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Amana Stove and Microwave Combo
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A classic for sure!
If the oven is self-cleaning (pyrolytic), I am hard-pressed to figure out why that feature was not used before a sale is attempted.
If the oven is self-cleaning (pyrolytic), I am hard-pressed to figure out why that feature was not used before a sale is attempted.
Myself....
Our previous subdivision included GE models like this. Yes, the ovens were self-cleaning. I never understood how people could let their ovens get so dirty with this easy-to-use feature. Our particular range was a double oven, not the microwave. One of my neighbors had a microwave feature, which eventually broke. She turned it into a breadbox! Go figure!
I've never seen an Amana combo like this before though.
Venus
Our previous subdivision included GE models like this. Yes, the ovens were self-cleaning. I never understood how people could let their ovens get so dirty with this easy-to-use feature. Our particular range was a double oven, not the microwave. One of my neighbors had a microwave feature, which eventually broke. She turned it into a breadbox! Go figure!
I've never seen an Amana combo like this before though.
Venus
Those Amana combo units seem to be pretty common here in Iowa - usually see one every now and then. Good for parts 
Hard to tell
It's hard to tell from the pic if it's self cleaning. It doesn't look like there is a handle to lock and I doubt it has an electronic locking feature like the newer ovens have. My guess is it's either continuous clean or not self cleaning in any way.
It's hard to tell from the pic if it's self cleaning. It doesn't look like there is a handle to lock and I doubt it has an electronic locking feature like the newer ovens have. My guess is it's either continuous clean or not self cleaning in any way.
Toggle's Tid-bits
If you wash the door (esp. after broiling/grilling) with a kitchen sponge and regular dish-soap, after each use,the grease won't bake-on with the next use of the oven.
Beware of wet items on hot glass window. *CRACK*
Also smaller ovens may have their racks washed in the DW..
A little here, and a little there avoids bigger (cleaning) jobs later.
Contrary to popular belief you MAY scrub a self-cleaner's door with cleanser, a steel-wool soap pad etc. Rinse WELL and rinse at least TWICE.
In a GAS oven NEVER (fully) line the racks with aluminum foil..the oven needs to breathe to exhaust poisonous products of combustion. Ditto oven vent in rear. I have seen this plugged with foil to keep the muck in.. MAJOR NO-NO
(Everyone is entitled to my opinion, LOL!)
If you wash the door (esp. after broiling/grilling) with a kitchen sponge and regular dish-soap, after each use,the grease won't bake-on with the next use of the oven.
Beware of wet items on hot glass window. *CRACK*
Also smaller ovens may have their racks washed in the DW..
A little here, and a little there avoids bigger (cleaning) jobs later.
Contrary to popular belief you MAY scrub a self-cleaner's door with cleanser, a steel-wool soap pad etc. Rinse WELL and rinse at least TWICE.
In a GAS oven NEVER (fully) line the racks with aluminum foil..the oven needs to breathe to exhaust poisonous products of combustion. Ditto oven vent in rear. I have seen this plugged with foil to keep the muck in.. MAJOR NO-NO
(Everyone is entitled to my opinion, LOL!)
Every now and then...
These are usually called 3+1's or 4+1's. The upscale versions have a smooth surface Corning cooktop, fluorescent backsplash b/w the cooktop and micro, and a pop-open exhaust vent above the micro that works like the optional Flair's exhaust vent that turns on when opened. I've seen the mw portion in both Touchmatic and Cookmatic w/probe versions.
The Corning setup is neat as the burner knobs will continue to light up when off but say HOT until the surface cools down.
Dollars to donuts that oven is self cleaning- the other ones I've seen are. Very nice units!
Cory
These are usually called 3+1's or 4+1's. The upscale versions have a smooth surface Corning cooktop, fluorescent backsplash b/w the cooktop and micro, and a pop-open exhaust vent above the micro that works like the optional Flair's exhaust vent that turns on when opened. I've seen the mw portion in both Touchmatic and Cookmatic w/probe versions.
The Corning setup is neat as the burner knobs will continue to light up when off but say HOT until the surface cools down.
Dollars to donuts that oven is self cleaning- the other ones I've seen are. Very nice units!
Cory
Does anyone have a pic of an early 70's Corning brand smooth-top?
My mouth dropped to the floor when I first saw one then.
My mouth dropped to the floor when I first saw one then.
whirlcool
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I think I saw one similar to this made by Litton somtime in the early 80's.
