Why I don’t put the wet tea towel over the hot hob

After the wash the wet tea towel flies onto the still-warm hob “so it dries faster”. Easy: the cloth steams, smells of scorch, the edge can catch by the heat. I hang the towel on a hook or a chair back away from the hob — and only touch the board edge with a dry cloth, not a wet one over the hot.

Why I don’t put the wet tea towel over the hot hob. Hanging the towel to dry is about a hook by the sink; wiping the hob while the fat is soft is about spatters after frying; keeping the kitchen towel dry in sight is about the heap by the sink; hot glass not on a wet cloth is about dishes. Here it is only wet cloth over heat: dry it aside, not on the burner — not a speech about a new set of towels from the aisle.

If I already dropped a wet one onto the warm — I take it off at once, let the hob cool, hang the towel apart. I’m not choosing a “non-flammable” cloth in this note — only the towel already hanging in our kitchen.

I don’t need to save a minute at the cost of a scorched smell. I need a dry towel away from the heat. In your kitchen does the wet towel dry on a hook — or already go onto the hot hob?