My oven element failed (when I was pre-heating it to make the DELICIOUS KAF no-knead bread). We bought a replacement, and my clever husband installed it. He turned the oven on to make sure it worked, and heated right up. But in a few minutes, foul smoke was coming through the vent, and I could see flames through the window. We turned it off and waited until the next day (to avoid all that smoke setting off the alarm). That morning, he gathered his tools to assess the damage, but can't find his flashlight. That nice, flat light, with lights on side and end, that has a magnet so you can stick it right to the side of the stove, between the rack grooves... Yep. He realized where he left it. Looked sort of like your thermometer, except it was black to begin with.

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