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Default foil on bottom of oven?

> > The reflective heat will cause your elements to self-destruct
> > prematurely if it is an electric oven.

>
> I rather doubt that. I've kept either foil or a foil liner pan in every
> electric oven I've ever owned and no element ever self-destructed. One

range
> was over 15 years old and stlil going strong when we moved.


What I was told by the service person who replaced the last element for
me...
I dunno nothing....