The bottom heating element in an electric oven exploded as I was cooking pork chops. White stuff got all over the oven. Is it safe to eat the pork?

The tin foil is there to reflect the heat and the lagging is to stop the heat from escaping.
I would think the foil should not be touching the element but otherwise, your description sounds plausible.

you can not remove the plastic safely please replace the heating element

Hi,
The broil is the top element and the bake is the bottom element...so with broil you are heating from the top and with bake you are heating from the bottom...if your oven has a fan, turn that on with a bake setting and it will speed up the process..

heatman101

You either have a bad heating element or you aren't getting power to it. If you are not familiar with electricity, this is not something you should attempt -- you will be working around 220 volts which could easily kill you. If you do know electricity enough to be safe, or have a friend who can help you who does, unplug the range, take the back off, find the element, unhook one of the wires, and check for continuity across the element -- you should have some resistance, but probably less than 10 ohms. if that tests good, you'll need to reconnect it, plug it back in, (this is where the potential for danger is) turn it on, and check for voltage across the two terminals of the element. It should be 210-230 volts. If not, you'll need to figure out why. One other possibility is that one of the fuses or breakers feeding the range is blown/tripped. Make sure that you have 210-230 volts at the outlet as well. Hope this helps. Again, PLEASE be careful.

Hi,
If your electric oven is taking too long to heat or just not heating up right,then check out this tip that will give more detail about your problem.

Oven Problems Electric Oven is Heating Slowly or Poorly

heatman101

Hi,

If your electric oven is taking too long to heat or just not heating up right, then check out this tip that will give more detail about your problem.

Oven Problems Electric Oven is Heating Slowly or Poorly

heatman101

Hello,
The control on the right is for temperature,0 to 275 degrees centigrade.50 is about at 2 o, clock and 275 is about 9 o, clock.Middle dial is for the timer.The left hand one is your functions.at 2o,clock is the light.At 3o,clock is conventional oven top and bottom elements heat.5o,clock is the top element for browning.7o,clock is the bottom element for crisping.9o,clock is the infra red grill for small stuff one element.11o,clock is the full grill for all.12o,clock is off.If you need to order the knobs the part no. is 3303563831. cost € 21.36.

Hope this helped.

Can only be either element or thermostat. I suggest you check element and connections

The light bulb is the oven light.
The snowflake with 3 raindrops is Defrost Mode (fan runs with no heat to reduce defrost time)
The 2 lines up top & down bottom is Traditional Cooking (heat from top & bottom elements)
The big circle with a fan is the Fan forced Oven
The small line at top only is the Grill Mode
The larger line at top only is the Double Grill Mode
The line up top with the fan underneath is Double Grill with Fan mode
The line on the bottom with fan on top uses the lower element with the fan for delicate dishes

The manual can be found on the Baumatic website - www.baumatic.com.au - select your product which takes you into another page & you will see on the left hand side a link to "View User Manual"

the ring element may have blown. if it works ok with the top and bottom elements, (the convection oven) then it is likely the element surrounding the oven fan.