# Hey, Smoke Detector, Detect This!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-smoke-detector-detect-this/391593>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 10, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-smoke-detector-detect-this/391593 "2007-02-10T03:21:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-smoke-detector-detect-this/391593/41 "2007-02-15T00:11:58Z")

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The smoke detector in my apartment is hooked into the wiring, so I can’t even take the batteries out to shut it up. To date, it has gone off when searing steak, searing a roast, frying fish, toasting bread, roasting asparagus and _boiling water_. I desperately want to learn how to fry chicken, but I don’t dare, as it is distinctly not a smoke-free process.

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