Omelet wrote:
>
> In article >,
> "Pete C." > wrote:
>
> > Omelet wrote:
> > >
> > > In article >,
> > > Mark Thorson > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Photos of victims of preventable stove tip-over
> > > > incidents:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.killerstoves.com/victims.php
> > >
> > > I'll give that a pass.
> > >
> > > Anyone "talented" enough to tip a stove over deserves a darwin award.
> > >
> > > I've never tipped my stove over, not even when moving it out to clean
> > > under and behind it.
> >
> > I've not looked at it, but I believe that nearly all stove tip over
> > incidents relate to small children who get the oven door open and then
> > climb on it at which point the whole thing tips over and crushes them.
> >
> > Pete C.
>
> That's just bizarre. My oven door is so low that even if a kid did this,
> they might be able to tip the oven, but the base is so low, the kid
> would fall IN to the oven and still not get crushed.

I wouldn't count on it. When they're climbing on the front of the door
and it goes over it's more likely to catch them in the door, half in,
half out. You may have a stove without or without much of a drawer at
the bottom, I think most stoves do have a fairly large drawer and the
oven bottom is a foot above the floor.

>
> And I did not look at it either until now and the title is misleading.
> The kids did not get crushed, just burned very badly which I can see
> happening.

I think you can check the CPSC site to find more on actually stove
tipping / crush incidents. I think in most cases the stove isn't on when
it happens either.

>
> My oven can lock when it's on. Better be damned sure that I'd lock my
> oven if I had little kids around.

I've not seen one that locks in any mode other than self clean.

Pete C.

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:49:33 GMT, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>Omelet wrote:

>> My oven can lock when it's on. Better be damned sure that I'd lock my
>> oven if I had little kids around.
>
>I've not seen one that locks in any mode other than self clean.

Our oven has a manual catch on the door... it's meant for the
self-cleaning cycle but I could see it used as a safety feature around
toddlers. Flip that lever over and the door will stay closed until you
flip it back.

In article >,
Karen AKA Kajikit > wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:49:33 GMT, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
> >Omelet wrote:
>
> >> My oven can lock when it's on. Better be damned sure that I'd lock my
> >> oven if I had little kids around.
> >
> >I've not seen one that locks in any mode other than self clean.
>
> Our oven has a manual catch on the door... it's meant for the
> self-cleaning cycle but I could see it used as a safety feature around
> toddlers. Flip that lever over and the door will stay closed until you
> flip it back.

Exactly.
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In article >,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:

> I think you can check the CPSC site to find more on actually stove
> tipping / crush incidents. I think in most cases the stove isn't on when
> it happens either.

Still, locking the oven door when there is something hot on a burner
might be a good idea.


> > My oven can lock when it's on. Better be damned sure that I'd lock my
> > oven if I had little kids around.
>
> I've not seen one that locks in any mode other than self clean.


I can lock my oven any time I want. Unless the kid figures out how to
unlock it (not hard), the cold oven is safe from tipping. I cannot have
it both locked and on, unless in the self clean mode.