1950 Gibson Range "Ups-a-Daisy"!

[whitekingd]

I am looking for the burner switches for this range. They were made by GE, and are almost identical to the 1950's GE burner switches, EXCEPT, they have one more button. They go, Simmer, Very Low, Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High, High, and of course, Off. Any help would be appreciated! Thank You! Also, does anyone have a burner or know where to get one for the Ups-A-Daisy?

 

[toggleswitch]

I'm sorry that I can't help you.

But, if I may ask, what is an "Ups-a-Daisy"? Is this the funky two-level (terraced) cooktop? or a "Flair-like" door that open "UP"?

 

[tomturbomatic]

Toggle, the Gibson range in question had a big white dial on the backsplash that was used to raise the deepwell element so that it could be used a 4th surface unit and that was the name Gibson gave the feature. If the dial was turned in the other direction the unit was lowered back into the well. This saved the cook from anything so plebian as having to reach in and touch the element. Hotpoint's solution to raising and lowering the deepwell element was a little circular bracket under the knob of the deepwell kettle's cover. The cover was lowered into the well and twisted to grasp the unit supports around the medallion, then pulled up to raise the unit.

This Gibson stove had 7 heat pushbutton switches. We used to joke about the settings on a friend's: really hot, not so hot, kinda hot, definitely not hot, low, very low & too low for words. I guess that was modified cruising terminology. Some Sears ranges used these pushbutton controls. Some early Whirlpool ranges offered 7 heats and a friend's Coolerator range offered 7 heats but with dials.

Whiteking, Chromalox still makes a double interwound replacement element with the thin tubes. They will not match the original elements and the heating pattern of the replacement elements is not the inner-outer pattern of the originals. They give a more or less even heating pattern on all heat settings.

 

[tomturbomatic]

There was a similar mechanism from another manufacturer called a "Deepwellevator" (SP?) for raising and lowering the heating element.

 

[whitekingd]

Unfortunately, my 1950 Gibson does not have the dial to raise the UPS - A - DAISY cooker. That came the next year or so. So I have to grab the handle and pull it up manually! GEE WHIZ, WHAT A PAIN!!!! But I love my range. What a great cooker!!