GE Stratoliner Range - saved!

[sheerlookhomes]

Gorgeous!

I fully expect the burners to start revolving...and MUSIC can be heard!!

It's certainly music to the eyes

nice save, have fun!

 

[sudsman]

Beautiful

What a VERY nice job you have done

 

[tomturbomatic]

At this stage of the game, the "Automatic" Calrod had a thermal sensor and a two position TOGGLE switch to choose either a 6 or 8 inch heated area on the unit. The heats were still marked HI,2,3,LO&WM, but the manual gave settings to use for cooking different foods. Basically the unit came on full wattage until the pan bottom was the in the temperature range of a pan of food cooking over the selected heat on a push button unit. Vegetables were started on LO and the pan was brought just about to boiling before the unit cycled off. It would cycle on and off a couple of times before the food was cooking nicely. The cooking time was slightly longer, but you did not have to be there to turn down the heat. This was probably nice in the days when frozen vegetables were stuck together in a rectangular block.

The wide buttons were called "Keyboard Controls" and were on TOL GE ranges into the early mid 60s when the grand slightly tilted to the rear backsplashes on the self-cleaning ranges contained the push button switches on the front of the panel instead of along the top.

 

[pdub]

Wow

That is one beautiful range Ben. I just love the lights. You've really brought it back to life so to speak!
Congratulations!

Patrick

 

[toggleswitch]

TOGGLE switch to choose either a 6 or 8 inch

oopps did it have a sensor? I must have missed it.

 

[dalangdon]

Boy, that's a handsome stove!

Congratulations! I love those buttons and all those acres of chrome!

What is the origin of "Stratoliner"?

 

[tomturbomatic]

The name came from the Stratoliner, a type of Airplane, just like the TOL 40" double oven range was called the Liberator. The single oven version was the Stratoliner.

 

[nasadowsk]

In Home Ec in middle school, we had 60's intage GE's with a 'supermatic' feature, as the acient teacher called it. You set the temperature then punched in the pot size and it did something wonderful.

We made tacos once with it, and couldn't use the superhot sauce, instead having to get the wimpy mild ("Even MILD is too hot!!!" - yeah right, BTW, people over 60 shouldn't be allowed to wear form fitting pants and Depends at the same time) junk. Needless to say, we didn't eat them much (yuk).

Anyway, same type of keyboard controls as this one. But no light - hey, it was Home Ec...

 

[mickeyd]

Calrod

worked like Roper's BURNER WITH THE BRAIN--the gas would come on and off depending on the internal temp as sensed by a disc in the center of the burner. We had this stove in our kitchen in my youth, and it was fun to watch the gas flame igniting and diminishing--great for stews and sauces but not for fudge. The control was like an oven dial: You set the temp you wanted your dish ultimately to reach.

Cheers, to homemade fudge.