---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 121.220"
title: "46"
number: "121.220"
heading: "Cooking equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/121.220"
---

# §121.220. Cooking equipment.

- (a) Doors on a cooking appliance must be provided with hinges and locking devices to prevent accidental opening in heavy seas.
- (b) A cooking appliance must be installed to prevent movement in heavy seas.
- (c) For a grill or similar type of cooking appliance, means must be provided to collect grease or fat and to prevent its spillage on wiring or the deck.
- (d) Grab rails must be installed on a cooking appliance when determined by the cognizant OCMI to be necessary for safety.
- (e) Sea rails, with suitable barriers to prevent accidental movement of cooking pots, must be installed on a cooking range.
- (f) Electric connections for a cooking appliance must be dripproof.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 933, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51352, Sept. 30, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 933, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 933, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51352, Sept. 30, 1997]