[londons_explore]

So many ovens come with timers that just beep - yet they keep on cooking.

Who on earth thought that was a good plan? If I wanted a timer, I'd have used my phone.

[nsomaru]

Turning the oven off isn’t going to help much anyways because most of the heat will remain and continue cooking the food

[londons_explore]

Slightly burnt pizza still beats 'literaly on fire' pizza any day.

[marssaxman]

Cooking timers have been around for centuries - hourglasses, then wind-up clockwork devices, then electric timers since the mid-20th century. Smartphones only showed up yesterday by comparison, not enough time for design trends to adapt.