The knobs on your kitchen stove are among the most used control in the whole kitchen. Maybe the microwave gets more use. Then again, maybe it doesn’t. Your cooktop knobs power every kind of recipe. Soups and canned goods heat on the stove. Burgers sizzle. Or the stove becomes the stage for your home chef performance. However you use the …
A stove and oven need to be balanced in order to cook properly. Otherwise, the heat won’t distribute right and your food will slosh to one side of every pan. It’s important to know how your oven is leveled and how to fix it if the oven is not level for some reason. The feet of your stove and oven …
Electric cooktops are a common part of most modern households. Having an electric stove defines today’s kitchen. Sure, there are still plenty of home gas stoves across the country, but all you need for an electric cooktop is a power outlet while gas needs pipes and infrastructure. If you have an electric stovetop at home, no doubt it’s performance impacts …
Your oven door is an essential part of the appliance. It traps heat so that the food inside can bake evenly, and so your home doesn’t become an oven in the meantime. So when your oven door doesn’t shut correctly, this can put a real crimp in your cooking plans. It’s not unusual to occasionally tangle with your oven door …
The infinite switch on your stove burner is the type that turns continuously from the highest to the lowest setting rather than clicking between three to five pre-set temperatures. While almost everyone has worked with burner switches more times than we could possibly count, the naming scheme is not something that is universal from household to household. You may think of …
Few things throw off your routine more than a broken burner. Suddenly all your multi-pan recipes don’t work right because you’re one burner down. And, chances are, it’s your favorite burner. When a burner goes out or starts to heat unevenly, it’s important to be ready to handle your own burner replacement. You need that burner back in service almost …
If you have an electric cooktop and one of the burners isn’t turning on, check the infinite control switch. These are the switches that turn the burners on and off; they also direct how much heat the burners generate. If the infinite control switch is broken, order a new switch (replacement part #WB24T10119 for GE cooktops) and follow these steps …
If your oven light isn’t working properly, that can make cooking difficult. Many times, the light itself is working perfectly. Instead, the door switch is failing to engage and turn the light on when needed. Replace the door switch with just one part and a bit of time. Start by ordering a new door switch for your KitchenAid or Maytag …
The thermostat in your GE gas oven model JGBC20WEAWW controls the temperature in your appliance. When the desired temperature is reached, the thermostat turns off the heat source. On the other hand, when the temperature begins to fall, the oven thermostat cycles the heat back on. Symptoms of a faulty thermostat vary; however, undercooked food or an oven that won’t turn on …
Having an oven that won’t heat properly is never a fun experience. One day you’re making your dinner, and you put the food in to cook for an hour. You come back later, hungry and ready to eat, only to find that your food is nowhere near cooked. Now not only do you need to make new plans for dinner, …
