This is going to be more of a life pro tip, but trying to reach the largest audience here.
Just had a frantic neighbour knocking at my door saying there is a fire in her oven.
I was over there in under 60 seconds with the fire extinguisher. There was a pot of oil on fire wedged between the element and the rack. No way to quickly and safely remove it, so I blasted it.
If I had tried to remove the pan, it’s likely it would have ended up spilling burning oil everywhere and making the situation much worse. Now they just have a house full of dust to clean.
Will replace our extinguisher today and am considering buying a few more to gift this Christmas.
If it’s a real extinguisher, can’t you just have it recharged and reuse it?
I’m assuming by the mention of powder everywhere that it’s a dry chem one, which usually don’t have a recharge port and tend to be single use. (but recyclable/exchangeable) The powder it uses is what complicates things as it’s messy (think baby powder mixed with baking soda messy) and would also need to be refilled.
