Andy wrote:
> Jean B. said...
>
>> Maybe this is mainly a KitchenAid thing? Whatever it is, it is
>> awful, and I will never get a KA oven again. (And I will make
>> sure anything else I get operates in the correct manner!!!!)
>
>
> When temperature sensors measure heat, leaving an oven door open is a
> surefire way to burn out the electric elements as the sensor constantly will
> never "over-strive" to achieve the requested temp setting.
>
> That should've been plainly obvious to all the rfc brainiacs. Bozos, not so
> much! ;-)
>
> Andy

The reason folks used to broil with the oven door open was to defeat the
thermostat and keep the heating element or the gas from cycling off.
Paradoxically, the only way to get the radiant heat output of the oven
high enough, is by keeping the temperature inside the oven low.

My thinking is that most modern ovens can broil with the door closed. If
the oven cycles off, you will have to broil with the door open.
Otherwise, don't worry about it.