# Cooking with electric or gas grills — Federal Hazardous Occupations Orders for Minors (29 CFR Part 570)

For Cooking with electric or gas grills, jurisdiction is Federal; rule is Permitted for minors 14 and 15 years of age; cfr section is 570.34; regulatory text is Cooking with electric or gas grills which does not involve cooking over an open flame (Note: This provision does not authorize cooking with equipment such as rotisseries, broilers, pressurized equipment including fryolators, and cooking devices that operate at extremely high temperatures such as “Neico broilers”), recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

- **occupation order:** Cooking with electric or gas grills _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **jurisdiction:** Federal _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **rule:** Permitted for minors 14 and 15 years of age _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **cfr section:** 570.34
- **regulatory text:** Cooking with electric or gas grills which does not involve cooking over an open flame (Note: This provision does not authorize cooking with equipment such as rotisseries, broilers, pressurized equipment including fryolators, and cooking devices that operate at extremely high temperatures such as “Neico broilers”). _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (c) Cooking with electric or gas grills which does not involve cooking over an open flame (Note: This provision does not authorize cooking with equipment such as rotisseries, broilers, pressurized equipment including fryolators, and cooking devices that operate at extremely high temperatures such as “Neico broilers”). Cooking is also permitted with deep fryers that are equipped with and utilize a device which automatically lowers the baskets into the hot oil or grease and automatically raises the baskets from the hot oil or grease.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-570.34

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Review by: 2027-08-28.
Part of [Federal Hazardous Occupations Orders for Minors (29 CFR Part 570)](https://referencesource.org/federal-child-labor-hazardous-occupations/).