Reply To: Questions on Yoreh Deah, Choshen Mishpat

Good.jew:

Regarding cooking milk and meat on the same stove-top and in close proximity

See Shach 118:36 One should not do so lest a drop splash from one pot and hit the other pot. However if one did so one does not have to be concerned that drops splashed unless you know that they did. If both pots were covered it would not be a problem at all.

However see Taz 118:12 allows cooking in close proximity.

Popa’s personal advice- this is a very bad idea. If one drop were to splash from one pot onto the outside of the other pot in many cases the food would be assur and in very many cases the food would be assur.