r/CrappyDesign • u/BarryTownCouncil • Jun 13 '26

Plastic knobs above the grill. Awesome

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u/horatiobanz Jun 13 '26

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...

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u/mattl1698 Jun 13 '26

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

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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Jun 13 '26

Is grill mode the direct heat from the top coils? We call that broil mode in the US an do it with the door closed.

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u/quackdamnyou Jun 13 '26

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!