There are few things in life more frustrating than getting home, preparing the dinner that you have been looking forward to all day, only to find that your oven, or more specifically, your grill has stopped working.
There are a number of reasons as to why your grill might have packed up suddenly. Luckily troubleshooting your grill is not a very complicated task. When troubleshooting your grill, it is important that you can correctly identify the problems and understand how to repair the issues. We've put together this guide to help you figure out why your grill is not heating up, usually it's because there's a fault part that needs replacing.
What to check if your grill is not heating up:
- Is anything working on the oven appliance at all?
- Are the hobs working?
- Does the main oven work?
- Is your oven fan running?
- Is the oven lamp running?
- Does your temperature light come one?
Once you have answered yes to all the questions above then we can be certain that it is either one of two possible issues:
Loose Connection
If your cookers grill has broken down, then it could mean that the connection to the heating system has become lose. To check this, firstly make sure you have disconnected the electricity and gas supply to your cooker. You will then need to pull your cooker out to access the electrical components located at back of your cooker, remove the access panelling and from there you should be able to locate the wire that is not connected properly. If you cannot identify the issue, then you will need to call out an electrician, they will be able to identify the issue or, in the worst case scenario, replace your whole grill system.
Heating Element is broken
The most common cause of grills not heating up is because the element has somehow become damaged. By unscrewing the heating element, you will be able to conduct a visual examination of you element to access the damage.
If the heating element is damaged in any way it will need to be replaced. Simply head over to our Replacement Grill Element department, enter in your cooker's manufacturer, and model number, and select the grill element you require.
Here at Cooker Spare Parts, we know that when your cooker has broken down, you want to get it fixed as quickly as possible. Trying to find the right parts can quickly become an overwhelming task, the Cooker Spare Parts team know everything there is to know about all the parts that we sell, so if you run into difficulty trying to find your specific part, don’t hesitate to contact us, we will find the right cooker parts for you in no time.
Gas thermostats on
cookers are designed to help you have complete control over the temperature of
your appliance. Unfortunately, as with any part on your cooker, things can go
wrong and parts may need replacing.
A question we get asked
a lot is why are gas oven thermostats so important? The simple answer is that
they allow you to have maximum control over the temperature of your oven. This
is to ensure you don’t burn anything and don’t cause any unnecessary damage to
other important components on your cooker. The reason they allow you to control
the temperature of your oven is thanks to the thermostat phial that it attached
to them. This phial is in the oven itself and has a small amount of gas in it.
This gas expands and contracts according to the temperature allowing you to
adjust the temperature as you wish.
The most common problem
with oven thermostats that we see is the thermostat phial not registering the
temperature of the cooker correctly, meaning your cooking will be disrupted as
the appliance is unable to tell what temperature your cooker is operating at.
Here at Cooker Spare Parts we have a fantastic
range of oven thermostats for you to choose from that will have your cooker
back to its normal self in no time at all. Take this GTS 1388 for example. It is
one of our bestsellers and this oven thermostat has been manufactured for the
main oven on your gas cooker. Once fitted, your oven will be as good as new,
but more importantly, you will safely be able to control the temperature of
your cooker.
To see our full range
of gas thermostats, simply click here
or go in to the gas thermostats section of our website using the appropriate
filters.
We all love a full English breakfast - nothing gets you going first thing in the morning quite like a thousand calories of fat, grease, and meat (washed down, naturally, with a big cup of ultra-sugary tea). It's a British tradition, though everyone has their own unique idea of what should be included in a 'proper' fry-up: some people swear by hash browns, some people won't touch a cooked breakfast that doesn't include black pudding, and some people (presumably including the heathen who took the photo above) even think that tomatoes have their place on the big greasy plate.
But we're not here today to discuss minor 'toast or fried bread?' variations on the classic British fry-up. We're here to really shake things up - if you're bored of the same old sausages and beans, here are three tantalising twists for you to add to your next cooked breakfast:
1. Avocado Fried Egg
Want to pretend that your fry-up is vaguely healthy? We hear that avocados are very
en vogue right now, so why not use those fashionable green fellas to create a nutritious and eye-catching border for your fried egg? We got this idea (and, indeed, the photograph above) from
Treehugger.com - details on how to pull it off can be found there.
2. Beans & Bacon (Together at Last!)
Baked beans have never been the belle of the breakfast ball - perhaps due to their 'musical' reputation, many people opt to leave them out altogether so as to make room for more of the stuff they really like. Still, we love a nice helping of baked beans here at
Cooker Spare Parts, and we think we've found a way to change the minds of even the most ardent bean-bashers: mixing them with bacon.
Bacon, of course, is the undisputed king of the cooked breakfast, and while standard fry-up protocol leans toward simply serving the rashers as they are, we see no reason why they shouldn't be cut up and mixed in with the beans to make them more appealing.
This BBC Good Food recipe recommends using cannellini beans instead of the usual Heinz fare, so if you
do choose to give this a go, your cooked breakfast will likely be the poshest in Britain that morning.
3. Grated Cheese
Melted cheese tastes good no matter what it's on top of, so don't be afraid to grab a grater and go to town on your full English breakfast while it's still piping hot. The mushrooms and baked beans should be your primary targets, as well as the egg if you're having it scrambled instead of fried.
The kitchen appliance industry develops new technologies just as quickly as any other sector, if not more so. Oven manufacturers are constantly coming out with newer, better models, and while that's great news for our dinners, it does mean that previous models can become obsolete very quickly. Manufacturers often discontinue models that are still in common use, and that can be a problem for the people who continue to use the old cookers, particularly when parts need replacing.
Fortunately, if the cooker in your kitchen is a discontinued model, we at Cooker Spare Parts may still be able to provide you with the spares you need to keep it running. We sell a huge number of spare parts for discontinued cookers, so before you give up and buy a whole new appliance, we strongly recommend that you enter your make and model number
here to see if we have what you're looking for. Just because the manufacturer has given up on your particular model doesn't mean that you should follow suit!
Can't find the parts you need? Get in touch with the Cooker Spare Parts team and we'll be happy to help.
Just as the door of your oven needs a
door seal, each of your cooker's hobs needs a seal of its own to function properly. If the seal around one of your hobs has started to come loose or wear away, you'll need to replace it to ensure the continued smooth running of your appliance; fortunately, this task is relatively simple with the help of Cooker Spare Parts!
We sell a high-quality
foam sealing strip that's compatible with the vast majority of appliances, allowing you to seal up your hobs again in no time at all. The hob sealing strip is supplied in lengths of 2.5 metres, and at time of writing, each one costs just £3.98 (please note that prices are subject to change). That's great value, especially if you were expecting to have to pay for a repairman to sort out your hob!
If foam sealing strip isn't what your appliance needs, don't despair - we sell a variety of other hob seals, including:
Click here to view our full range of high-quality hob spares.
