Heating ellements are warped

You should be able to install a new replacement element or a used element from another GE168947 toaster oven.

Buy a new toaster. Very cheap appliance.

your heating element has gone bad or there is some bad wiring in the oven itself

to check open up the toaster oven and look at the wires coming from the heating elements inside to the timer on the front panel if there is no bad wiring then the heating elements are bad and the toaster oven needs to be replaced

can you get in to replace the element?then do so if you can it is easy just look how it was put in as you take it out to replace it!

Solution: buy a new toaster oven. I determined that the manufacturer stopped selling replacement heating elements in 2006, three years after the model year (2003). After market parts makers don't sell the elements for safety and liability reasons. So I got a new one.

you can touch the element but be carefull the glass is thin .... so scrape it and do what you can . THEN USE A COTTON BALL AND ALCOHOL and clean the element that will get rid of the oil you left behind ,you will be fine ......Please if this answer helped , please rate this 3 or 4 stars . and keep me in the paid answer department . A 1 or 2 may knock me down into the unpaid ranks. Thanks Cactus Bob

the part (element) cannot be bought , its connectors are welded into place ........ if you realy love your oven , you can get one by shopping in a goodwill store for a used oven and cut the element out and cut and weld the element into your oven ........ this does work ,i have done it

We had a Hometek toaster oven with the same issue. OEMs won't send you spares for health and safety reasons. With care you can bend the element back into approximate shape, take care not to let the element touch any other metalwork in operation.

The upper element for AS690 is part# 512623
Thw lower element for AS690 is Part# 512624
Available at www.nelsonappliance.com/Toaster+Oven+Parts.html
or
http://abtecparts.com/delonghi_toaster_oven_elements.htm

I think this is a common problem with these kind of toaster ovens. Mine isn't a Toastmaster - mine is Cook's Essentials (from QVC), and my upper elements have also warped and split, although mine are curved downwards.