If your stove has a burning-hot control panel when the oven is on, take a look down the edges of the door to see if it has a bend that keeps the top edge from closing tightly when the bottom part of the door is fully closed.

(A search for this problem online will find several stories from people who had had the door and/or control panel replaced at great expense, only to have the problem come back. Also melted knobs!) Your problem may be dangerously hot area above oven door and slow cooking. One might as well try to fix it before buying a new stove.

This repair is pretty easy but you've got to be careful laying out all the parts as you take the door apart so all parts go back in right-side-up when you put it back together.

Tools needed: Hacksaw (to cut the steel angle), drill (to drill the angles and the door panel), screwdriver (to take the door apart and attach angle), wrench or pliers (to hold nuts when screwing on the angles).