Oven insulation, where does it go?

[BGRV2]

So bought a used camper last year and didn't know mice made a grand hotel out of literally everything.. (behind radio, inside furnace etc. and now just found out (Wedgewood Vision oven)...finally took apart the oven to find the insulation was a mouse nest. Completely dismantled it, scrubbed with comet and replaced the insulation with 1 inch "Ceramic Fiber Insulation Blanket Wool High heat 2400F". Question is, I couldn't tell if the entire oven was covered between the inner and outer sheet metal? Do you leave the bottom uncovered etc. I wrapped the entire oven, top, sides and bottom (but not the back)...before putting back together, now thinking I didn't have to do the bottom and maybe even top because there are holes in it (maybe to vent?).. should I remove the insulation i put top and on bottom? Thanks

[bobphoenix]

I just rebuilt my 1983 Wedgewood three burner range. (same as yours only much older model...)
The only insulation I had was inside the oven door. Nothing on the bottom, sides or under the top.
The design hasn't changed that much over the years. The rear oven vent is channeled through a duct and the bottom is a double sheet metal arrangement. (that's the place where I found a LOT of rodent droppings...)

The manufacturer specs for minimum clearance calls for at least one inch from combustibles on the sides and back (the sheet metal provides that on the bottom and back.)

To be perfectly honest, if you have already installed new high temp insulation, I would leave it. these ovens are typically inefficient and loose heat pretty quick.