I love the day after I get groceries. There's just so much to cook. It had been several weeks since we had chicken in our freezer, and after a trip to the store, I was excited to cook up some of my favorite meat. As I threw several meals together at one time, I put some chicken in the oven. Before I knew it, the chicken was done, so I twisted the dial on the oven to the off position and headed to the living room. Gilmore Girls was playing, and soon I began to smell something burning. What was going on? Not only had I turned all of my burners off, I had taken the pans off of them. What could be burning?
I headed to the kitchen and through the oven door I saw the top of my chicken breasts turning a nice crispy color. The dial had been turned off, even though I had left the chicken in the oven as it cooled down. Glancing at the dial, I noticed that it was still on a little bit, not quite on the OFF setting. I turned it so it would be off all of the way, but it wouldn't go. In that moment I realized that it wouldn't turn because the dial wasn't set to the OFF setting, but rather to 500 F!
A yelp escaped my mouth as I grabbed the nearest pot holder and rushed to salvage my chicken. Thankfully my sense of smell is wonderful, and the chicken was barely toasted. Lesson learned, check and double check the dial on the stove. The 500 is right next to the OFF setting.
Glad everything turned out just fine. Could have been worse. That is how I burnt the back burner cover. I think if I had not smelled it getting hot, we might have had a fire.
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