IIRC the broilers were beneath both ovens on the 40-inch models:
Cleaning and Light on American Range Crown Series
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our Coast Guard barracks here in Stony Creek still has a double-oven Crown in operation. They were nicely designed stoves, but in my opinion, couldn't hold a candle to the Caloric Ultramatics of the early 60's
I guess one could "Google" Gray & Dudley and see if they can find any history. I think these stoves disappeared after with the 70's.
...and Pete, you're right, now that you mention it I remember that we lost some sales on these stoves because they didn't offer any with the "self-cleaning" feature although some of the TOL's had "continuous-cleaning" coated ovens which, by the mid 70's had been discredited by Consumer Reports.
...and Pete, you're right, now that you mention it I remember that we lost some sales on these stoves because they didn't offer any with the "self-cleaning" feature although some of the TOL's had "continuous-cleaning" coated ovens which, by the mid 70's had been discredited by Consumer Reports.
Crown!
Hi Ken,
Thank you for posting. We actually did have a simular range in a apt we lived in new jersey in the mid 70's. It had a all white top and the broiler was the upper unit. It was also continous cleaning. Even though a lot of people disagree with me I did like continous cleaning if you knew how to use it and not to try to clean it.
I know you mentioned caloric above - to me they were a disaster. When we moved to another house in 77 we had a top and bottom TOL gas range. It was nothing but one problem after the other. It had self cleaning with a rotesserie. The oven used to die when my mom was making big dinners. To make a long story really short my parents had caloric replace it 4 times. (still ng) So they got their money back after almost 3 years of grief. One thing I could say nice about it it did look nice - but caloric was useless in my book. I knew other people with a lot of problems with the calorics except if it was a very basic model. I feel the same way about caloric as I do with LG.
But these Crowns are really beautiful ranges.
Peter
Hi Ken,
Thank you for posting. We actually did have a simular range in a apt we lived in new jersey in the mid 70's. It had a all white top and the broiler was the upper unit. It was also continous cleaning. Even though a lot of people disagree with me I did like continous cleaning if you knew how to use it and not to try to clean it.
I know you mentioned caloric above - to me they were a disaster. When we moved to another house in 77 we had a top and bottom TOL gas range. It was nothing but one problem after the other. It had self cleaning with a rotesserie. The oven used to die when my mom was making big dinners. To make a long story really short my parents had caloric replace it 4 times. (still ng) So they got their money back after almost 3 years of grief. One thing I could say nice about it it did look nice - but caloric was useless in my book. I knew other people with a lot of problems with the calorics except if it was a very basic model. I feel the same way about caloric as I do with LG.
But these Crowns are really beautiful ranges.
Peter
Crown Range!
Their are 2 ranges on this page like the one in this thread.
Their restoration site is actually located near me.
Peter
Their are 2 ranges on this page like the one in this thread.
Their restoration site is actually located near me.
Peter
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