On Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 6:59:54 AM UTC-10, Graham wrote:
> I have a Bosch convection oven that must be one of the worst things they
> have ever made. I use the convection feature for all my cooking and last
> night turned it on to pre-heat for the lousy pizza I'd made.
> Sparks and flames!!! The convection element burned out. What a time to fail
> with next week's xmas baking looming.
> Luckily it has a conventional baking function with the element buried
> beneath the floor of the oven so I had a "stand-by. I have never used this
> so I will have to discover the oven's other foibles.
> Now I'm faced with the dilemma of either paying for an expensive repair or
> biting the bullet and replacing the whole shebang.
> As much as I'd like a Miele or other up-market replacement, it isn't worth
> it. When I eventually downsize to a smaller house or casket, this house
> will be jacked up and carted away to some rural location and a huge,
> triple-garaged mansion built in its place.
My guess is that replacing the element is pretty simple - just remove a couple of screws and plug in a new element. Getting to the element might be difficult because you probably have to access it from the back. I mostly know Bosch as a maker of lousy auto parts. They also make lousy appliances? You'd think the Germans would do better.