Stove
On
Presence
Detected
Smart stove safety
The stove that watches itself.
Hestia keeps an eye on every burner. When a lit stove is left unattended it sounds a warning — and if no one comes back, it shuts the stove off automatically. The decision runs on the device, not the cloud.
- Local-first safety
- Works if the Wi-Fi drops
- No kitchen cameras
Device
Online
Kitchen Stove
Stove
On
Presence
Detected
Attended — all clear
Why it matters
Cooking is the leading cause of home fires.
Most start the same way — a burner left on while someone steps away "just for a minute." Hestia is built for that minute.
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49 percent. Cooking equipment is involved in about half of all reported home fires.
NFPA, Home Cooking Fires report (data 2017–2021)
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Cooking is the leading cause of home-fire injuries in the United States.
U.S. Fire Administration and NFPA (data 2017–2021)
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37 percent. Unattended equipment is the leading factor contributing to ignition in nonconfined home cooking fires.
U.S. Fire Administration, citing NFPA (2021)
How it works
Detect. Warn. Shut off.
Three steps run continuously on the device in your kitchen. Watch the loop play out.
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1Detect
Sensors watch the burner and the room — is the stove lit, and is anyone near it?
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2Warn
If a lit stove is left unattended, the buzzer sounds and an absence countdown begins.
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3Shut off
If no one returns before the countdown ends, Hestia cuts power to the stove.
Stove on · attended
Everyone stepped away
Unattended — shutting off in
Stove turned off automatically
Stove is off · kitchen is safe
Time to act
10s
on-device countdown
The countdown and the shutoff run on the device itself.
Built for the whole household
Everything you need to trust the stove.
One clear status, shared with the people who matter — and the controls to act on it.
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Live status at a glance
The current state of every stove — readable in half a second, from anywhere.
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Tap to pair
Tap your phone to the device to pair it over NFC — no codes to copy.
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Households & roles
Admins manage devices and members; everyone else can see status and act. Roles are legible at a glance.
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Timers & reminders
Set a cook timer and Hestia keeps watch alongside you — a reminder before the countdown starts.
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Safety thresholds
Tune how long “unattended” is allowed before the countdown starts. Long, low-heat cooking won’t trigger a countdown.
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Event history
Every warning, return, and auto-shutoff, logged with timestamps — so you always know what happened.
Local-first by design
The decision that matters never waits on Wi-Fi.
The safety loop — detect, warn, shut off — runs entirely on the device in your kitchen. The app is the window onto it, not the brain behind it.
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Works if the internet drops. The stove still shuts off. Connectivity changes what you can see, never whether you’re safe.
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No kitchen cameras. Presence is sensed locally; nothing streams your kitchen to a server.
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Your home, your data. Status and history stay with your household.
Decision: local
The safety decision is made on the device. The cloud only lets you watch from afar — it is never in the loop that keeps you safe.
The app
One status. The whole household, on the same page.
The same calm card whether everything's fine or the stove just shut itself off. Color, icon, and words always agree — so there's no second-guessing under stress.
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Attended
Kitchen Stove Online -
Unattended
Kitchen Stove Online Stove
OnPresence
Not detected -
Warning
Kitchen Stove Online Stove
OnPresence
Not detected -
Auto-shutoff
Kitchen Stove Online Stove
OffPresence
Not detected
Frequently asked questions
Nothing changes about your safety. Detection, the warning, and the auto-shutoff all run on the device in your kitchen. You may lose remote visibility until you reconnect, but the stove still turns itself off.
Hestia is designed for common gas and electric ranges. It watches the burner and controls power to the stove; setup walks you through your model.
No. Hestia senses whether someone is present without streaming video anywhere. Presence is detected locally and never leaves your home.
Households have admins and members. Admins manage devices, members, and thresholds; everyone can see live status and respond. Roles are clear at a glance.
Set the thresholds and a timer. "Unattended" only starts the clock after the window you choose — a simmer that needs an hour is no problem.
The moment a lit stove is left unattended, the countdown you've configured begins. If presence returns, it resets instantly. If it reaches zero, the stove shuts off.
Get started
Bring Hestia home.
Set up your first device in minutes. Pair it, add your household, and let the kitchen watch itself.