Comments said "SOME" ovens (use the broiler element to bring the initial baking function of an oven up to temperature more quickly). Over some 48 years, two homes and various makes of cooking stoves, we've had both types.
Longer term oven repair report.
The only major issue is that the stove top gets super hot now, almost to the point of burning your hands should you touch it, even with just the bake element on at 450 degrees F.
I don't remember the stove top getting that hot before so I'm wondering if the new broiler element is somehow causing the bake element to heat up more than it did before.
Or maybe the "thermostat" (where is it?) is cooked and it's telling the bake element to heat up too much which might be what broke the broil element in the first place.
I dont' think the oven wall insulation is still wet nor that the fire extinguisher powder is causing the oven range top to be too hot, do you?
Anyone ever have a problem with the oven stove top being too hot?
Um, it's ditzy... No s. But I wouldn't expect decent grammar or typing skills from someone with enough gall to respond "You're worrying your pretty little head over a very common occurrance(sp)." Is your wife barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen? Probably not. I wouldn't expect a woman to fall for a sad sap with a protruding neanderthalic forehead and a job with his name on his shirt, but people amaze me. Next time you feel kind enough to respond to someone's question, keep your can of crap to yourself and try to help without being a complete asshole, you foreskin wrinkle.
Wow! You get all kinds of advice on the internet! Oven fires are frighten ing no doubt. When the heating element goes, it's a magnesium fire that bu rns at about 5,500F. It looks like the old 4th of July sparklers because t he same thing is burning. The fire starts because an area of the element g ets bumped, cracked or is improperly manufactured and that causes more resi stance at that point which causes more heat at that point. When you get ov er 5,500F it starts a chain reaction that works all the way down the heatin g element until it cracks apart (usually a couple of feet of element get bu rnt before this happens).
Here's a video of the event:
Here's how to fix it:
Probably no need to get a new oven but if you don't do the repair yourself, the service repair man will charge you an arm and a leg to run the oven th rough its paces and verify that all the electrical connections are putting out the proper voltage. So, decide if the $ is worth your peace of mind. Otherwise a new heating element is probably less than $20.
My recommendation is this: MAKE SURE THE OVEN IS 100% off and the circuit breaker to it is off as well. Take out the old element. Inspect the oven for any damaged porcelain (chipped paint) on the interior. If there is no ne you should be good to put the new element in and use your oven. Of cour se use your judgement and if you don't feel you can do the job, hire a prof essional.
Since the OP was in 2008, I was a bit surprised to find the picture page still there, on Flicker. Really astounding. Wonder what the OP did with the oven, and if it had another fire?
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