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Honestly, most kitchen fires are grease fires and most extinguishers starve the the flame of air with powder, foam or liquid. Type ABC extinguishers are always a dry powder and the best for grease fires. You don't want to tip the grease pan or splash the flaming grease. Every year on turkey day here in the States, someone sets their house on fire by frying a turkey on the patio too close to the house. Now there is even a K rated extinguisher just for kitchen grease fires!

Manufacturing facilities may have a need for foams to extinguish chemical fires.  Electric fires are tough and the old water filled extinguishers pose a different hazard with them. 

I am just a safety guy and most people do not want to think about a welding blanket taking up room in their kitchen cabinets.  I keep our extinguisher out on the counter where everyone can see it!  More importantly, they can grab it if needed. My home shop & garages have larger extinguishers rated for gasoline, liquid flammables etc....  It is a good idea to look at the gauge to be sure it is still pressurized! 

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