Thanksgiving safety tips

If it's your first time cooking this Thanksgiving and you've never stepped foot inside a kitchen, fear not of what disaster may happen.

 

[caption id="attachment_5385" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Credit: Creative Commons"][/caption]The Glendale Fire Department has provided residents with a list of  cooking tips to ensure you stay safe during the holiday. The department is also running public service announcement on GTV6.

 

• Stay in the kitchen while cooking.
• If you must leave the home for even a short period of time, turn off the stove or oven.
•  Use a timer to remind you that the stove or oven is on.
• Keep things that burn – pot holders, oven mitts, paper or plastic – off your stovetop.
•  Don’t store things that can burn in an oven, microwave or toaster oven.
• Clean food and grease off burners, stovetops and ovens.
• Wear clothing with sleeves that are short, close-fitting or tightly rolled up.
• Keep kids away from cooking areas by enforcing a "kid-free zone" of 3 feet around the stove.