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by dschuler 1154 days ago
Newer gas stoves turn off automatically when they don’t detect a flame, but I’ve only seen those in Europe so far.
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My Bosch stove does this. It runs the igniter continuously when it doesn't detect a flame and if you do something to preclude the ignitor from working (I was testing something, don't ask), the gas flow stops after about 15 seconds!
I’ve never seen one in the US. In general, gas stoves here are low quality, poorly made, and often very expensive. Fancy ones are shinier but no better.