Kitchen Safety

How do grease fires start?

• Grease is left on a burner

• Grease is left on the counter

• Grease spatters onto a hot burner

• A and C only

What should you use to take something out of a hot oven?

• tea towel

• paper towel

• oven mitts

• your hands

When using a knife, you should cut away from yourself, or towards yourself?

• Towards myself.

• Away from myself.

To prevent food poisoning, food needs to be kept out of the "danger zone". What temperature range is considered the "danger zone"?

• 70-170 degrees Fahrenheit

• 50-150 degrees Fahrenheit

• 40-140 degrees Fahrenheit

You are frying potatoes and catch the grease on fire. What is something you can use to put the fire out?

• Baking Soda

• Flour

• Water

The chicken in the oven is done cooking. What should you use to safely remove it?

• Wait until the oven cools then take it out.

• Use oven mitts.

• Use a thick towel

It is okay to wear long, loose sleeves to keep my arms safe from the kitchen heat.

• Yes

• No

In order to be sure the surface of the stove is off, it is safe to touch it.

• Yes

• No

I should not use the oven to store things.

• True

• False

What is the safest way to extinguish a small grease fire in the kitchen?

• Use water

• Use a fire extinguisher

• Use baking soda

• Use a wet cloth