Patent ID: 8895904

Claim:
An emergency shut-off system for deactivating an electric stove upon sensing smoke or heat and thereby reducing kitchen fires, said electric stove having a first plug connected to a first outlet for receiving power therefrom, said first outlet being electrically mated to a circuit breaker box without a ground fault circuit interrupter, said emergency shut-off system comprising: a smoke detector including an input and an output respectively, said smoke detector further including a reset button and a battery interconnected thereto; an emergency shut-off device adapted to be interconnected to the electric stove, said emergency shut-off device further being interconnected to said input and said output of said smoke detector, said reset button being interconnected to said emergency shut-off device; wherein said emergency shut-off device further includes: a second plug adapted to be interconnected to a second outlet; a junction box adapted to be interconnected to the second outlet; a third plug adapted to be plugged into the second outlet; and, a forty amp contactor having a one-hundred-and-twenty volt alternating current activation coil wired to said third plug, said contactor having a first pair of poles adapted to be interconnected to a two-hundred-and-thirty volt alternating current coming from the circuit breaker, said contactor further having a second pair of poles adapted to be interconnected to the first outlet; and, wherein upon detecting smoke or heat, said smoke detector sends a current to said emergency shut-off device which terminates power to the first outlet and the electric stove.