This is one of the first claims I remember reading about Star Trek on BBSs linked by FidoNet. It’s funny how it hasn’t changed.

It sounds right in content and in him not knowing that lay is a transitive verb.

I used a Chinese oven that looked just like that, maybe the same model. I found it uneven in its heating, so much so that paste near the door sometimes didn’t flow. It was possibly a step up from my Black and Decker toaster oven.