The oven in the range has stopped heating up, but the burners still work

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The oven recently stopped getting hot, but the burners still work fine. Any ideas about what might be wrong?

Here's the kind of stove I have: Hotpoint® 30" Free-Standing Gas Range

Here's what I tried so far:

  1. I checked the circuit breaker. The circuit wasn't tripped and I flipped it on and off again just in case. No effect.

  2. The manual said to check the shut off valve under the stove. I think it's on, but I can't be sure. Here's what I see:

    Picture of what I think is the shut off valve under the stove

Best Answer

I assume this is a recent model without a pilot light. And by recent I mean not ancient. There will be an electric heating element that glows white hot to ignite the gas. It can burn out. You might actually be able to see it glow if you look hard while the oven is lighting if it is working. Then again it could be electrical or mechanical.

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