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# On [[Yom Tov]], an oven which is thermostatically controlled, is permitted to be opened and closed in order to put in, check, or remove food. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:30 </ref> | # On [[Yom Tov]], an oven which is thermostatically controlled, is permitted to be opened and closed in order to put in, check, or remove food. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:30 </ref> | ||
===Electric Cooktop=== | ===Electric Cooktop=== | ||
# One may not raise or lower the temperature of an electric stove.<Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:27 because in doing so you'll usually be extinguishing one coil and heating up another in its place. | # One may not raise or lower the temperature of an electric stove.<Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:27 forbids adjusting an electric stovetop on Yom Tov because in doing so you'll usually be extinguishing one coil and heating up another in its place. Similarly, [https://cor.ca/2011/05/cooking-on-yom-tov-a-halachic-analysis/#:~:text=On%20Yom%20Tov%2C%20it%20is,Yom%20Tov%20purpose%2C%20including%20cooking. COR] writes that it is forbidden to adjust the temperature for the electric stovetop in which it is the same circuit that is being used because turning it up or down could start or stop a flow of current. [https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/4629/oven-kashrus-for-yom-tov-use/ Star-K] writes that one may not turn up an electric cooktop on Yom Tov because doing so might connect a circuit. | ||
* How do electric stoves work? | * How do electric stoves work? | ||
* Some electric stoves have discrete temperature options such as low, medium, and high. In those stoves, depending on the temperature setting that it is on, a particular circuit is connected and used to heat up the stove to that temperature. When a temperature is adjusted, the circuit that was previously connected is disconnected and a new circuit is connected. In such cases, adjusting the temperature on Yom Tov is forbidden since connecting and disconnecting circuits is an issue of electricity on Yom Tov and if the metal is red hot then additionally it involves igniting a fire and extinguishing it. Sources: Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:33, [http://www.yisharon.org/shabbatmode Rabbi Meir Sendor]. | * Some electric stoves have discrete temperature options such as low, medium, and high. In those stoves, depending on the temperature setting that it is on, a particular circuit is connected and used to heat up the stove to that temperature. When a temperature is adjusted, the circuit that was previously connected is disconnected and a new circuit is connected. In such cases, adjusting the temperature on Yom Tov is forbidden since connecting and disconnecting circuits is an issue of electricity on Yom Tov and if the metal is red hot then additionally it involves igniting a fire and extinguishing it. Sources: Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:33, [http://www.yisharon.org/shabbatmode Rabbi Meir Sendor]. | ||
* Some electric stoves use a variable temperature and the temperature depends on the voltage going through the circuit, which is adjusting depending on the temperature setting. There is one caveat; the circuit isn't continuously connected. Rather it alternates between being connected and disconnected depending on whether the heating element is at the desired temperature. When the heating element is below the right temperature, the circuit is closed in order to heat up and when it is at the right temperature, the circuit is disconnected for some time. The issue is that if one raises the temperature when the circuit is disconnected, one will cause the circuit to close immediately and if one lowers the temperature when the circuit is closed one will cause the circuit to open immediately. Sources: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/12666/do-all-modern-electric-stoves-have-binary-heating-elements, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxzBG-xLV6Q, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOdYp8CFjdU, http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/21432/what-temperatures-do-low-medium-high-on-the-stove-correspond-to, and [http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-cooking-ovenyomtov.htm the Star-K]. | * Some electric stoves use a variable temperature and the temperature depends on the voltage going through the circuit, which is adjusting depending on the temperature setting. There is one caveat; the circuit isn't continuously connected. Rather it alternates between being connected and disconnected depending on whether the heating element is at the desired temperature. When the heating element is below the right temperature, the circuit is closed in order to heat up and when it is at the right temperature, the circuit is disconnected for some time. The issue is that if one raises the temperature when the circuit is disconnected, one will cause the circuit to close immediately and if one lowers the temperature when the circuit is closed one will cause the circuit to open immediately. Sources: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/12666/do-all-modern-electric-stoves-have-binary-heating-elements, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxzBG-xLV6Q, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOdYp8CFjdU, http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/21432/what-temperatures-do-low-medium-high-on-the-stove-correspond-to, and [http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-cooking-ovenyomtov.htm the Star-K]. | ||
