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Default foil on bottom of oven?

Oh pshaw, on Thu 23 Nov 2006 04:00:39p, ~xy~ meant to say...

>> > 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...


He may have told you that because some people will have the foil in contact
with the heating element. That would be a problem.

> I dunno nothing....


You know what he told you. I'd have probably quoted the same thing if I'd
been told that and had not experienced otherwise.

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