Abstract: A stove including circuitry to facilitate avoidance of fires such as may be caused by grease or another flammable substance present on the stove burner. The circuitry detects when such burner has been set above a predetermined temperature or power level for a selected duration and responsively disengages same. In presently preferred embodiments, the circuitry includes an indicator circuit operative to produce an output when the predetermined temperature or power level has been exceeded. This output initiates operation of a timer circuit which will itself produce an output after the selected duration. An appropriate switching circuit is provided to then disengage the burner as desired.