same subject... redux.. ad nauseum... This is an inditement of modern parenting theory rather than the what the tempurature of a Bluestar (or any other) oven might get to when operated. Guess I am getting really old now... I grew up in a farm house with a wood burning cast iron stove... guarrantee that if a young'un touched it once ... it would never happen again (and none of us did that I am aware of). I wonder what ever happened to "learning life's little lessons?" In fact that stove got so hot we didn't even have to think once, much less twice about staying clear of it!!!! Perhaps we would all be much safer if it was hot enough blister on contact like my grandma's wood stove. Kids will never learn anything, if the parents do all the thinking for them. Or worse, make it so they never have to think for themselves. Does it seem oddly ironic that the less we spank and physically discipline our kids, the meaner and more violent the younger generation becomes?(such as our armed teenagers shooting each other) So much for "time outs"). Personal behavior and consequences is an important lesson for life, becoming more and more overlooked. Oh, forgive me... I do have a microwave that has an instruction manual warning me not to dry my kitty cat in it after her "shampoo". The day when we make everything absolutely 100% safe and risk-free, we will no longer be able to think and reason for ourselves. Then who will we turn to? The government? Hah!

I was assuming this is a gas oven but I see that Blue Star makes electric ovens as well. So, we need to know if this is a gas or electric unit. Also, how long is 'eons' in minutes? :-) Also, how long have you had the oven? Did you recently switch to a gas oven from having an electric one before? (Gas ovens take longer to heat up.) When I had an electric oven, I would turn on the oven to preheat right before I started making cookie dough, etc. When the dough was ready, so was the oven. When I switched to an all gas oven, I learned that the oven had to be turned on to preheat while I was just thinking about making cookies! As in a good long 30-45 minutes before I wanted to bake. So, if this a new to you oven, new to you gas oven, do a timed preheat. Let it heat for 30 minutes, check the oven temp vs set temp and repeat at the 45 minute mark. If it hasn't reached set temps after 45 minutes, then call for service.

I have no advice but have heard about the noisy fan as well. Seems it goes on the minute you turn the oven on, until it gets below 200 - I may be looking elsewhere as I don't have gas in my area.

I am having similar problems with my blue star oven. Love the range too but the oven has been a problem from the start. Early after we had it installed, the oven blew up in my face when I opened it because I had the convection button on. They came out and put a special switch on so that wouldn’t happen again. It was installed in 2017. But since 2019 I’ve had to have someone come out and repair it for lack of preheating 3 times now. My extended warranty is about to run out and I am just coo that I am stuck with an oven that will likely be a continuous problem for me! Especially for what you pay for these things. Did you ever get your oven figured out?