I was baking a frozen pizza and when I shut off the oven, the heating element still glowed red. I turned the oven back on and off one time and waited several minutes before finally shutting off the breaker. After the oven cooled, I turned the power back on and tried to repeat the problem but could not. Does anyone recognize this problem?

Dan O.

Thanks for the reply. The whole element was glowing red. Does this mean if I set the oven for a certain temp then the oven could stick on and just keep heating to well over that temp? If so, which part wants to be replaced?

Thanks,
Pat

Dan O.

As I was rereading the thread your statement about the element possibly being shorted to ground got me thinking about something that happened a week or two ago. I was cleaning the oven the old-fashioned way with oven cleaner and I decided to pull the screws and remove the element so it wasn't in the way. When I was done and I plugged the blade connectors back onto the element I was surprised to get a little poke of electricity but didn't think much of it. (This is where you're probably laughing.) Do you think that signals a problem? Should I look into the oven from the back to see if something is grounding out?

I really appreciate your help. Being unemployed at this time, I'm hoping to avoid the cost of a new electronic control.

Thanks,
Pat

I had a similar problem. While doing a routine bake the elements would not shut off, the door locked and the display went completely dead -- no LEDs or buttons worked. I tripped the circuit breaker and it all returned to normal. This was a one-time thing... so far. Any ideas?

I called and wrote Whirlpool to no avail. I thought about writing the consumer product safety folks as this struck me as an extermely hazardous fault, capable of burning down the house, but didn't.