Is it really worth getting this worked up over someone pointing at a line?

nahh disagree hard. sheet pan dinners saved my life on busy nights. you gotta treat the oven more like a grill though - salmon needs high heat fast, not a long slow bake. i do 425F for like 12 minutes max with a honey soy glaze and the broccoli tossed separately in oil halfway through. never had dry fish or burnt veg that way. sounds like your recipe just had bad timing, not the method itself.

And that's the thing, people get caught up in the "one way is the only way" mindset. I watched a guy use that "special" bumper primer from the auto parts store on a plastic fender flare, and it started peeling in three months because he didn't scuff it with anything rougher than a dish sponge. Meanwhile I've got a buddy who just cleans the plastic with soap and water, hits it with some rattle can paint from the hardware store, and his truck bumper looks fine after two years in the sun. It's all about prep and knowing what you're working with, not just the label on the bottle.

Got burned by a cheap stove at 12k feet in Colorado. Ended up sticking with my old Whisperlite, thing works every time even with snow.

You're acting like the thing swelled up a quarter inch overnight. A little sanding and paint touch up and nobody's gonna notice but you.