These were known as the "ME" range (microwave and electric oven). Several brands were on the market. You activated the microwave by sliding the self-clean lock latch like you were gonna self-clean. Actually pretty cool. I saw/used a Kenmore version as well as a Tappan version. One of the oven racks had like a ceramic tile thing mounted over some of the metal tines of the racks. That's where you placed cookware for microwaved items. The ones I played with had 600 or 650 watt nukers and had two speeds (cook & defrost). We great because you could use it to bake, nuke, or combo. Cooked a turkey pretty quickly in combo mode. I'm not sure how different these were than Thermadore's wal oven with the same arrangement (I hope Mr. Jetcone will read this and chime in with his experience and differences between these and his Thermador).
"Does anyone have a pic of an early 70's Corning brand smooth-top? "
There was a Corning smooth electric cooktop in this home when I bought it. It was white, with aluminum (or maybe stainless) control knobs and lots to starburst patterns on the glass. I removed it and converted the cooktop over to a modern black Frigidaire Gallery "Gas on Glass" cooktop (hint: there are better choices).
I was intending to keep the Corning cooktop around as a curiosity, but made the mistake of leaning it against the outside of a garage door, and then forgetting it was there when I opened the door from the inside. Glass doesn't like being slammed into concrete ;-(. Never did get a pic, but it really wasn't anything all that amazing, IMHO. The cooktop did have a nasty habit, of not fully turning off on some of the burners. Probably a relatively simple control feature, but still it didn't endear itself to me in addition to not being gas.
There was a Corning smooth electric cooktop in this home when I bought it. It was white, with aluminum (or maybe stainless) control knobs and lots to starburst patterns on the glass. I removed it and converted the cooktop over to a modern black Frigidaire Gallery "Gas on Glass" cooktop (hint: there are better choices).
I was intending to keep the Corning cooktop around as a curiosity, but made the mistake of leaning it against the outside of a garage door, and then forgetting it was there when I opened the door from the inside. Glass doesn't like being slammed into concrete ;-(. Never did get a pic, but it really wasn't anything all that amazing, IMHO. The cooktop did have a nasty habit, of not fully turning off on some of the burners. Probably a relatively simple control feature, but still it didn't endear itself to me in addition to not being gas.
polkanut
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Toggle, Our home also had an early 70's Corning cooktop range. I too am not a fan of electric stoves so that was the first thing that was changed after we bought our home, sorry no pics either.
I remember the one I first had seen had a glass control panel with heat indicator dials on each control knob located BENEATH it. Each had an *ON* light.
I suppose the theme really WAS "easy to clean". It was also one fo the first self-clean I had seen at the time in that gas self-clean was not that widespread yet.
In NYC where electric cooking did not exist (then), it was truly an eye-opener for me! For all intents and purposes it still does NOT exist.......
I suppose the theme really WAS "easy to clean". It was also one fo the first self-clean I had seen at the time in that gas self-clean was not that widespread yet.
In NYC where electric cooking did not exist (then), it was truly an eye-opener for me! For all intents and purposes it still does NOT exist.......
I rember flat and disc bottomed regular metal pots were rarer then, and the included Corning brand square pots were a b--ch to cook with.
My friend had the job of forcing down (flat) a regular Revere-ware pot to help it heat up quicker. It was a pasta pot. Awfully convenient for a family of Italian extraction, eh?
TE HE HE HE .
My friend had the job of forcing down (flat) a regular Revere-ware pot to help it heat up quicker. It was a pasta pot. Awfully convenient for a family of Italian extraction, eh?
TE HE HE HE .
I seem to remember a similar Revere Dutch oven doing the hippy hippy shake last Sat. in someone's kitchen on a flat-surface range.
uh huh. SHHHHHHHHHH
Let's not tell him it needs to be donated to someone with electric coils or gas............ LOL
Let's not tell him it needs to be donated to someone with electric coils or gas............ LOL
JerseyMike
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I've seen two combination stoves and microwaves. Both were gas. One was a Caloric (and had a self cleaning over). The other was Magic Chef. It was harvest gold and the microwave had dials instead of the typical touchpad control panel. My guess is that it didn't have a self cleaning over. (I don't think that gas self cleaners were avaiable during the harvest gold era.)
Mike
Mike
Again, now you know why I am not ready to replace my 1984 GE slide-in.
polkanut
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IIRC those Corning cooktops were somewhat prone to staining, scratching etc.
