Holly Wall Oven?

[Brneyedgrl80]

I didn't even know Holly made wall ovens, in stainless steel no less!

What a neat looking item!

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/hsh/135768729.html

 

[swestoyz]

That is a nice looking built-in, and in SS none-the-less! There is a set that are similar in the movie, Pleasantville.

Thanks for posting!

Ben

 

[toggleswitch]

I've got gas....

..At least i think it's gas.

Would have been nice to specify that though, N'est-ce pas?

*Works but needs renovation* possible translation:
1- filthy
2- thermostat grossly inaccurate.

Pick one, or both.

 

[launderess]

IIRC the units shown in "Pleasantville" were white, but could be wrong. Remember clearly asking here in the group about those ovens as had never seen ovens with round windows before.

L.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Q C

I think they were a "gas only" out fit.

 

[toggleswitch]

 

[swestoyz]

Laundress - you are correct. The set in "Pleasantville" were indeed white. Mmmm, those were so nice.

Ben

 

[gansky1]

Western Holly had some beautiful ranges. I think Rich (sudsmaster) and I had a brief discussion of the Western Holly company combining with Wedgewood range company into Wedgewood-Holly.

Beautiful appliances, I wonder if any of these were "CP" rated, included safety gas valves, etc.? You gotta love the round windows, were it not for them, they would be rather bland in design.

Does anyone remember the built-in Western Holly Cooking center posted here a long while ago? It think it was in a magazine kitchen and blue...

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[tomturbomatic]

I lived in an old house in Atlanta for a short while with the W-H oven and cooktop. The oven, which had a beautiful light gray interior and I got off on the wrong foot when I discovered that the modulating valve in the thermostat did not lower the flame to hold the set temperature, unless it was 400 or higher. The signal that this was happening was the smell of the burning edges of a coffee cake. I bought an oven thermometer, watched it and then used the thermostat dial like a gas valve to lower the flame. For you youngsters out there, old gas ovens usually were not of the cycling type. Instead of cycling on and off, they modulated the flame down, but they could not hold a temperature much lower than 185-200 degrees. That was the reason for the big ballyhoo when gas ovens developed the ability to hold warm in the range of 140 to 170 degrees. This stove had a killer broiler with motorized rotisserie and shish kebob ports. The burner had this screen (mostly)around the perimeter that glowed red hot to give infra red heat which is something many gas broilers do not provide. Some of the screen had sacrificed itself to fire in its long years of service. The stove top burners sit in round pans with weird grates to support the pan. Some are solid in the middle and others have an opening in the middle. The dangerous thing is what can happen if you tip a pan like a dutch oven to the side to spoon broth or grease or something from the bottom. The weight on one side of the burner grate can cause it to slide up and out on the opposite side which can result in a bad spill and the possiblity of a dangerous burn. I knew about this from a neighbor who had it happen so I was very careful with the grates.

I remember that stove, Greg and I also remember the one on Fury which we used to watch on Saturday mornings.

 

[neptunebob]

I saw a wall oven like this in a music video back in the 80's. I think it was "Mad about You" by Belinda Carlisle. I wanted to tape it back then (we just got a VCR) but my brother did not want me taping that "barfbag". Why did I listen to him? Nep

 

[toggleswitch]

All we need to do is put a combo W/D on the left, (behind the port-hole), a DW on the right (behind the port-hole) and a micro-conveciton oven range-hood above and instant kitchen center.

All that would be needed is a sink and a ref......

Speakign of combos (Modern Maid comes to mind) what ever happened to the ranges that had an oven over a cooktop over a DW?

 

[tomturbomatic]

The Modern Maid kitchen center had a porcelain tank dishwasher under the cooktop. When dishwasher tanks for D&M & many other machines became plastic, the top of the tank would melt when installed under the cooktop as a replacement for the original. When the dishwasher could not be replaced cheaply, many a MMKC was moved on to that great recycling center in the sky.

 

[toggleswitch]

Thank you kindy, sir.

I have seen in gas. I am assuming electric (with coils) existed as well.