Cool Universal range with pull out butcher block

[delaneymeegan]

Wow LOL

I just noticed.
Did anyone else notice, in the picture posted in #16.... in the floor in front of the door, there is a trap door. LOL.
What were they thinking?

So someone comes home, the trap door is off, they walk in and .... down. LOL.

 

[lordkenmore]

Trap door

It may be a feature, not a flaw. For example, that pesky door-to-door salesperson at the front door. Say: "My hands are full! Could you go around back? The door is open!" Then run and whip open the trap door.

Or perhaps it can be opened and left open on those troublesome nights when hubby is out playing poker, and comes home at 4 with more booze in his system than you'd find in an entire liquor store.

Leaving it open could also allow be helpful when the brats come home from school.

LOL

 

[davey7]

That's the door to the root cellar!

The oven controls on that Crown are just like on my friends, except the rest of their range looks like the Universal. You'll see a lot of Crown in kitchens on Lake Shore Drive where bigger ranges were replaced. But fewer and fewer as people renovate and want "upscale" rather than good cooking or retro.

 

[circlew]

Thanks Brian, I've not been to Van Wert in a long time. I do sometimes go through Delphos on the way to my sister's.

How did you like Cincinnati?

 

[delaneymeegan]

I like how you think, John.

This must be the basis for the old saying " I wonder how many bodies are buried in his(her) fruit cellar".
Somebodies whose house simply has a trap door awkwardly located.

 

[everythingold]

in it's new home

she's very happy.

 

[everythingold]

the tag says Cribben and Sexton, Chicago Ill

 

[volvoguy87]

On the side.

This is going to go slightly off topic, but...

That is an interesting looking refrigerator next to the range. It looks new with a retro skin. What is it?

Dave

 

[everythingold]

The fridge is a Heartland

Basically it is a whirlpool with a fancy front on it, and a big price tag. Actually have two front covers at the shop, but not the freezer part. We do warranty work for Heartland.

 

[norgeway]

How does it cook and bake!!!

I want another gas range, I wonder if the Universals are as good as they look.

 

[everythingold]

The new owned baked us some brownies, they were delicious and she said she was thrilled with the performance. If you have to cook on gas, which is barbaric, vintage stoves, which drop to a steady state are far better than modern on/off ignitor systems which have significant temperature fluctuations.

 

[norgeway]

I like cooking

On gas and electric, but much prefer a gas oven.