I chose this range with double ovens back in about 2006 when we had the kitchen remodeled. Since then, I've used the smaller upper oven 99.9% of the time. It would heat quickly and was easy to see into and easy to put in pans and take them out.
A few months ago, I noticed a difference in things I baked in there and discovered the bottom element wasn't heating. I ordered a new element and replaced it but still, it didn't work.
Meanwhile I started getting in the habit of using the bottom larger oven which was working fine. But look...it opens way down at floor level.
Just before Thanksgiving, I decided to have an appliance repair company take a look at it...even though it seems like appliances aren't meant to be repaired.
Sure enough, the repairman found that it was a "board" that needed replaced - but it was no longer available. Even if it was, I was told they usually cost around $300. I'm not sure if I would have chosen to have it fixed for that price or not.
Anyway it still works for broiling or keeping things warm. So I will hang on to this stove for now.
The large oven worked fine for Thanksgiving. I just had to get down on my knees to baste the turkey!
Just kidding...I always use that oven for the turkey anyway.
I wanted to mention something new we tried this year...Cranberry Orange Relish from Trader Joe's.
It's fresh and sweet and tangy. I bought one and we ate it before Thanksgiving so I went back and got two more!
It's not perfectly smooth like the canned kind but it's not quite as chunky as the recipe I normally make with fresh cranberries. But it's much better than both of those.
Ingredients are simply cranberries, sugar, and oranges.
They also have it without the oranges but I can't vouch for that one. The clerk at the store said they normally run out of both before Thanksgiving. I am going to mark my 2020 calendar to buy it in early November.
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