Home Improvement

Check under the range to make sure mice didn't get into the insulation between the oven and range top. Mice will drag all kinds of weird stuff up there, causing weird smells.

We had some electrical wiring that was overheating and burning/melting the insulation around the wiring. It was a super weird smell that the best description we could come up with was a mild, but gross fish smell. It would start 5-10 min after turning on the light that the wiring ran to and then take 30+ min to dissipate after turning off the light. We had to have an electrician track down the failure point and replace the wiring.

I'm with the mice poster. I had one nest in my oven once. You might be smelling their peepee and doodoo.

I’d probably do my best to pull out the oven and see if there’s a way to open any of it (WITH IT UNPLUGGED) to check that there’s no burning wires or insulation that needs replacing. Easiest place to start might just be lifting the range up, but if it’s the oven itself that’s causing an issue the problem might be deeper in.

Electric parts tend not to burn (and thus smell) that long. My guess is something touches the heating element (loosend part or rodent). I'd open it up to check the inside. If you are not confortable doing that, get someone to do it.

It's been an issue for two months which might cause one to think it's not urgent, but an oven usually isn't daily use. Just check it asap you don't wanna risk a fire (not saying it will burn, but it's a risk)

I've been told that if it smells sweet, it's usually bad. No one told me why though.

Is it gas? If so get a carbon monoxide detector immediately if you don't already have one.