Several aspects of bluff body flame stabilization are discussed in terms of a theory which focuses attention on the initial mixing region between cool combustible and hot combustion products. Some experiments by Broman and Zukoski on flame stabilization in a “deflected jet” are correlated in terms of the theory. The “characteristic time” of Zukoski and Marble is shown to arise as a special case of the theory. The extinction of the propagating flame as the initial event in the blowoff process is discussed qualitatively in terms of the theory. Finally, the results of experiments reported in the literature on injection of gas into the recirculation zone are rationalized in terms of the theory.