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I notice some type of top loading dishwasher to the left of the range.
I notice some type of top loading dishwasher to the left of the range.
Canary Yellow Cutie
What a fantastic range!! This one reminds me of Robert's. We had a 50's GE when I was a kid. I used to love the pushbuttons for the burners. Unfortunately, ours what just white. A canary yellow range would (and still is) have been awesome! Too bad we all can't have two ranges; one for the kitchen another for the butler's pantry perhaps.
What a fantastic range!! This one reminds me of Robert's. We had a 50's GE when I was a kid. I used to love the pushbuttons for the burners. Unfortunately, ours what just white. A canary yellow range would (and still is) have been awesome! Too bad we all can't have two ranges; one for the kitchen another for the butler's pantry perhaps.
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Canary Yellow!!!!!!
It's such a great color! It would go well with a teal floor.
It's such a great color! It would go well with a teal floor.
Has anyone else actually used
a GE "Keyboard" range?
Bad enough it's electric, but the 5 fixed heats are truly miserable.
In the large apartment I had with Ma, we had to deal with one of them for a miserable year.
I will say that the "Canary Yellow" is truly attractive, but I wouldn't cook on that thing if you gave it to me!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
a GE "Keyboard" range?
Bad enough it's electric, but the 5 fixed heats are truly miserable.
In the large apartment I had with Ma, we had to deal with one of them for a miserable year.
I will say that the "Canary Yellow" is truly attractive, but I wouldn't cook on that thing if you gave it to me!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
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GE pushbutton Ranges
I agree with Lawrence! I loved the look and the concept of pushbutton cooking, but its really a PITA to only have the fixed heat settings. An electric range with the infinite type heat control is so much easier to cook on.
Canary Yellow rocks!
I agree with Lawrence! I loved the look and the concept of pushbutton cooking, but its really a PITA to only have the fixed heat settings. An electric range with the infinite type heat control is so much easier to cook on.
Canary Yellow rocks!
There was a GE pushbutton range in the first (and only) apartment I rented from 1987 to 1991. It was a kind of tan color, definitely not coppertone, and had a lovely fluorescent-lighted panel. I didn't use it much except for baking frozen pizzas and can biscuits.
That looks like an appliance store. Somebody bought a new range,and probably had to pay to have the old one removed!
kennyGF
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The last time I saw one in person was about 1981 when mom wanted a self cleaning oven. The one we had was white, but it was still beautiful. I still remember sound of the loud timer buzzer.
As for the push buttons, I think they're great. For example when making rice (real rice, not instant or converted!) just push low and walk away. No bending over to see the flame and fiddling with the knob untill it's just right. One reason many people don't like electric burners is that their pots aren't flat on the bottom. Of course, the GE Calrod burners were the finest and fastest heating electric burners in the industry.
In my opinion, the one thing I could live without on this range is the Sensi-Temp burner.
Ken D.
As for the push buttons, I think they're great. For example when making rice (real rice, not instant or converted!) just push low and walk away. No bending over to see the flame and fiddling with the knob untill it's just right. One reason many people don't like electric burners is that their pots aren't flat on the bottom. Of course, the GE Calrod burners were the finest and fastest heating electric burners in the industry.
In my opinion, the one thing I could live without on this range is the Sensi-Temp burner.
Ken D.
In one apartment I lived in during the 80's was a GE push button drop-in in harvest gold. I knew the apartment was built in 1974. The stove worked great, never gave me any problem. This would be fine for your pedestrian type cook. Since I like to dabble with fancy stuff, I prefer a more infinite heat also. I think its largely a matter of what you grew up cooking with and also any bad experiences with gas or electric. Either one is capable of burning your kitchen up! I will say the electric oven is kinder to bake or roast with in the hot summer months. Gas ovens, which I have, can turn a kitchen into a sweatbox due to the moist heat, even with airconditioning. I have thought of installing a small window unit in the kitchen window just for that time of year.
Not very long ago
I recently saw one like that in a kitchen we all are quite familiar with...
I recently saw one like that in a kitchen we all are quite familiar with...
kenmore1978
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Fixed heats
I agree infinite heat is nice on an electric range, but I grew up with a Frigidaire range with 5 fixed heats and had no problem cooking on it at all. Maternal Grandmother taught me early on how to deal with the fixed heats. She was a Figidaire person all the way EXCEPT that she didn't like Frigidaire washers for some reason. Paternal Grandmother later was given a Flair range by my Dad, and I did a lot of cooking on that, too
I agree infinite heat is nice on an electric range, but I grew up with a Frigidaire range with 5 fixed heats and had no problem cooking on it at all. Maternal Grandmother taught me early on how to deal with the fixed heats. She was a Figidaire person all the way EXCEPT that she didn't like Frigidaire washers for some reason. Paternal Grandmother later was given a Flair range by my Dad, and I did a lot of cooking on that, too
Yes, that yellow range on eBay is close to our range, but that one is one step down, without the sensi-temp.
I love our range, the push buttons work great, just enough for what we do. And having two electric ovens in a beautiful yellow vintage range is just wonderful. I much perfect baking with an electric range, I seem to get better results.
