1950s Thermador stove
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danemodsandy
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Look at That Thing:
And TELL me Frigidaire didn't have a hand in it.
Look at those knobs. Look at those burners.
Frigidaire, betcha.
And TELL me Frigidaire didn't have a hand in it.
Look at those knobs. Look at those burners.
Frigidaire, betcha.
maytagbear
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My grandmother's stove!!!!
I thought I would never see one like it ever again. She was somewhere between "edible" and "good" when it came to cooking, but she did love to feed her family.
This was my maternal grandmother, in SW Ohio, in the Dayton-Springfield-Columbus region.
She also had Youngstown Cabinets.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
I thought I would never see one like it ever again. She was somewhere between "edible" and "good" when it came to cooking, but she did love to feed her family.
This was my maternal grandmother, in SW Ohio, in the Dayton-Springfield-Columbus region.
She also had Youngstown Cabinets.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
My wonderful Aunt Mary in Milwaukee had one very similar to this, but in a 36 or 40" width. I remember the textured aluminum light hood. They were actually made in Milwaukee by Lindermann & Hoverson (L&H) which became Norris-Thermador in Los Anges before it became Norris Industries. Hers had the misfortune to be built when they were putting the oven bake element UNDER the oven floor and while the rest of the range was still going strong, the oven floor rusted out. The surface infinite switches on hers were small squarish knobs beside lighted windows which showed the percentage of heat from Hi, down through 90,80,70, etc. all the way to Lo. Consumer Reports liked the placement of the controls on this range because they were safely out of the heat zone from pans on adjacent rear units. Other than the bake element fiasco, this was a very heavily constructed range.
norgeway
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MonoTube units!
Frigidaire did NOT have the monopoly on Mono Tube units, Nor did they manufacture all of them, they were made by a company called Terro and Kift, TK for short and were used by, Philco, Thermador, some Kelvinator ranges,Universal, and Admiral to mention a few, I think Frigidaire either bought there units, or made them under a TK patent, anyone know for sure.
Frigidaire did NOT have the monopoly on Mono Tube units, Nor did they manufacture all of them, they were made by a company called Terro and Kift, TK for short and were used by, Philco, Thermador, some Kelvinator ranges,Universal, and Admiral to mention a few, I think Frigidaire either bought there units, or made them under a TK patent, anyone know for sure.
Tuttle
norgeway
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Thanks!
When i wrote it i thought something sounded wrong..LOL!!
When i wrote it i thought something sounded wrong..LOL!!
Thermador Electric Ranges
Thermador made free standing electric ranges before they decided to build only built-in electric cooking products in the early 1960s. Unfortunately they also decided to build gas cook-tops in the early 1980s and they ruined their good unblemished record of building only great cooking appliances.
Frigidaire had nothing to do with Thermador ranges, as Hans and others pointed out lots of other manufactures used Mono-Tube surface elements before they wised up, only Frigidaire continued to use these less satisfactory elements after about 1960.
Thermador made free standing electric ranges before they decided to build only built-in electric cooking products in the early 1960s. Unfortunately they also decided to build gas cook-tops in the early 1980s and they ruined their good unblemished record of building only great cooking appliances.
Frigidaire had nothing to do with Thermador ranges, as Hans and others pointed out lots of other manufactures used Mono-Tube surface elements before they wised up, only Frigidaire continued to use these less satisfactory elements after about 1960.
danemodsandy
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One Reason:
One of two reasons I made the suggestion that this range might have had parts outsourced from Frigidaire was the knobs, which the photo makes appear identical to the knobs seen on many Loewy-designed Frigidaires.
Anyone got an explanation for that?
One of two reasons I made the suggestion that this range might have had parts outsourced from Frigidaire was the knobs, which the photo makes appear identical to the knobs seen on many Loewy-designed Frigidaires.
Anyone got an explanation for that?
I wasn't aware that Thermador had problems with their gas cooktops in the past but they seem to have solved them. A client of mine bought the largest Thermador gas rangetop about two years ago, it looks pretty well made and so far no complaints from him. He wanted Viking but the Thermador was somewhat less expensive, I've never liked Viking's clunky design so was only too happy to steer him to the Thermador. Ironically the downdraft hood is Viking as Thermador doesn't make one in a size to fit their big rangetop.
As far as the knobs on this CL range, I've seen plenty of old ranges with incorrect knobs when an orgininal got damaged and a correct replacement wasn't available; it would be quite possible for Thermador and Frigidaire to have sourced their controls from the same manufacturer and thus have interchangeable knobs.
As far as the knobs on this CL range, I've seen plenty of old ranges with incorrect knobs when an orgininal got damaged and a correct replacement wasn't available; it would be quite possible for Thermador and Frigidaire to have sourced their controls from the same manufacturer and thus have interchangeable knobs.
Thermador Gas Cooktops
Were rather average quality when first introduced in the early 1980s in their non-sealed top design. After they switched to sealed top units they [ like many other brands such as Jenn-Air, Daycor, GE Monogram ] have been huge service problems as the burner parts get so corroded in just a few years that the cooktop becomes almost unrepairable.
Thermador added a very clever simmer feature to the two left burners of their better model cooktops which cycles the lowest size flame on and off at different adjustable rates to produce a very low heat [ just like an electric burner does ] this is a very effective but troublesome system and can be very costly to repair. Repair of this feature often hits $400.00 or more.
I said that Thermador should have stayed with building only electric CTs because I do not think that gas cooking belongs in any home, there are just far too many problems with cooking over an exposed flame in a kitchen both environmental and safety wise. I can see using gas for a side burner on a gas grill or even a gas CT or range in an out door kitchen.
All that said if I had to have a gas CT[ thank goodness I don't ] I would get a TD because they are great performers with the star burners and the simmer feature and I will often chose performance over best reliability with products that I buy. Thankfully induction cooking will gradually put gas ranges out of quality kitchens.
Sandy, even though the knobs look kind of like some knobs that Frigidaire used they are not exactly the same as any I ever saw.
Were rather average quality when first introduced in the early 1980s in their non-sealed top design. After they switched to sealed top units they [ like many other brands such as Jenn-Air, Daycor, GE Monogram ] have been huge service problems as the burner parts get so corroded in just a few years that the cooktop becomes almost unrepairable.
Thermador added a very clever simmer feature to the two left burners of their better model cooktops which cycles the lowest size flame on and off at different adjustable rates to produce a very low heat [ just like an electric burner does ] this is a very effective but troublesome system and can be very costly to repair. Repair of this feature often hits $400.00 or more.
I said that Thermador should have stayed with building only electric CTs because I do not think that gas cooking belongs in any home, there are just far too many problems with cooking over an exposed flame in a kitchen both environmental and safety wise. I can see using gas for a side burner on a gas grill or even a gas CT or range in an out door kitchen.
All that said if I had to have a gas CT[ thank goodness I don't ] I would get a TD because they are great performers with the star burners and the simmer feature and I will often chose performance over best reliability with products that I buy. Thankfully induction cooking will gradually put gas ranges out of quality kitchens.
Sandy, even though the knobs look kind of like some knobs that Frigidaire used they are not exactly the same as any I ever saw.
Knob job
The surface unit knobs look more like the knobs on lower end of the line Hotpoint ranges from the early 50s than anything else and knobs are the sort of thing probably made to specs by specialty fabricators.
The surface unit knobs look more like the knobs on lower end of the line Hotpoint ranges from the early 50s than anything else and knobs are the sort of thing probably made to specs by specialty fabricators.
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