Hardwick Gas Range - anyone recognize?

[weed30]

Trying to figure out the year of this range if anyone has an idea. Picture #2 is terrible but it shows the burner knob that has a little arrow curving to the left that says Gas On.  Below that is a picture of a single grounded outlet and to the left of the outlet what I think might be a button to turn the backsplash light on? If it has a light?.. 

 

Thanks!

 

[repairguy]

Both a grandma and an aunt had similar stoves that they purchased together in 1975 or 1976 . Grandma’s was a 36” in avocado and aunt’s was 30” in white. Grandma’s lasted until around 1996 when the oven thermostat was off by about 50 degrees and another aunt used it for years after that but I’m sure it’s gone now. I have the 30” in white that I got from my aunt about 5 years ago after a flood. Both were heavily used.

 

[weed30]

Thanks - I was thinking it was from somewhere in the 70s.

 

[combo52]

Late 60s very early 70s 36 inch Hardwick gas range

These were nice ranges, it even has a thermostat burner on the left front position, which is a really neat feature.

The ovens were known for baking very well because of the insulated oven floor. They also had a very good hot broiler.

The two major problem areas this range had was the pilot light under the oven burner. It would clog the oven burner and cause it to only light 1/2 of the burner there was a rework kit to move the pilot light to one side of the burner That solved that problem.

The other big problem these had is the burner heads for the surface burners could melt and warp and the flame would burn very unevenly.

Otherwise, they were good well built no nonsense ranges.

John L

 

[weed30]

Great info

I'm always amazed at the depth of your knowledge. Those are two pretty major issues - how was the burner head problem solved? Did it just occur if someone cooked on high a lot?

 

 

[goatfarmer]

I always liked Hardwicks. We had a Hardwick gas range that was branded Maytag years ago. One of the best we ever owned.

 

[combo52]

60s Hardwick gas stove

The surface burner problem just occurred overtime probably a lot of high heat use caused. It made it worse.

You of course could replace the burner heads. You could even put the newer design one piece ones in from the 70s stoves, bear in mind this is a problem that gas ranges are still having we frequently replace the cast aluminum burner heads on modern gas stoves because they’re warped and don’t operate or burn evenly or light properly

John L

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Nice looking range & I don't think I'd seen a 36" gas range like that since the early-to-mid-'90's...

 

 

 

-- Dave

 

[wayupnorth]

A neighbor had a very similar looking stove but the left side was a gas kitchen heater with vent holes on the left side and a vent pipe that went to a chimney.