trouble in kitchenville

about a week ago, the 9+ year old amana ‘5.1 big oven‘ started clicking randomly in the morning. i deduced that it was the lock mechanism trying to engage as if the self-cleaning cycle had started. after some googling (and a vague recollection of this happening at in the last five years), i remembered having to hold down one of the display buttons to get it to disengage. this seemed to work once or twice, but now, a week later, the lock is stuck locked and the door is stuck open.

i called kirsh appliance, because they’ve helped me out of a jam several times (including delivering said oven) and gave them the model number and described the issue. i made an appointment for wednesday them to come and fix it and hung up the phone. thirty minutes later, josh called me back to say that the issue required parts that are no longer available and i should consider that i may need to get a replacement oven.

please keep in mind that this is all happening in the same month during which i’m going to cook a thanksgiving turkey for the very first time.

so, i google ‘lg stainless gas oven best buy’ because we had to replace the microwave last year which had a similar diagnosis and i may as well get a matching appliance that’s easier to clean than the current one. after getting a little price-shocked, i called kirsh back to cancel the service call and ask if they happen to have any used, stainless, gas ovens. no, just black. but at half the cost of the new best buy version.

currently, my solution is going to be to break the lock mechanism because that’s the thing that’s not making the oven not work and hopefully have a lovely turkey and dressing dinner before i need to deal with replacing it.

more to come, i’m sure.