Bake Element

Bake Element

James from TX

Oven worked fine for 20+ years and all of a sudden the pizzas weren't done on the bottom.

Only tools were a 5/16 driver and a pair of pliers to crimp the wire clips for a tight connection.

Turn off power as breaker. Simple to remove burner element; two sheet metal screws. Unplug leads, replace element with new one and reattach leads. Reattach mount bracket with screws and turn power back on.

Bake Element

Matthew from GA

Baking element burned out

Philips head screwdriver, needle nose pliers, power drill

It wasn't too hard to pull the baking element away from the wall of our old KitchenAid Superba 27 oven. Then I had to pinch the connectors to the old baking element so to loosen them away. Then putting the new one in I just slipped the pieces back into the connector like the old one was and pressed tightly with the needlenose pliers to crimp it good. Then push it back into the wall best I could. (Did not take oven out of wall to work on it from behind). Screwing the new plate back in to secure it was harder... I broke two drill bits trying to make two new holes in it since the plate didn't line up with the old one. But I got the screws in pretty tight now so it's OK. Thanks for the fast service in delivering it. It seemed to be unused/new condition. No problems. Oven has been working good ever since!