Thanks for the reply Smokey.
First off, on my post re the TRIAC, that part of the circuit
seems OK.
Regarding the main problem, perhaps I wasn't clear on the details.
If I put the machine on anything but "bake" (grain, etc) the "preheat" or the "rise" cycles will not enage the heating element. If I let it go through these cyles until it gets to the "bake" cycle (at about 50 minutes to go), at that point the heating element comes on and cycles to bake properly.
Also, if I select "Bake" or "Jam" mode, the heating element comes on right away and cycles properly.
I have taken it apart and removed the wire to the heating element and am finding that sometimes the relay cycles and sends AC to the element terminal.
The machine is about 2 years old so I don't think the warantee is good.
The local shop essentially told me to forget about it.
I would like to find either the schematic for this machine or just a schematic on how these machine operate in general.

Thanks