On Sun 06 Feb 2005 08:00:19p, Steve Calvin wrote in rec.food.equipment:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>>
>>>Seems reasonable. Do they "self clean"? Not that I'm buying a new
>>>range anywhere in the near future, just curious.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, perfectly.
>>
>> Wayne
>
> Interesting. I'm "guessing" that the bottom element is enclosed in
> the cooking chamber and that there's a faux bottom installed over the
> element? Otherwise it would seem like efficiency would suffer greatly.
>

Well, somewhat obviously, there must somehow be two bottoms, else the
element would be exposed to whatever lies under the oven cavity, usually a
storage drawer.

The oven cavity itself is essentially one unbroken shell of metal (back,
sides, top, and bottom). The element is probably in a heavily insulated
and sealed cavity attached beneath. It's hard to tell the mechanics of it
from just looking.

Wayne