How to prevent accidentally turning on gas stove

[Anonymous]

We recently moved to a home with a gas stove with knobs in the front. Our kids are old enough that we don’t need child proofing, but it has now happened twice that an adult has bumped a knob as they walked past and turned on the gas without realizing it. Scary! Is there a way to prevent this other than installing the annoying baby proof covers? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved to a home with a gas stove with knobs in the front. Our kids are old enough that we don’t need child proofing, but it has now happened twice that an adult has bumped a knob as they walked past and turned on the gas without realizing it. Scary! Is there a way to prevent this other than installing the annoying baby proof covers? Thanks.

Are you certain it was an adult?

[Anonymous]

Do the knobs slide off easily? You could just remove them except when you are using the stove.

[Anonymous]

I have spent over 45 years of my life having gas stoves and that has never happened to me, or in any home I've lived in, and I've never seen or heard of it happening to anyone I know.

Are you sure this is how it happened? Were YOU the adult in question? Were you there and watching when it happened?

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you need a new range. Never heard of this happening.

[Anonymous]

As always, DCUM posters are unable to imagine anything outside of their own experience. 🙄

Agree with taking the knobs off and putting them in an adjacent drawer. Our electric range is in the island with front controls and it's easy to bump the touchpad controls for the oven when leaning over the stove or nudge the knobs when passing through.

Our stove also has a "lock" button but I'm not sure if it locks the stove knobs--I use it to turn off the touchpad when our cleaning people come because they tend to accidentally turn on the warming drawer.

[Anonymous]

We take the knobs off when not in use, although we do this for child-proofing. The covers don’t fit our knobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As always, DCUM posters are unable to imagine anything outside of their own experience. 🙄

Agree with taking the knobs off and putting them in an adjacent drawer. Our electric range is in the island with front controls and it's easy to bump the touchpad controls for the oven when leaning over the stove or nudge the knobs when passing through.

Our stove also has a "lock" button but I'm not sure if it locks the stove knobs--I use it to turn off the touchpad when our cleaning people come because they tend to accidentally turn on the warming drawer.

Guilty.

I do find it difficult to imagine an adult carelessly nudging the knobs that release the deadly flammable gas.

[Anonymous]

How old is your stove? I've always had gas ranges that required one to push the knob in a bit in order to release any gas.

[Anonymous]

Someone in your house is trying to kill you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As always, DCUM posters are unable to imagine anything outside of their own experience. 🙄

Agree with taking the knobs off and putting them in an adjacent drawer. Our electric range is in the island with front controls and it's easy to bump the touchpad controls for the oven when leaning over the stove or nudge the knobs when passing through.

Our stove also has a "lock" button but I'm not sure if it locks the stove knobs--I use it to turn off the touchpad when our cleaning people come because they tend to accidentally turn on the warming drawer.

Guilty.

I do find it difficult to imagine an adult carelessly nudging the knobs that release the deadly flammable gas.

NP. Our family dog twice nudged a knob on while no one was home. We came home to the reek of gas. After the second time, we had to get baby covers. It’s that easy with some ovens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As always, DCUM posters are unable to imagine anything outside of their own experience. 🙄

Agree with taking the knobs off and putting them in an adjacent drawer. Our electric range is in the island with front controls and it's easy to bump the touchpad controls for the oven when leaning over the stove or nudge the knobs when passing through.

Our stove also has a "lock" button but I'm not sure if it locks the stove knobs--I use it to turn off the touchpad when our cleaning people come because they tend to accidentally turn on the warming drawer.

Guilty.

I do find it difficult to imagine an adult carelessly nudging the knobs that release the deadly flammable gas.

NP. Our family dog twice nudged a knob on while no one was home. We came home to the reek of gas. After the second time, we had to get baby covers. It’s that easy with some ovens.

PP

I have no difficulty imagining a dog nudging an oven knob. It's in the direct path of where the smells and food are located. Also, dogs aren't aware the knobs release the deadly flammable gas.

[Anonymous]

Maybe a new stove is needed. Mine you have to push in to turn you can’t just “accidentally” knock it on. If this is a serious concern then update the appliance.

[Anonymous]

OP here. For those who are curious, this is the stove that we have. It doesn’t require you to push in knobs to turn them, and brushing by them can turn them on. Thanks to folks who had advice.

https://www.kitchenaid.com/major-appliances/ranges/slide-in-ranges/p.30-inch-5-burner-gas-slide-in-convection-range.ksgg700ess.html

[Anonymous]

My neighbor in my building has almost killed us all 3 times by not turning the stove knob off or bumping into it. They apparently don't know the smell of gas.

I'm sad some people are this stupid.