montana wildhack wrote:
Today I'm wondering if I did some permanent damage to the stove,
whether there is something I should look at to fix or replace and I'm
wondering what the heck makes that smell. The oven & broiler are clean
(no built-up gunk).

I doubt you did any damage, especially if this was a self-cleaning oven.
Most likely the smell was from fat and other cooking byproducts being
burned off the broiler area.