"Chambers Electric Stove"
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stricklybojack
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I like the weird stoves!
But i like cookin' with gas too.[this post was last edited: 10/21/2015-14:13]
I like the weird stoves!
But i like cookin' with gas too.[this post was last edited: 10/21/2015-14:13]
norgeway
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SupposedlyThese were great stoves,
One oddity though, no small units, all 8 inch.....
One oddity though, no small units, all 8 inch.....
firedome
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Chambers Model "D"
as it's commonly known, but correctly it is actually a MR-9-H. Updated modern styled version of the previous 37" Model C, after the Rangeaire buyout of Chambers in '64.
Wonderful range with all the classic Chambers features and improved Plane of Flame 8" burners. "Cooks with The Electricity Turned Off" is stenciled inside the oven door. The extreme insulation, precision ground cast iron door seals, cast iron oven plate all result in a weight of 400 lbs and a rather smallish oven, and it had no self cleaning, but probably one of the finest ranges ever built...we had a white Model D. The oven size and lack of cleaning were deal breakers for us, but with unlimited space would have one anyway!
as it's commonly known, but correctly it is actually a MR-9-H. Updated modern styled version of the previous 37" Model C, after the Rangeaire buyout of Chambers in '64.
Wonderful range with all the classic Chambers features and improved Plane of Flame 8" burners. "Cooks with The Electricity Turned Off" is stenciled inside the oven door. The extreme insulation, precision ground cast iron door seals, cast iron oven plate all result in a weight of 400 lbs and a rather smallish oven, and it had no self cleaning, but probably one of the finest ranges ever built...we had a white Model D. The oven size and lack of cleaning were deal breakers for us, but with unlimited space would have one anyway!
philr
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Four 8" burners! That's weird! People like my sister who always find a way to get tiny cookware or those annoying stove top "Italian" coffee makers with a rounded base that are much too small for a 6" electric burner (she uses gas) would have a problem!
Unless the burners have separate heating zones like some GE ranges have.
Is there any storage space below the ovens? I'm always seeking for more storage space!!
Unless the burners have separate heating zones like some GE ranges have.
Is there any storage space below the ovens? I'm always seeking for more storage space!!
firedome
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Storage space...
the compartment on the R can be used for storage, also for warming.
Of course the "Plane of Flame" burners which replaced the old type single row "daisy burners" were found only on the gas version of the MR-9-H, which is what we had, not the electric seen here. The electric version is quite rare, I'd say 1 to 10 compared to gas.
the compartment on the R can be used for storage, also for warming.
Of course the "Plane of Flame" burners which replaced the old type single row "daisy burners" were found only on the gas version of the MR-9-H, which is what we had, not the electric seen here. The electric version is quite rare, I'd say 1 to 10 compared to gas.
firedome
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selectable coil size...
we had the gas version, but I think these did not have the coil selector. Our GE cooktop (as yet uninstalled) has 4, 6 and 8", unlike our '58 40" range which only had 2 sizes, I think it was 4 or 8, on the "Automatic Calrod" LF 8" unit.
we had the gas version, but I think these did not have the coil selector. Our GE cooktop (as yet uninstalled) has 4, 6 and 8", unlike our '58 40" range which only had 2 sizes, I think it was 4 or 8, on the "Automatic Calrod" LF 8" unit.
philr
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So the right section isn't an oven but a warmer? Still it seems there's some unusable empty space below the oven and warmer.
No access to clean underneath? I guess most of the richer people who owned these had plenty of storage space around in their large kitchens and they also had someone else paid to deal with the cleaning of the floor underneath and of the non self-cleaning oven!
It reminds me something I saw in an automotive book or a magazine from the eighties (I can't remember which one but I think it was about the touch screen CRT in the Buick Riviera/Reatta being more of a high tech gadget than a luxury feature). It sounded like that:<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Preparing a meal in a microwave oven is high tech while having a chef to do it for you is luxury. </span>
So I guess this is true luxury... If you can pay for the chef and for someone to clean it for you!
And I can say I'm more of a high tech fan than a true luxury fan as I can't afford true luxury!
No access to clean underneath? I guess most of the richer people who owned these had plenty of storage space around in their large kitchens and they also had someone else paid to deal with the cleaning of the floor underneath and of the non self-cleaning oven!
It reminds me something I saw in an automotive book or a magazine from the eighties (I can't remember which one but I think it was about the touch screen CRT in the Buick Riviera/Reatta being more of a high tech gadget than a luxury feature). It sounded like that:<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Preparing a meal in a microwave oven is high tech while having a chef to do it for you is luxury. </span>
So I guess this is true luxury... If you can pay for the chef and for someone to clean it for you!
And I can say I'm more of a high tech fan than a true luxury fan as I can't afford true luxury!
