There’s nothing worse than getting home from a long day at work to find your electric oven has broken – there go your dinner plans! Luckily for you, we can save the day with our powers of damaged-electric-oven-diagnosis (…think of us as a more practical superhero). So, from minor oven faults to an oven which has completely cut out, we have the ‘problem + solution’ equations to get your electric oven back up and cooking.

Know Your Elements (no, not the periodic table kind)

Faults with heating elements are a pretty common problem with electric ovens. If you’re finding that the light or fan still come on, but your oven isn’t heating up properly, you probably have a faulty heating element. In the majority of cases, the best way to fix this is to identify the damaged element in your electric oven and replace it. You can find all our oven element replacements here.

Burnt Grub

If your oven is still cooking food but doing its job a little too well –  i.e. burning everything to a crisp –  the issue is likely down to the thermostat. You probably won’t be surprised to hear that a thermostats job is to manage the temperature of your oven, when it breaks or becomes dirty the temperature becomes unstable. A quick tip for checking this is to take the temperature of the heat inside your electric oven manually – if the reading is higher than the temperature your oven is set to you can be sure the thermostats to blame – browse this page for a replacement.

Black Out

The dreaded electric oven cut out. If it appears that your oven is completely broken, it understandably causes a bit of panic – while it’s hard to diagnose the exact oven fault without knowing the specifics, there are a few common oven issues we can outline for you. One possible problem is that the power from the mains has cut out due to a blown fuse (luckily, this is easily fixed). Alternatively, you may have an issue with the thermal switch or cooling fan. If you’re concerned, we recommend getting in touch with us – we can help whatever your electric oven problem.

Too Much Heat

We all like some warm weather, but if you find that your oven door or knobs are very hot to the touch – or even that other utilities in the kitchen are heating and burning you may have a broken oven door or faulty cooling fan. A damaged oven door allows the heat to escape and consequently can burn furniture around the kitchen. Once you’ve identified whether the fan or oven door is the issue, you should look into cooling fan and oven door replacements.

If we didn’t identify your electric oven fault here then fear not, you can give our team a call on 02920 452 510 so we can help diagnose the problem and recommend quality parts to get your electric oven fixed. For those of you already in the know, you can browse all our spare electric oven parts to find what you need for excellent value for money!

Electric ovens are an amazing cooking appliance, and it's not until something is wrong with it that we realise how often we use them. If you do a lot of cooking it can be a shock to the system to lose your right-hand man (we mean your cooker, of course). But no need to worry! Just because you need to make some electric cooker repairs doesn't mean you have to start browsing for a brand new oven, we are here to help you out! 

Here's a guide explaining some electric cooker repairs and the replacement parts you may need, so keep reading! 

Oven not heating up

If your electric oven isn't heating up then you won't be making tasty warm home-cooked meals any time soon, luckily (kind of) this is a common problem and more often then not quite simple to correct.

Solution: Try changing the oven element. This is the part of the over responsible for heating it up, so we stock a whole range of high-quality replacements. Click here to see our oven elements. 

Unevenly cooked meals

If you have a fan assisted oven that suddenly stops cooking your food evenly it can be very frustrating trying to cook something properly.

Solution: The oven fan is what pushes the heat around your oven evenly, replacing a busted oven fan will help it cook your food evenly once more! See our oven fan replacements. 

Door won't close properly

Your oven will struggle to heat up and stay warm with a loose door. This can happen after years of opening and close your oven with a bit too much force. 

Solution: If your oven door is hanging off, or is too stiff you probably have a problem with your oven door hinges or the door pin/catch. 

Oven keeps overheating

If you keep finding that your food is coming out a bit more... crisp than you had intended, you may find that it really isn't to do with your culinary skills after all.

Solution: It may be that your thermostat is no longer able to read the temperature of the oven which is why it keeps heating up. Find replacement oven thermostats here.

Before ordering any replacement part for your electric cooker repairs it is important to make sure that your new part is compatible with your oven. To do this use our model and manufacturers search filter and find results that will be a perfect fit! Details will be listed in our product description.

For any questions about electric cooker repairs or about any of the products we supply, don't hesitate to get in touch. We are happy to help with all your cooker related queries so contact us today. 

Electric ovens are generally easy to repair because there is not much that goes wrong with them. Repairing an electric oven often just means replacing a part or two, so in the first instance, all you have to do is diagnose which part needs replacing.

That said, if you don't know much about the inner workings of a cooker, it can be a little baffling when your oven breaks. To help you out, we have compiled a list of common faults to help you diagnose the issue with your electric oven and buy the right replacement part. After diagnosing the problem, you'll hopefully be able to understand why your electric oven isn't working and get it back up and running again.

The most common problem

If your electric oven isn't working, the most likely explanation is that the heating element is faulty. The element is the part of the oven that actually heats up, and it's relatively easy to replace.

Click here to browse spare oven elements >

Need a more detailed explanation of what's wrong with your oven? Read on...

There's no power reaching my oven.

No power to your cooker can be caused by a number of things:

• Check that the oven is switched on
• If plugged into a socket check that the fuse is still working
• If connected to the mains, check your main fuse board in the house, your electricity may have been interrupted during the day.
• If your oven has a digital timer, it might be stuck in automatic.
• If you have checked all of these possibilities call out an engineer.

My oven has power, but it's not heating up.

Does your oven’s light and fan comes on but doesn’t heat up?

• Check if there is any damage to the element – if this is the case then the element will need replacing, click here to view our extensive range of oven elements.
• If you have checked the element but can see no damage it, check your thermal fuse or thermal switch. If these have gone you can buy a replacement here.

My oven keeps cutting out.

 Your oven cutting out could be caused by two issues:

• The cooling fan might be faulty. If you find you need a replacement part, click here.
• The thermal switch is not working properly.

If your oven overheats and then cuts out, this is likely to be a problem with your thermostat.

My oven door won't close properly.

Having difficulty closing your oven door? Check the hinges and seal:

• Check the hinges have not broken and are still intact
• Check that the hinges have not become misaligned
• Door seals diminish with age and can become loose causing your oven door not to close properly. If this is the case your seal will need replacing, you can view our range of replacement seals here.

IMPORTANT: If you are going to replace a part on your electric oven, please make sure you have completely disconnected the appliance from the mains. Don’t try to replace any part you are not sure about – always call in an expert.

Still not sure what's wrong with your electric oven? Contact Cooker Spare Parts for further advice!