I would do what Jodi suggested. My DD has recently started to learn "Hot" and "Cold" and the only way she has learnt was from experiencing both.
Before I used to say "Darling, please don't touch that, its hot" and she wouldn't understand, but now that I let her touch a hot cup of coffee and I tell her the same thing, she tells me "Hot" and leaves it alone.
I never really had a issue with the oven, in my old house the oven was on the floor, and I was lucky coz DD never seemed interested in the oven. Now she understands hot, so she doesn't even attempt it.
More drastically, you could gate off the kitchen (if possible) so he is unable to get into there unattended.
Our son is 19months now- but would've started around the same age as yours...and still can't help himself. I think he may be now starting to understand as he has touched it when it was very warm a couple of times (not scolding hot though) and he seems to be realising when the red lights are on it is hot- or ouchies. But recently he has begun turning the knobs- something he never really did before- and we had the same reactions with your disiplines- so now we've taken all the knobs off & have the oven ones & 1 stove knob we use when we're using the oven/stove then take it off straight away after cooking. Our friends had had to do this with their sons too. Maybe a little drastic but its working.
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