I love our range, the push buttons work great, just enough for what we do. And having two electric ovens in a beautiful yellow vintage range is just wonderful. I much perfect baking with an electric range, I seem to get better results.
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baking
I've heard from more than one source that electric ovens bake better
I've heard from more than one source that electric ovens bake better
Electric Baking
I grew up with gas ranges and have only owned gas ones myself. About a year ago I purchased my first vintage range, a 1964 Frigidaire Flair. Electric IMHO is much better for baking. It bakes much more evenly than my gas range. Also, the electric oven retains its heat much longer so the oven doesn't cycle on and off as much a gas oven does. However, the retention of heat on the coils is what makes electric cooking more difficult when you need to lower the heat quickly. I thinks that's not a problem with the newer smoothtop electric ranges available today.
I grew up with gas ranges and have only owned gas ones myself. About a year ago I purchased my first vintage range, a 1964 Frigidaire Flair. Electric IMHO is much better for baking. It bakes much more evenly than my gas range. Also, the electric oven retains its heat much longer so the oven doesn't cycle on and off as much a gas oven does. However, the retention of heat on the coils is what makes electric cooking more difficult when you need to lower the heat quickly. I thinks that's not a problem with the newer smoothtop electric ranges available today.
I've grown up with gas, and still cook on it. I agree, electric ovens promote more uniform browning, and hold the heat better, but you have to be careful about pan placement. Too close to either element can overcook food, maybe I'm just used to gas ovens, where you don't have that problem. When baking a pie, I can place the pie pan directly on the oven bottom, to make sure the crust is well cooked. Just my 2 cents!
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electric coil heat retention
The instant heat control is virtue touted as an advantage of gas burners, but people who grow up with electric learn to compensate for that. If one screws up and something starts to boil over, needless to say you have to move the pot to another burner, or keep a spot handy off the range (in case the other units are in use) to set the pot. But in ordinary circumstances, one learns to turn down the heat ahead of time from experience with how long it takes the unit to cool and depending on what you're cooking. I remember my Mom's Mom, who had always cooked on an electric range, showing my Dad's Mom, who was switching from gas, how to cook on her Flair range. My Dad's Mom's Flair had all the goodies, Speed Heat unit, temperature sensing unit, temperature probe, and the optional storage cabinet the range sat on. The only thing it didn't have was the rotisserie option. Surprisingly, I don't remember what kind of gas range she had before. The only range I remeber my Maternal Grandmother having was a Frigidaire 40" range, white, with the Deep Well cooker, a warming drawer on the left and oven on the right. The oven still used open coil heating elements. That range came with us through 4 moves.
The instant heat control is virtue touted as an advantage of gas burners, but people who grow up with electric learn to compensate for that. If one screws up and something starts to boil over, needless to say you have to move the pot to another burner, or keep a spot handy off the range (in case the other units are in use) to set the pot. But in ordinary circumstances, one learns to turn down the heat ahead of time from experience with how long it takes the unit to cool and depending on what you're cooking. I remember my Mom's Mom, who had always cooked on an electric range, showing my Dad's Mom, who was switching from gas, how to cook on her Flair range. My Dad's Mom's Flair had all the goodies, Speed Heat unit, temperature sensing unit, temperature probe, and the optional storage cabinet the range sat on. The only thing it didn't have was the rotisserie option. Surprisingly, I don't remember what kind of gas range she had before. The only range I remeber my Maternal Grandmother having was a Frigidaire 40" range, white, with the Deep Well cooker, a warming drawer on the left and oven on the right. The oven still used open coil heating elements. That range came with us through 4 moves.
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cooking with gas
I like gas better for cooking, but do agree that a gas oven makes the kitchen very hot in the summer. I just recently bought a large electric countertop oven for summer use. It holds a 13x9 baking dish, and I am sure that it will keep the kitchen cooler this summer. But the added heat from a gas oven is a nice bonus in the winter months...
I like gas better for cooking, but do agree that a gas oven makes the kitchen very hot in the summer. I just recently bought a large electric countertop oven for summer use. It holds a 13x9 baking dish, and I am sure that it will keep the kitchen cooler this summer. But the added heat from a gas oven is a nice bonus in the winter months...
Yes the heat is nice during the winter and on a day like today as it turned cold on us. Truly, I have heard before
ELECTRIC-good for baking pies cakes cookies bread. The dry heat makes for greater evenness in pastry.
GAS-the moist heat of gas roasts meats well and keeps cuts juicy and tender. You can also broil without cracking open the oven door (in case you don't know, you're supposed to do that on electric stoves). I broil outside anyway on my gasgrill, so not a problem. When gas burns you get a 99% CO2 and H2O as the combustion products on a well regulated burner. 1% or less may be nitrogen dioxide, etc.
ELECTRIC-good for baking pies cakes cookies bread. The dry heat makes for greater evenness in pastry.
GAS-the moist heat of gas roasts meats well and keeps cuts juicy and tender. You can also broil without cracking open the oven door (in case you don't know, you're supposed to do that on electric stoves). I broil outside anyway on my gasgrill, so not a problem. When gas burns you get a 99% CO2 and H2O as the combustion products on a well regulated burner. 1% or less may be nitrogen dioxide, etc.
