norgeway
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A 54 Super Thirty Hotpoint, just like the one we had when I was a child,it will take some work, but I just had to have it, .
Drug in another stove today......
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Surprise, it does not have a full width oven, but rather the same oven used on the 39 inch ranges, and a small compartment called a Crisper Stor, next to it.
Surprise, it does not have a full width oven, but rather the same oven used on the 39 inch ranges, and a small compartment called a Crisper Stor, next to it.
norgeway
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This is the same kind of stove!!!
That I first cooked on....at three years old!!! No I did NOT make that up, One Saturday morning I wanted bacon for breakfast, my Mother got out the iron skillet and the bacon, but then was distracted, If I remember the phone rang, so when my GRANDMOTHER CAME IN THE KITCHEN SHE WAS horrified TO FIND i HAD CLIMBED UP ON THE CABINET via A CHAIR AND WAS SITTING THERE BESIDE THE STOVE CALMLY FRYING THE BACON......My mother said:" Leave him alone Mother, what other three year old do you know that can cook his own breakfast!"But he will get burned!!! was Grandmothers reply!! Mother then said, Oh well, he will learn if he does!!! So you see I just had to have this one!!
That I first cooked on....at three years old!!! No I did NOT make that up, One Saturday morning I wanted bacon for breakfast, my Mother got out the iron skillet and the bacon, but then was distracted, If I remember the phone rang, so when my GRANDMOTHER CAME IN THE KITCHEN SHE WAS horrified TO FIND i HAD CLIMBED UP ON THE CABINET via A CHAIR AND WAS SITTING THERE BESIDE THE STOVE CALMLY FRYING THE BACON......My mother said:" Leave him alone Mother, what other three year old do you know that can cook his own breakfast!"But he will get burned!!! was Grandmothers reply!! Mother then said, Oh well, he will learn if he does!!! So you see I just had to have this one!!
danemodsandy
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Hans:
If you don't mind my asking, which floor of which wing of your kitchen is this going in?
* ducks and runs *
If you don't mind my asking, which floor of which wing of your kitchen is this going in?
* ducks and runs *
Nice catch! I've always liked how Hotpoint transitioned to the 30" wide cabinets, and still kept their deepwell cooker. Enjoy your great find!!!
lawrence
lawrence
Nice range!
Hans, that is wonderful! It is so hard to find the 30" ranges from the 1950s, most all are the 40" or even occassionaly the 36". And that has just the right amount of bling and fabulous features... and some great memories! Congratulations!
Hans! You always find the best stuff! What does it say above the pushbuttons? I
can't make it out!
can't make it out!
norgeway
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It says...
Pushbutton Automatic!
Pushbutton Automatic!
westingman123
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She's real purty, Hans. I've got to come a-hunting down there with you. You've really got the vintage radar.
She's real purty, Hans. I've got to come a-hunting down there with you. You've really got the vintage radar.
I am happy for you. That is a neat stove. Where did you find it? Did you know the family that had this one, too? Seems like everything in the South has a story or a lineage.
Hans!
I am SO GLAD you got this stove!! Even if it wasn't a copy of the one you grew up with, this is a beauty! But I especially love the connection to your childhood - these are the kinds of things that make "collecting" so much fun!
I know once you get this baby all shined up and looking its best it will be "The Pride of Mocksville!"
There's something about all those big stove features in a 30 inch model that really make this special- congrats!!!
I am SO GLAD you got this stove!! Even if it wasn't a copy of the one you grew up with, this is a beauty! But I especially love the connection to your childhood - these are the kinds of things that make "collecting" so much fun!
I know once you get this baby all shined up and looking its best it will be "The Pride of Mocksville!"
There's something about all those big stove features in a 30 inch model that really make this special- congrats!!!
Very nice, Hans
Glad you were able to get it. Hotpoint is the only brand of 30" range I've ever seen with a deep well. Guess the "Crisper Stor" is for crackers, etc.
Glad you were able to get it. Hotpoint is the only brand of 30" range I've ever seen with a deep well. Guess the "Crisper Stor" is for crackers, etc.
danemodsandy
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Crisper Stor:
"Guess the "Crisper Stor" is for crackers, etc."
And I'm betting it was very useful indeed in the South before air-conditioning. A lot of things took special measures to keep crisp back then. I remember my great-grandmother toasting crackers a bit before serving them.
And Lay's potato chips, before the invention of today's Mylar packaging, used to come with a little thing inside the bag called a "Fresh-Pak." It was a small packet, made of perforated cellophane, that contained a bit of silica gel, to absorb moisture, and a bit of activated charcoal, to absorb the slightly "off" odor that chips used to get while stored before they got loaded up with enough preservatives to mummify Tutankhamen all over again.
"Guess the "Crisper Stor" is for crackers, etc."
And I'm betting it was very useful indeed in the South before air-conditioning. A lot of things took special measures to keep crisp back then. I remember my great-grandmother toasting crackers a bit before serving them.
And Lay's potato chips, before the invention of today's Mylar packaging, used to come with a little thing inside the bag called a "Fresh-Pak." It was a small packet, made of perforated cellophane, that contained a bit of silica gel, to absorb moisture, and a bit of activated charcoal, to absorb the slightly "off" odor that chips used to get while stored before they got loaded up with enough preservatives to mummify Tutankhamen all over again.
Nifty!
Quite a clever design in one respect: unlike many other deluxe ranges of the period, this one put the chrome and bling up high rather than behind the burners where it was likely to catch lots of grease.
Quite a clever design in one respect: unlike many other deluxe ranges of the period, this one put the chrome and bling up high rather than behind the burners where it was likely to catch lots of grease.
norgeway
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Crisper Stor
My Mother and Grandmother always kept crackers in the Crisper Stor, because, like has been mentioned, in the days before AC everything in the South was damp, salt and sugar had to be sealed up tight or it would lump terribly, Dons Mother still keeps her salt in those shakers with the spring loaded tops to keep them sealed, they dont have ac, so it is almost a necessity.
My Mother and Grandmother always kept crackers in the Crisper Stor, because, like has been mentioned, in the days before AC everything in the South was damp, salt and sugar had to be sealed up tight or it would lump terribly, Dons Mother still keeps her salt in those shakers with the spring loaded tops to keep them sealed, they dont have ac, so it is almost a necessity.
mieleforever
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i would like to know...
what is the whole on the left hand side in the back. Is it a plate warmer of some sorts.
Lovely stove.
Regards
what is the whole on the left hand side in the back. Is it a plate warmer of some sorts.
Lovely stove.
Regards
norgeway
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I have the pot,
It is a 6 quart aluminum kettle with a trivet that can be adjusted to two positions,what I dont have is the deep well fryer attachment, if you will notice there is a receptacle above the cooker on the backsplash, Hotpoint made an immersion unit that was thermostatically controlled just for deep frying.
It is a 6 quart aluminum kettle with a trivet that can be adjusted to two positions,what I dont have is the deep well fryer attachment, if you will notice there is a receptacle above the cooker on the backsplash, Hotpoint made an immersion unit that was thermostatically controlled just for deep frying.
