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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 parents' gas oven has an auto-off feature and its at least 20 years
old. You twist a little dial on the front of the stove to set the amount
of time and it will turn off after that. The controls for the oven part
are all electric, but the controls for the burners on the gas range part
of it are mechanical. I would be surprised if ovens and ranges that are
being sold now do not have that feature on some models.