Our 1979-ish Whirlpool had a ceramic tray integral to the cavity floor.
1976? Litton Microwave 418
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Our 1979-ish Whirlpool had a ceramic tray integral to the cavity floor.
classiccaprice
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Thank you!
It's a little hard to read because of the size. I'll see if I can make it bigger when I get home
It's a little hard to read because of the size. I'll see if I can make it bigger when I get home
classiccaprice
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Much! Thank you again! Any pictures of the inside in the book? I'd like to keep an eye out for the rack you mentioned.
11 of 11
Classiccaprice, I miscounted the pages 11 of 12 is all we photographed. At least the table of contents is legible so if you would like something I missed just let me know... I always liked this booklet from the early 80's. No doubt MW cooking was fast. The Meal in One system seemed like a heck of a lot of work.
My aunt purchased the Litton in 1981 as you can see, she remodeled her kitchen in the early 1990's and passed it on to us. It survived Hurricane Katrina ( we had a tree in our house), but no standing flood water. Every feature still worked when we sold it with the house in 2009. alr
Classiccaprice, I miscounted the pages 11 of 12 is all we photographed. At least the table of contents is legible so if you would like something I missed just let me know... I always liked this booklet from the early 80's. No doubt MW cooking was fast. The Meal in One system seemed like a heck of a lot of work.
My aunt purchased the Litton in 1981 as you can see, she remodeled her kitchen in the early 1990's and passed it on to us. It survived Hurricane Katrina ( we had a tree in our house), but no standing flood water. Every feature still worked when we sold it with the house in 2009. alr
classiccaprice
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Thanks ARL2903!
That will be a great help. The interior shot looks very similar to the 85ish Kenmore that I grew up with. Mine has no hooks for it, so I guess no shelves in 76.
Lookie what I found... As I was cleaning it I had a vague feeling of familiarity. Turns out grandma had one and here's the cookbook for it that I saved from her estate! I forgot I had it! I hadn't seen hers since I was a kid... At least 20 years. Is this like yours Bob? We'll have to compare notes. This is the 8th printing from 1978 with a 1975 copyright.[this post was last edited: 1/6/2015-22:27]
That will be a great help. The interior shot looks very similar to the 85ish Kenmore that I grew up with. Mine has no hooks for it, so I guess no shelves in 76.
Lookie what I found... As I was cleaning it I had a vague feeling of familiarity. Turns out grandma had one and here's the cookbook for it that I saved from her estate! I forgot I had it! I hadn't seen hers since I was a kid... At least 20 years. Is this like yours Bob? We'll have to compare notes. This is the 8th printing from 1978 with a 1975 copyright.[this post was last edited: 1/6/2015-22:27]
whirlcool
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We have a 1977 Model 412 Litton oven. It's a Vari-Cook design and that cookbook you have is the one that came with ours.
Some Littons DID come with a glass removable floor. The way to tell if yours is one of those look at the floor of your oven. Does it have a depression in the floor that would hold about 1/2 of a quart of water? If you do, yours came with a glass plate. The metal floor models were totally flat. Ours had the glass floor which shattered one time while popping microwave popcorn. The glass for this oven has been totally unobtainium for years now. The best way to handle it would be go to a glass place and ask for a tempered glass plate about 1/4" thick in the size of the oven floor.
A guy in a microwave repair shop once did say that Litton came out with a conversion kit to convert the glass floor to a metal floor. All the kit contained was a flat teflon coated piece of metal and some silicone sealant. But with everything being so throwawayable these days I imagine these kits are in the same
situation the glass bottom plates are.
We last used ours about 4 years ago when our Kenmore MW died via power surge. It still works, but is definitely slower than our 1100W GE oven we have now. I believe the Litton's are rated at 750W.
Some Littons DID come with a glass removable floor. The way to tell if yours is one of those look at the floor of your oven. Does it have a depression in the floor that would hold about 1/2 of a quart of water? If you do, yours came with a glass plate. The metal floor models were totally flat. Ours had the glass floor which shattered one time while popping microwave popcorn. The glass for this oven has been totally unobtainium for years now. The best way to handle it would be go to a glass place and ask for a tempered glass plate about 1/4" thick in the size of the oven floor.
A guy in a microwave repair shop once did say that Litton came out with a conversion kit to convert the glass floor to a metal floor. All the kit contained was a flat teflon coated piece of metal and some silicone sealant. But with everything being so throwawayable these days I imagine these kits are in the same
situation the glass bottom plates are.
We last used ours about 4 years ago when our Kenmore MW died via power surge. It still works, but is definitely slower than our 1100W GE oven we have now. I believe the Litton's are rated at 750W.
I had the step up model from this one as my first Microwave. It was electronic. My brother and his wife at the time received two as a wedding present and he gave me one. It was a fantastic Microwave! I gave it to a friend when I moved and it is still in use!!!
It is amazing how big Litton was in the Microwave field during this time period. Everyone I knew had a Litton. My Mom had an Amana. (she still has it in her second kitchen) I also liked using her Amana.
The Litton I had did not have the glass insert in the bottom.
Nice Find!!! A friend of mind had your version. I love turning the nob to get the minutes you needed and watching it count down analog fashion.
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It is amazing how big Litton was in the Microwave field during this time period. Everyone I knew had a Litton. My Mom had an Amana. (she still has it in her second kitchen) I also liked using her Amana.
The Litton I had did not have the glass insert in the bottom.
Nice Find!!! A friend of mind had your version. I love turning the nob to get the minutes you needed and watching it count down analog fashion.
B
classiccaprice
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Very cool!
Allen- I'm thinking this one may have had one of the conversion kits used on it. If you look at the 5th picture in the first post in this thread, you can see the floor appears to be raised slightly and it has silicone around it. Perhaps that is the way it was made, not sure... but yay for no glass to worry about!
Brent- I also have a 1976 Amana R-2... Perhaps I should do a consumer reports style test... Come to my house for all your bicentennial cooking needs... I really want an RR1-RR4 eventually, but then I think I'm going to have to wait for that one.[this post was last edited: 1/7/2015-14:08]
Allen- I'm thinking this one may have had one of the conversion kits used on it. If you look at the 5th picture in the first post in this thread, you can see the floor appears to be raised slightly and it has silicone around it. Perhaps that is the way it was made, not sure... but yay for no glass to worry about!
Brent- I also have a 1976 Amana R-2... Perhaps I should do a consumer reports style test...
Come to my house for all your bicentennial cooking needs... I really want an RR1-RR4 eventually, but then I think I'm going to have to wait for that one.[this post was last edited: 1/7/2015-14:08]
