Dangerous though
A bloke near here died of smoke inhalation after falling drunkenly asleep at the kitchen table while waiting for a pizza to bake. Unforgivably, he also killed his pet dog.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 27 May 2011, 9:27, 2 replies)

I once had a mate
who awoke in the morning after a night's drinking to find the oven on, and a lump of lignite in it that had, several hours earlier, been a pizza.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 27 May 2011, 10:05, closed)

BLOODY lucky escape, there.

(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 27 May 2011, 10:17, closed)

I'm not sure it's all that lucky.
An oven door-seal should be able to withstand a few hours of heat, surely? I assume that there'd've been a fair amount of smoke when he opened the door, but there's no obvious reason why a well-maintained oven wouldn't be perfectly safe.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 27 May 2011, 10:25, closed)

Years ago in bedsit land
I passed out with a dole mixed grill (burger, sausage, potato waffle) under the grill on the baby belling.
Woke up in a haze of blue smoke with a cough that lasted a week. Oops!
( Geoff the Clownfish You know Myra, some people might think you're cute, Fri 27 May 2011, 10:31, closed)

Yes, it is very dangerous, especially in a small kitchen with the doors and windows shut.
You'd have to be passed out drunk in that kitchen. Happens more than you'd think.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 27 May 2011, 14:22, closed)

Top tip
Never use the spare key your mate gave you when she went on holiday to secretly let yourself in and watch her cable TV. Certainly don't make things worse by forgetting you were cooking a pizza thus welding it to the back of the oven, horizontally, like a cheesy black shelf.
( AWPS, Fri 27 May 2011, 10:35, closed)