Strange electric oven wiring?

Question

We have two built-in electric ovens. Last night, the element on one would not go out so I turned off the circuit breakers.
There are two double breakers.
I turned both on tonight to see if the problem was fixed, which it was not (element came back on), so I turned off one breaker (hoping it was for the oven with the problem).
Well, both ovens still have power and will go on, with one breaker turned off, but the element on the bad oven is now off!
Does this mean that the other breaker is not wired in?
Am I losing my mind?
thanks for any help.
david

Thanks for the responses already. Here is some more info as requested:
Both are Whirlpool Gold with Accubake. I believe one is 27 inch and the other 30 inch. They both have electronic clocks and controls. There is also a GE Profile 4-burner cooktop with "spark" igniters.
More breaker detail:
With breaker 1 on, both clocks are on and I can turn on both ovens, but the left element (the one that won't go off) is now off.
With breaker 2 on, the right clock is off, the left is on, and the left element (the bad one) goes on and cannot turn off.
This sounds really screwy, but it is what is happening.
Thanks again.

Answer 1

The other breaker is probably for the cook top. Are the ovens controlled by an electronic clock/control? Since you give no information on the make and a model number of the ovens you will only get guesses as what to do and what to look for.

It would be very odd and against codes to have one breaker control half of the line voltage to both ovens and the other breaker control the other half.

If the element on the oven is not staying on now there may have been a set of contacts(probably in a relay) burned together and have now popped apart only to burn together again in the near future.

Answer 2

No, your oven is 220, which means that there are 110 between each leg and neutral.

Some ovens use only one side of the leg for burners.

Sounds to me like you have a problem with your oven, not your breaker.

Make sure you have the correct burner turned off. Some ovens can be confusing as to where off is. Could be that one control is shorted too.

Good Luck