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Also, when you take your oven mitts off, make it a habit to never place them on top of the stove even if the elements are off. Rather, make it a policy to never place anything flammable on the stove ever.
gpt
Or store anything flammable/melty in the oven. No cloth, no plastics, etc. Just metal. That way if you forget to check the oven before turning it on, the worst thing that happens is that you get an oven full of hot metal. But if you store plastic cutting boards or cloth oven mitts in there...ooof.