Darn it, I left something on the stove. Give me a minute.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I'm beginning to do that a lot. One of these days I won't remember.

[Sanity Claws]

1. My suggestion

Can you put a timer on? This way if you are distracted, the timer will go off and remind you that something is on the stove.
That helps me.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. I hadn't thought of that. It's worth a try. I don't want the smoke detector to be the thing that

reminds me.

I'm serious; one of these days it will catch up with me.

[lark]

6. Timers are a key invention.

Don't know how I'd live without them since I've gotten older.

[procon]

2. You need a portable timer.

They are indispensable and if you buy one on a lanyar, you'll never forget another pot. If you have Alexa, you can also set up multiple timers to go check your pots, stir, add an ingredient, whatever you need.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. I've got a physical timer. Smartphones have them too, right? I'm sure I could check.

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My physical timer works by my winding up a spring. The maximum time is one hour. I'm playing with it now. I think that if I don't set it at for least five minutes, the spring won't have sufficient tension to ring the bell.

It takes four or five minutes for the saucepan of water I use for the coffee to come to a near boil, so five minutes works well. If not, I'll use the timer in a phone or Palm device. Anything is better than nothing.

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I have found that if I turn it up to at least ten minutes, I've got sufficient tension in the spring for it to ring the bell. Once I've turned it that far, I can then turn back to time interval to something under ten minutes, and the bell will still sound. It doesn't ring for long, but it doesn't have to.

Just seeing the timer sitting next to me should keep me on alert.

[procon]

5. Yes, you can use your cell phone as a timer, too.

If you have Google Assistant on your phone it's even earlier to set a timer by voice.The only thing I'd mention is that regardless of which timer you use, it it isn't on you or near you, you might not hear it and that kinda defeats the whole point of using a timer.

[CottonBear]

7. Carry a portable timer w/ you on your person. Or set your phone timer.

The key is to have the timer in your pocket or clipped to your clothes.