My oven just blew up

Crikey Jingl, that must have been a fright! Do hope dinner not too late

Sods law.... to happen when cooking Sunday dinner.
Good luck.

Oven can be replaced jings can't

Shocking!

How scary! I cannot think why the ceramic tin would cause such a thing even if it did touch the element. I would be inclined to get this appliance well and truly checked over.

Glad you survived!

We are scoffing the parts of the dinner that are cooked, and then we are off to John Lewis. I will be sad to see the back of my old cooker. I have had it about thirtyfive years. I am used to it. But the thought of a new one is quite exciting.

Glad you've survived to tell the tale jings. Happy shopping

Nasty - glad you are Ok but its seems like time for a new cooker anyway

I'm glad there were no injuries - hope all the food was salvaged!

I'd say 35 years cooker life is around 90 in human years so time for a new one.

I doubt the tin touching the side would cause that, otherwise it would happen often. The elements are sheathed. Probably the insulation inside the element broke down, that causes a pretty big bang and flash. Simple enough to get replaced.

Certainly lasted longer than any cooker I've owned!

Hush pompa, jings is getting a new cooker!

Glad to hear you are safe Jings.

Now I can't wait for either the cooker, oven or diswasher to blow- as that will be the trigger for a new kitchen- but it just will not oblige- been waiting for 5 years now ;)

Please please get the Neff one where the oven door slides out of the way. I want it myself but I'm waiting for someone to say it's fabulous. I don't know anyone who has one

Was that like the ones they had on Bake Off, Stansgran? I really, really would like it; don't need it, but....

Been hoping DH's habit of sitting on work surface would break it.....so could have new kitchen....obviously too well made.
When bought cooker couple of years ago I thought I'd measured space accurately but was slightly too wide for space - unfortunately unit could be moved so that opportunity didn't materialise either

Stansgran my kitchen is what you would politely call cosy, so no space for a Neff. Have settled for a vey sensible Hotpoint, ceramic "rings", and two ovens, the top one having the grill in it.

John Lewis quoted a delivery of 2 - 6 weeks, so came home and looked online. It's now being delivered on Wednesday, and hundred pounds cheaper than JL!!!

The family are now telling me that my bun tin is no way ceramic! I bought it from a market stall along with my ceramic frying pan - which has started sticking! I wonder......

I don't need a flash cooker. I'm a microwave girl at heart. But a fan oven will be quite exciting.

No wonder, 35 years is way past a cookers sell by date, you certainly need a new one. Got the massage Lona !.

All the modern bells and whistle will make your life much easier.

Good heavens, ae you doing massages now, Lona?

Enjoy your new cooker jing Mine is pretty ancient but I fancy an eye level one next time - easier on the back as I get more ancient. The trouble is that means new kitchen cupboards and will cost so keeping to the old cooker for a while.

How do folk make cookers last so long? I`ve been married for 51 and a half years, and although my present cooker was bought about 5 years ago, it`s my 10th!

I have had few cookers in 56 years of cooking, no more than 4 I think and when the element blew on the last one the oven bottom was full of ceramic objects that looked like pieces of macaroni. My current fan oven (10 years old) recently failed and the simple element surrounds the fan and was replaced in minutes.I can certainly recommend eye level ovens as we get older and less able to bend and lift.(Oh woe is me).