Oven broiler question: coil red on bottom?

Does not compute. If electric, hence a coil, it comes from the top. Gas broil from the bottom. Btw, you should leave the door open when you broil so it doesn't shut the broiler off. And make sure you know what you're doing with the broil. Don't try to cook something large far away from the broiler. It's only meant for high heat placed no more than 4-6 inches from broiler.

I was broiling bread to make toast and was perplexed why it was taking so long, and realized the bottoms were browning but not the tops. And that was because the bottom coil was on. I had the dial on broil, but it has the tendency to slip off, so I might've positioned it a little off.

I'll take a closer look at it.

When preheating on many newer models, both elements will come on.

On Bake after it reaches temp you will only have the bottom element on.

On broil only the top element should come on.

If both of them do turn red under certain settings than you know the elements are good.

If one element is staying on too long or both are staying on, then your temperature probe is bad.

If you are putting it on broil and the bottom element comes on, but not the top then it could be a control board issue.