Fire warnings over drunk cooking

[KentPhilip]

I saw this amusing story of a bloke who put something on the grill whilst drunk, fell asleep, and burned his house down:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8349368.stm

Have you ever done anything similar? I'll put my hand up first - I once incinerated a pizza after 4 hours at gas mark 8 in the oven. It was literally burned to a black crisp

(the bloke lived)

[wurzel]

Have you ever done anything similar? I'll put my hand up first - I once incinerated a pizza after 4 hours at gas mark 8 in the oven. It was literally burned to a black crisp

(the bloke lived)

I did exactly that last weekend. Surprised I wasn't asphyxiated.

[minestrone]

I know someone that put some food on after coming back from the pub and woke up when a fireman was putting an oxygen mask on his face.

[thunderlizard]

Yorkshire Fire Brigade did a big "don't drink & fry" campaign a few years ago.

[Zippy]

I'll own up to cremating a pizza while drunk.

[minestrone]

I'll own up to cremating a pizza while drunk.

Chicken pie got nuked last year after I had fallen asleep on the sofa, gf was none to pleased to come in the house and find me snoring while the oven was making a good impression of a smoke machine.

[Platypus]

Chicken pie got nuked last year after I had fallen asleep on the sofa, gf was none to pleased to come in the house and find me snoring while the oven was making a good impression of a smoke machine.

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[HairyArsedBloke]

I have problems forgetting things when I'm sober.

There is no way will I attempt to do anything more than put the kettle on once I've had a drink. Even that would be taking a risk.

[centurian]

I'll own up to cremating a pizza while drunk.

Done that (more than once) while stone cold sober. My study is located at the opposite end of the house, one floor up, so if I get too engrossed, the time can fly by and I can't smell the burning...

[KentPhilip]

I know someone that put some food on after coming back from the pub and woke up when a fireman was putting an oxygen mask on his face.

Crikey

Well I'm glad from the other answers that I'm not the only guilty contractor in that regard.