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Wayne Boatwright
 
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On Sun 06 Feb 2005 06:09:36p, Steve Calvin wrote in rec.food.equipment:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Sun 06 Feb 2005 04:10:20p, Dave Tuchlinsky wrote in
>> rec.food.equipment:
>>
>>
>>>We are looking to purchase an electric range and the model we selected
>>>has a "Hidden Bake Element" (the bake element is hidden under to floor
>>>of the oven). A salesman warned us that they take 20 minutes longer to
>>>preheat the oven. Does anyone have experience with a hidden element?
>>>Does it increase preheating time? Effect cooking?

>>
>>
>> Yes, the preheat is a bit longer. Though I've never timed it, I don't
>> think it was 20 minuets. Maybe more like 15. IMHO, the heat radiating
>> from the oven floor is mor even than from an exposed element. The
>> overall temperature in the oven seems to vary less over the on/off
>> heating cycle. The range I've experienced this with is a GE.
>>
>> Wayne

>
> Seems reasonable. Do they "self clean"? Not that I'm buying a new
> range anywhere in the near future, just curious.
>


Yes, perfectly.

Wayne