Might be a dumb question but here it goes. Does the heating element gradually decrease in its power or just a simple if it doesn't get hot it is broken?
When heating element go bad they normally break in to and quit working completely. Every now and then you will find one that starts putting out less wattage, but normally they break pretty quick after they start to loose power.
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