Is there a science behind what was going on with my oven?

[Anonymous]

This evening I was cooking bacon on one pan, and roasted potatoes on another. I had set the oven to 450° and popped them in, then went off to take care of some laundry. I came back to check the bacon would be noticed the oven temp was stuck at 370°. Weird. I checked and it was in fact set at 450° yet hovering at 370°. It stayed there until the bacon was done. I took the bacon out, and within one or two minutes, the oven alerted that it had reached temp (450°) and it stayed there like normal until the potatoes were done.

What would have been going on that it was prevented from reaching temp while the bacon was cooking?

[Anonymous]

You probably have a faulty sensor and the dramatic temp drop after opening the door to get out the bacon made it read the temperature again.

[Anonymous]

You have a intermittent bad ground in the temperature sensor circuit.

[Anonymous]

Do not even think about switching back to gas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not even think about switching back to gas.

It is gas.