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
I've never really understood the 'don't put the washing machine on and go out' line but I guess it's about damage limitation as you can notice and call the firefighters if you're in.
I certainly stopped even thinking about putting it on overnight when two years ago a colleague at work put hers on, went shopping, and came back to a burnt out bottom half of her house. It does happen.
andysays
Love and solidarity
Sorry to about your colleague, but I've never heard of anything like that happening and would imagine that it's really rare.
Maybe I'm underestimating the risk.
ska invita
back on the other side
Who left it on?
Grace Johnson
i like dairylea dunkers
Defo not unreasonable that. I wouldn't have been happy either. It's a slow cooker job that defo!
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I would say that, IF you have a cooker with the ability to shut off the gas supply if the flame goes out, it would be marginally safer, although I'd still be very hesitant. But the difficulty with running a gas ring at a low setting is that it's more likely to go out, and that risks the burner just pumping gas into the kitchen, which won't be much fun when you come down in the morning to make tea...
I have no idea about official advice regarding electrical appliances - I've been happy to leave an oven on when I go out, and if I had a slow cooker, I'd have no compunction about leaving that on - it's kind of the point, isn't it?
I generally never switch off my computer when I go out, either: I know there's a small risk of an electrical fault developing and causing a fire, but in three decades of running PCs at home, I've never had the merest hint of such a problem.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
And any steam might be a problem for most kitchen cupboards, but nothing beyond that, I'd have thought.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Anything that can overheat can go on fire. If you’re not awake (or around) to notice it happening, it can be a conflagration in a very short space of time.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
OK, you made me look it up. Far more than I'd have thought.
Faulty appliances 'cause 60 fires a week'
Consumer group Which? wants the government to speed up efforts to tackle faulty home appliances.
www.bbc.co.uk
Faulty household appliances - primarily washing machines and tumble dryers - account for 60 house fires a week in the UK, consumer group Which? has said.
It said the number of fires has stayed roughly the same each year for five years.
It was a shock having it happen to a (really nice) woman I know, and this was a first for me. She took it brilliantly but was still out of her house for 9 months. Family of four.
I just went to have a look.
Revealed: the brands linked to the most appliance fires - Which? News
Which? investigation sheds light on the appliances that pose the greatest risk
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