If you have pulled out food from your electric oven and found that it is unevenly baked, it can certainly be a problem you can live with, but only for a while. Someday soon you will tire of having to make sure you rotate your food and wish your oven just worked the way it used to. The good news … Read More
Don’t Let Oven Misuse Ruin Your Appliance
How you use your range oven on a day-to-day basis can have a lasting effect on its overall performance and lifespan. Unfortunately, most range owners don’t realize their actions are potentially harming their appliance. While normal wear and tear is unavoidable, constant misuse will accelerate that process, meaning components will malfunction at a much faster rate. Luckily, learning how to … Read More
Oven Won’t Heat? Try These Tips Before Calling For Repair
If your oven is no longer producing any heat, then you have a problem. However, while there will be a time for troubleshooting and replacement, there are a few tricks that can fix the issue. Sometimes, an oven problem doesn’t always mean that a part needs immediate replacement. Before calling for repair, you should give these quick tips a try … Read More
How to Replace the Turntable Spacer in Your Whirlpool Oven
The turntable spacer in your Whirlpool microwave model WMH53521HV is meant to protect the turntable motor by creating a watertight seal. The spacer sits on the motor shaft and prevents water generated inside the microwave from seeping onto the turntable motor. As time passes and your microwave gets older, the turntable seal can become worn and ineffective, which can cause issues with … Read More
How to Test The Heating Element in Your Electric Oven
If you have found that your electric oven appears to be working as normal, but it is not producing any heat, your first instinct would be that the heating elements are not working. In the electric oven, two heating coils, one on the top and one on the bottom, heat the tub to the appropriate temperature. If one or both … Read More
How to Disassemble The Oven Door and Clean The Glass
You scrub and you scrub, but the stains on your oven door just don’t come out. While it is possible that the glass is permanently tinted after having that food baked on for so long, it is also possible that what you want to scrub is inside the oven door. Due to the ambient heat, occasionally food particles can actually … Read More
Is It Possible For Coils to Overheat?
Do you consistently burn your food when you use one burner on your stove? No, it is not just bad luck that it happens. Your burner could very well be getting too hot, hotter than what you are setting it to. This not only causes food to cook faster and overcook, but it can be hazardous to your appliance if … Read More
How to Unlock a Locked Oven Door
Oven locks are a mechanical feature that allows you to secure your oven door. Typically the oven lock only really needs to be engaged if you don’t want young ones opening the door while the appliance is on or when the self-clean function is running to keep everyone safe from the extreme heat. Yet, there may be times when the … Read More
Whirlpool Recalls Glass Cooktops With Touch Controls Due to Burn Hazards
Have you purchased a glass cooktop from Whirlpool in the last few years with touch controls? You may want to break out that owner’s manual and check the model number to see if it is affected by Whirlpool’s most recent product recall. Unfortunately, this recall involves a large array of glass cooktops manufactured by Whirlpool, so if yours has touch … Read More
How to Replace the Light Socket in Your Whirlpool Oven
If you open your oven or hit the button on your control panel and the oven does not light up inside, it typically means you need to change out the light bulb. This is done by removing the glass cover and installing a new bulb inside the tub. However, if you have done that, but the light is still not … Read More