https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:39:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1319982 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:43:08 +0000 Dandelion 1319982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In our apartment before this house, the smoke alarms were really sensitive. Any time I'd make bacon or cook anything at 400 degrees or higher in the oven, they'd set off. They were linked, too, so ALL the alarms would go off. All our neighbors had the same issue. Nearly every day we heard someone's alarm going off.</p> <p>Now it never happens. This house is much more reasonable in that aspect! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1319944 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:21:56 +0000 LovelyPlum 1319944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! Whoops :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1319886 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:48:59 +0000 chopsuey 1319886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I've set it off before. Haven't at our new place though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1319877 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:45:25 +0000 AngelicOne 1319877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Haha I kinda figured that when I saw the cast iron threads from the other day. :happy: When it works, the steaks definitely taste so good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1317306 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:50:47 +0000 mrbee 1317306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AngelicOne: So funny you should mention that... that's exactly the recipe I was cooking! Alton Brown's Pan-Seared Rib-Eye... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1317295 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:46:08 +0000 Mommy Finger 1317295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AngelicOne: Agreed! This is way we always cook our steaks so we just take the smoke alarm down and cover it with pillows until we're done. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314411 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:23:33 +0000 MrsH 1314411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not since college :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314370 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:11:21 +0000 Honeydew 1314370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is super sensitive. I drives my dog nuts. I swear our neighbors must think we are the worst cooks alive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314330 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:54:57 +0000 Marfi 1314330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, ours is super touchy. Just the blast of heat from opening the oven to take something out will set it off. I really need to move it across the kitchen to help keep that from happening! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314326 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:52:44 +0000 petunia354 1314326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm about to now....didn't realize something spilled onto the bottom of our oven and now it's smoking like crazy!! Oops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314201 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:03:47 +0000 BeachMama 1314201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG our last apartment was THE WORST. It went off almost every time and there wouldnt even be smoke or anything burning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314193 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:01:41 +0000 mrswin 1314193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is it with apartment smoke detectors?? I swear ours will go off just from the oven (clean) being on at 300 and opening the door. We literally cannot cook anything without setting it off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314172 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:55:35 +0000 MrsSCB 1314172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Allll the time. It's so annoying! It never even seems smoky but sometimes I end up having to climb up on a stool and wave a towel under the alarm to get it to stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314137 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:46:46 +0000 AngelicOne 1314137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: My husband has done this multiple times when trying to perfect cooking steaks in the cast iron pan like the very 1st episode of "Good Eats". It worked the 1st time, others, not so much. Lol Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314128 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:42:28 +0000 Arden 1314128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine just went off from preheating a (clean) oven. I hate apartments and their hard-wired absurdly sensitive alarms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314106 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:29:45 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 1314106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but our fan doesn't work, so that does not help at all. I have a problem with getting oil too hot though! Whoops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314077 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:20:12 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1314077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I set ours off every time I sear a roast. (Actually, DH has banned me from doing it since I burned my face w/ the hot grease last time I did it, so that solves that problem) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314068 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:18:28 +0000 edelweiss 1314068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>many times. it's annoying. i now prop open our front door (which is right by the kitchen) and turn on a floor fan every time i cook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314067 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:18:26 +0000 Modern Daisy 1314067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is exactly why there is no smoke alarm in our kitchen. Just using the microwave would set it off! Don't worry, we are still safe - there are alarms in both bedrooms which are about 5 feet from the kitchen :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314059 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:16:14 +0000 swedishfish 1314059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's how we knew dinner was ready when my mom was cooking. Hahaha. She's a good cook the alarm was just sensitive. I haven't set it off myself in a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314035 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:04:31 +0000 looch 1314035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314030 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:02:42 +0000 LBee 1314030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's my husband's favorite dinner pastime! (ha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314025 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:00:48 +0000 Bao 1314025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we lived in our apartment it would go off every time the oven was on, it was ridiculous! It has never gone off at our house though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1314020 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:59:35 +0000 autumnlove 1314020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time when I lived in an apartment! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1313997 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:51:51 +0000 pui 1313997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All. The. Time. It drives us nuts. The thing seems waaay too sensitive. I guess that's a good thing though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-set-off-your-smoke-alarm-while-youre-cooking#post-1313988 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:50:34 +0000 mrbee 1313988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I set ours off again today! I was searing a steak in a very hot pan, and even though the searing only lasted 30 seconds on each side (and the stove fan was on)... there was enough smoke to set off the alarm.</p> <p>I think the issue is that the fan above the stove isn't very powerful, and also that our smoke detector is very sensitive. Also, I am still figuring out this cast iron pan a bit. Almost there, though!</p> <p>Do you ever set off your smoke alarm while you're cooking? </p>