For questions about conventional gas or electric ovens used for baking. For a microwave oven, use the microwave-oven tag. See also range and stove which are similar but refer to different appliances.
Related tags: microwave-oven, range, and stove.
Questions tagged [oven]
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Why is there a 1/4" jack in my oven?
I am in the process of replacing the controller for a jenn-air oven. Ever curious as I am, I was poking around the wiring for all the sensors and elements, tracing them out, and learning their function. Then I came to this, and I have no idea what…
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Oven stops heating
Oven is a Whirlpool Model # WFG371LVB1 Serial # R00415666 and is about 10 years old.
When cooking for less than 20 minutes, there is no issue and the oven will stay heating for the entire time. But anything past 20 minutes and it will eventually…
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Replacement Ignitor in Gas Oven burned out on first run
I've got a GE CGS990 gas oven that's been working well for the past year.
On sunday (of course) the bottom oven stopped getting hot; I took it apart and found the ignitor was clearly broken (small crack). The broken part is probably a generic part…
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Should the oven heating coil stay on the whol time you are baking?
We have a Frigidaire electric stove. Should the oven heating coil stay on the whole time we are cooking? For example, turn the oven to 350 for 30 minutes. Coil turns red, then goes to black, theb back to red or sometimes not back to red unless I…
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Mount Gas Oven Range
When we had the inspection done on the house we purchased, the inspector told us the oven range (a gas range/oven combo that sits on the ground against the wall) needed to be mounted to the wall.
Neither of us had heard of this, and our realtor…
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Why does my Kenmore gas oven stop and relight itself?
My oven will light, then stop and relight. The igniter glows during the process.
It did get to temp yesterday when using however it kept stopping and relighting. What could be the cause?
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How would I disable my range oven's timer?
I have an old Magic Chef range oven that looks like this:
When the range oven is plugged in, the timer starts at 1:59. The timer beeps when that length of time has elapsed. I fiddled with the timer buttons and tried every possible configuration,…
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Can I use my existing wiring for my new oven?
My new oven requires 30 amps. The existing wiring is two 20 amp breakers with 14 gauge wiring.
Can I just use my old breakers and old wiring?
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Why does my oven need to be above 36" if installed in Canada?
I'm considering this oven for my cabin (in Canada). Installation manual says it needs to be at least 916 mm (36 inch) from the floor. But that applies only in Canada.
Why? What's special about Canada? Is there an actual reason, or is this a code…
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Oven tripping after aluminium foil touched element
I was just using the grill part of our electric oven. It tripped the main fuse box. I think tin foil touched the heating element.
Now every time we switch on the oven...it trips the whole house.
Where do we look for the short circuit?
Which part…
Suzanne Roberts Attwood
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Gas oven never reheats
I have a seven-year-old GE double oven, and the top oven started malfunctioning a few months ago. When I turn it on, it initially heats to the correct temperature, then stops heating, and never heats again. So if I set it to 400 degrees Fahrenheit,…
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Gas oven not igniting but smelling gas
The gas oven fire is not working.
The oven has no brand outside so I can't right now search for a manual.
The surface burners clearly say to press and turn, and you hear the ignite working as soon as I press the button and it works well.
The gas…
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built in electric double oven
I live in a condo with 208 voltage, I bought a double wall oven (kitchenAid) it is rated for 240 voltage, this oven does not bake cakes and other baked goods well, they become dried on the outside and not cooked in the middle, do you think this a…
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Is it a problem that the entire element in my electric oven is not red?
I have a Maytag MER6770AAW twin ovens 4 burner stove. The bottom burner only turns red around the front, and not at the back. One end going into the back turns red and runs all the way around except across the complete back and returning into the…
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Oven Door allows too much heat to escape?
I recently bought a used, Amana gas range. It works, for the most part, quite well.
The problem is that the oven door is not making a proper seal with the range body, which allows too much heat to escape from the top, where the door meets the body.…
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