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"Terry" > wrote:

> I saw the crock pot thread. They don't work if you8 don't plug them
> in. Stuff like this happens to me more than I care to admit.
>
> I have not been shopping for a stove, but I do think an auto-shut off
> would be a very useful feature. More than once I have turned something
> down to low and sampled enough of the dish to forget about it on the
> stove.
>
> Anyone know if an auto-shut off is a common feature? I would say
> anything after an hour on the stove top should shut off, but I don't
> cook that often.

My GE comes with a timer function for the oven...
It shuts off the oven when the timer kills it.

Not for the stovetop, but still usefull imho. :-)
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