can you get smoke alarms for the kitchen?

Question

you cant use normal smoke alarms in the kitchen as you get a lot of false alarms. i have heard you can get less sensitive ones suitable for the kitchen but as yet i hav`nt found any for sale. any suggestions? it`ll be very handy as i had a bit of a mishap in the kitchen. anybody fancy a piece of cremated chicken?

Answer 1

Yes. Just get a photoelectric smoke alarm, preferrably one with a hush button so that you can turn it off for 10 minutes without removing the battery and forgetting to put it back. These alarms are not too expensive and are good also for people who smoke in their bedroom to have in there because smouldering furniture doesnt always set off the other kind of smoke alarm (ionization). Good idea for people who's hallway one goes off from cooking and always take out the batteries, with this kind you don't need to.

Answer 2

You don't need a smoke alarm in the kitchen.

The room next to the kitchen (for most in traditional 'houses') the dining room is the place to put it. As you know smoke rises and drifts the reason the alarms are sensitive is so that a small amount of smoke will set it off.

The aim of the alarm is for when you are asleep (mostly) not really necessary when you are cooking, if you're in the habit of leaving your food while it's cooking try turning the heat down before you leave the kitchen. Or using a ringing timer to tell you when you should come and check.

Answer 3

The response to install a vent fan is excellent.

You are looking for a smoke detector that use photoelectric technology, rather than the cheaper ionization (which is more sensitive to most typical fires). I buy these for my garage and high humidity areas also known for false alarms. Ionization for most other living spaces because they are so sensitive.

A higher end one can also have a kitchen feature that disables the alarm for about 15 minutes. Usually plenty of time to air things out. And with this button, you aren't removing the battery, which many forget to put back in right away. Follow manufacturer placement instructions, but place as far from stove/oven as you reasonably can.

First Alert has an ideal one: Model SA710CN

http://www.firstalert.com/SmokeAlarmCatalog.aspx

Answer 4

I know this first hand. They make not-so-sensitive kitchen smoke alarms. I have a smoke alarm in the HALLWAY near the kitchen and it'd go off all the time with even the slightly tinge of smoke in the air. So we got a 'kitchen smoke alarm' - the packaging will tell you directly. Now it doesn't go off all the time. It only went off recently when the entire first floor had white smoke in it (burned butter in the oven by accident!) oops.

Just go to your local hardware store and they WILL have this. Read the packaging and it'll say just what you want.good luck!

No thanks on the cremated chicken ;)

Answer 5

The normal method is to fit a heat detector in a kitchen, this will respond to a 'rate of rise', not just heat. All the manufacturers of smoke detectors make them and they will interlink with smoke detectors. They can not false alarm due to burnt toast etc, but will alarm with sudden excess heat. I have installed many of these.

Answer 6

Yes you can buy special ones designed for the kitchen which have a reset button on them so that if it starts going off in the kitchen and its a false alarm you can just press the reset button.

Answer 7

I'd much rather have a sensitive creature than a brute in my kitchen!!!

Answer 8

Yep, The stupid element is going off in case you prepare dinner Sir Francis Bacon and that is not elementary under pressure out in so whilst it is going off all of them bypass off, I stay in a residence and my deposit is the only element protecting me from killing it.

Answer 9

we have one just outside the kitchen door..in the hallway. it only reacts when we burn something...like bacon...otherwise it does the job perfectly. i dont think you can get a 'less sensitive' one.

Answer 10

it sounds to me like you need to install a vent fan over the range.