so, our oven took a big crap (Long)

staycee · March 2011

let me preface by saying the damn thing has sucked forever. And it's electric which DH and I both hate.

Originally, it would run WAY hotter than whatever you set it at. If you needed something to be cooked at 400, you'd need to set around 290-300.

The other night we were cooking a frozen pizza. I was the one who put it in the oven. Then I was sitting here at the kitchen table goofing off online... when I hear a pop and fizzle/sizzle sound and seemed like the lights flickered faintly. I was like "what in the hell was that". DH said, "Hmmmmm I think the light inside must have blown out". Which I found odd because I didn't remember ever seeing a light on inside the oven, but figured whatever.

Last night I wanted to cook my steak/spinach pinwheel things. Set the oven to preheat. Seemed odd that it was taking forever to pre-heat. I checked the thermometer inside after 30mins and it was only at 250 (needed to be 400), So we cranked the temp setting all the way up to over 500. Finally got the meat cooked (took over an hour, for something that said to cook for 25 mins, thank god for our meat thermometer, at least we had a clue when it was finally cooked through). according to the thermometer, the inside was only 325.

I already had brownie mix mixed up and ready to go in before I'd even turned on the oven, so I decided to go ahead and put them in after the meat was out. After like 10 mins I smell burning. Check the brownies and see the top is almost black/burnt and the underneath is still goo/uncooked. That's when we figured out the top heating element was the only one working and it must have been the bottom element that had blown out the other day.

I covered the brownies with foil and put them back in lower to avoid burning the crap out of the top. They finally cooked too.

So now either an oven repair, or a new oven is in our future. DH has always talked about how he wanted to switch that out for gas - which may be a huge project since there isn't any gas in the kitchen.

Damn, I was going to make cookies this weekend.

Dr.Loretta · March 2011

What a mess.

We need a new one too. Ours sounds like it's going to explode every time we turn it on. We're waiting for some magic moment to pull the trigger.

Love the sig pic, BTW

shotzie · March 2011

Oh no! I hope whatever decision you come to doesn't break the bank. At least it's a nice excuse to get takeout!

MarcyIam · March 2011

I think it'll be cheaper to get a new one rather than try to fix it although switching to gas may be a project.

And our dryer just died. Again. I think it may just be the belt, but things keep breaking on it. May be time to just suck it up and get a new one to go with the washer we had to buy recently.

Good times.

staycee · March 2011

MarcyIam:

I think it'll be cheaper to get a new one rather than try to fix it although switching to gas may be a project.

yeah, maybe we can just keep it electric since we are on the house-hunt, and just plan on keeping the townhouse as a rental. So there really isn't much need to upgrade to gas in the long run. I'll have to discuss with DH to see where he stands on this currently.

Jenny829 · March 2011

Oh no Staycee, that sucks. Being that you are planning to move, I think just replacing it with a new electric oven is the way to go.

staycee · March 2011

on the plus side if we do replace: This old beast was totally due for a good cleaning and I've never cleaned an oven, so I was just psyching myself up for it. Maybe I won't have to now.

pmarie33 · March 2011

I hate cleaning the ovens. Smells like pee when you mix cleaner with old burnt food.

HazelEyes730 · March 2011

pmarie33:
I hate cleaning the ovens. Smells like pee when you mix cleaner with old burnt food.

Haha never thought about the smell.

If you are planning on keeping it as a rental. I would just stay with electric. That way you wouldn't have to worry about getting the gas hooked up.

amandaleigh1 · March 2011

Hey! I don't post here normally, but totally enjoy lurking on the snark while I have TTTC. Anyhoo... I have been living the last year in a new apartment (meant to have been condo, so it has really nice appliances) and I really like my electric range-- in fact, if you really like to bake, electric is better. Most cooks only prefer the gas for the cook top only. Anyhow, we have a ceramic top Frigidaire Professional Series range with convection oven. This thing is really nice! I have no idea what it cost, but it works very well and satisfies out rather substantial gourmet requirements. So, if you do replace, you can do so with electric only and still really impress a potential buyer. The only caveat is when you do get the new range, be prepared to evacuate your house for several hours when you have to burn off the "new oven smell". With 2 different apartment rentals with 2 new ovens, I have now had the pleasure of doing this 2 times in about 2 years. whew, that is a lot of 2s!

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