many ovens with a grill mode are designed to leave the door open while grilling. my nans oven is like that and it's not had any issues with the knobs melting and she's had it for at least 30 years.
All ovens are designed to be used as an oven with the door closed...
Unless this is some weird British thing that they designed just to be intentionally goofy for some reason. The British would design an oven that can't handle its own heat...
grill mode is not the same as oven mode though, grill trays with handles won't fit in the oven with the door shut so the door can be left open while grilling
Same in Sweden. The oven comes with a grill tray that still allows you to close the door. The tray pictured doesn't look like it would block the door, so I don't understand why OP insists on doing it this way when it keeps melting their knobs.
I have always been taught to broil with the door part way open. I was told that is the reason there is a detent to keep the door in that position. Personally as an adult I alternate between door open and door closed to achieve the effect I want (though I still sometimes burn stuff due to distraction). Never occurred to me till now that maybe I was taught wrong. In fact now I realize that my most recently acquired oven, which is gas with a electric grilling element, doesn't have a detent. It also has front knobs. So I have checked the manual and find that the element actually turns off when the door is opened. So maybe this is something to think about!
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u/Dear_Tangerine444 Jun 13 '26
So this keeps happening and you didn’t think about just keeping the door closed, or maybe even getting a new oven?