Thread: Preheat Time

If your using a round dial pointer type thermometer then its slower to catch up to the proper temperature than the digital oven thermostats.

Have you tried baking some items in it yet? If not, go ahead and bake some items you normally do, then compare it to your old range you had.

Jake

Yes, we've had the oven for 2 months and have had a problem with baking things in a time frame we were used to. One problem can be attributed to the fact that we thought the oven was preheated to the appropriate temperature when the chime rang. So we'd put our item in the oven and got very frustrated with the amount of time it took to get done. So we bought the oven thermometer. As I stated before, the preheat chime rings and the oven thermometer is 100 degrees below our target temperature. If we wait 10 more minutes the oven finally reaches the appropriate temperature. This is usually 25-30 minutes down the road. If we bake something then, the item finishes in a time longer than our previous oven (for example, cookies that used to take 10 minutes, now took 15 minutes).

As far as the oven thermoeter, the repairman brought two different thermometers (a digital and a mercury). They also showed the oven 100 degrees below the preheat time even though the chime had rung.

Should it be a reasonable expectation that the preheat chime is accurate? Thanks.

Its not always accurate. But if the repairman showed it 100 degrees below when the heat cycled off, then you have a problem.

He should do a heat cycle test, and watch the temperature as it cycles off and on.

Jake

Could the preheat time be affected by the type of electrical hookup I have on this range? I have the three-prong type of electrical cord.

Nope, never heard or seen of that doing it.

Jake

OK. Thanks for your advice. Sears has agreed to give us a new stove.

Ok, Sounds good.

Jake