I left a glass canning jar containing brown sugar on my older gas freestanding range while the oven or broiler was on (not sure exactly when it happened. The rangetop got so hot near the vent that the sugar carmelized. Is this normal and I was somehow fortunate to never melt anything before? Or has the insulation or some other critical part died or fallen out of place? Thanks in advance for any input.

gardengirl wrote:
The oven vents the same temperature air that is inside the oven (eg. 325°F - 425°F). If your oven vents through the rear console, a pot, pan, etc., close to that vent might eventually heat to whatever the oven is heated to depending on its exact proximity to the vent.

BTW. I don't think it takes much heat normally to cause sugar to carmelize.

Dan O.
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