hello, needing some help with My Greasy Darling, currently being cleaned. I believe it's early 1950s era, has 2 ovens and a warmer, and the opening for a deep well cooker, but that's gone. from the amount of GREASE on this thing I bet they were using it for a deep fryer. I think it was still in use. I am a total newbie to this but I love this massive heavy thing and want it in my kitchen. The element in the oven is a coil of wire. should that stay in place? there is a layout of wiring on the back, miraculously in good shape- where do you get replacement eyes for it? does it NEED them? most of the wires look look in the back, we have an electrician friend who is ready to take on this project. any advice appreciated, thank you. ( I am waiting to clean it more before taking photos. I found something deeply imbedded in grime under the deep well, and stood looking at it in horror! a tooth!! naah. it was a piece of corn.)
Home Comfort electric stove
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If the oven element works, there's no need to replace it. Your electrician friend can check those types of components and determine what, if anything, needs to be replaced.
I don't know what you mean by "eyes" but maybe your friend would know where to find them. Others here will likely provide input after you post some pictures.
I don't know what you mean by "eyes" but maybe your friend would know where to find them. Others here will likely provide input after you post some pictures.
Ralph
"Eyes" = "burners"
lawrence
"Eyes" = "burners"
lawrence
norgeway
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We Southern boys
Know what EYES are!!!!
Know what EYES are!!!!
I don't think I ever heard them called burners till I joined this site!
norgeway
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RE Home Comfort
If he hasn't gotten rid of it, our local furniture store had one in his storage building, it could be bought fairly cheap I think, The Home Comfort electric and gas stoves were the Wrought Iron Range Companies attempt to get into the modern age and out of the Wood Cookstove era, in which they as well as Copper Clad and Majestic were the very best, they never quite were able to transition, even though the ranges were top quality, they used Robertshaw or Wilcolator oven thermostats and Chromalox "EYES!!LOL" as we say, Im in Mocksville NC, near Winston Salem, if you are interested I will check and see if he still has it.
If he hasn't gotten rid of it, our local furniture store had one in his storage building, it could be bought fairly cheap I think, The Home Comfort electric and gas stoves were the Wrought Iron Range Companies attempt to get into the modern age and out of the Wood Cookstove era, in which they as well as Copper Clad and Majestic were the very best, they never quite were able to transition, even though the ranges were top quality, they used Robertshaw or Wilcolator oven thermostats and Chromalox "EYES!!LOL" as we say, Im in Mocksville NC, near Winston Salem, if you are interested I will check and see if he still has it.
norgeway
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Things overheard in a old time Southern kitchen.
Turn that eye down or youre gonna burn them beans up!
Turn that eye down or youre gonna burn them beans up!
warmsecondrinse
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eyes vs burners
We "Southern New England Coastal Dialect/Accent" speakers don't have too many words that're different:
wicked = very, extremely (as an adverb: I got home wicked late last night) OR alone as an adjective to mean extremely cool/better than expected (The party was wicked).
a rack of beer = a six-pack
a packie = package store = liquor store
a rotary = roundabout = traffic circle
tonic = any kind of soda/pop
club soda = seltzer
moxie = chutzpah
Accent?
Mary, merry, and marry have 3 different pronunciations
'cot' and 'caught' are different
'party' and 'potty' aren't even vaguely close.
And the old "Park your car in Harvard Yard"? Nearly everyone imitating a Boston accent says the 'a'-sound way too far forward in the mouth and makes it way too nasal. Kick it way back in your throat and away from your nose
Jim
We "Southern New England Coastal Dialect/Accent" speakers don't have too many words that're different:
wicked = very, extremely (as an adverb: I got home wicked late last night) OR alone as an adjective to mean extremely cool/better than expected (The party was wicked).
a rack of beer = a six-pack
a packie = package store = liquor store
a rotary = roundabout = traffic circle
tonic = any kind of soda/pop
club soda = seltzer
moxie = chutzpah
Accent?
Mary, merry, and marry have 3 different pronunciations
'cot' and 'caught' are different
'party' and 'potty' aren't even vaguely close.
And the old "Park your car in Harvard Yard"? Nearly everyone imitating a Boston accent says the 'a'-sound way too far forward in the mouth and makes it way too nasal. Kick it way back in your throat and away from your nose
Jim
maytagbear
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"Eyes" = Elements or Burners
"Eyes" is a leftoverm the 1800s...when the first cast-iron wood/coal stoves came on the market, it was common to call the circular lids "eyes." This has carried forward to our age, largely in rural areas and/or the South.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
"Eyes" is a leftoverm the 1800s...when the first cast-iron wood/coal stoves came on the market, it was common to call the circular lids "eyes." This has carried forward to our age, largely in rural areas and/or the South.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Paula Deen, no matter if it was gas or electric called them "eyes."
warmsecondrinse
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Thanks. That explains it. My great-grandmother's wood/gas Andes (which I now have in storage) was my sole exposure to wood-burning cookstoves. And does anyone know the name of the tool you use to remove one of the lids/eyes? It's made of metal and has a coiled wire handle and slight hook on the end.
There was little English spoken in the house so I wouldn't've been exposed to the terms. Not that I remember what either are called in Polish, lol. I probably did when I was 8, though.
Thanks,
Jim
There was little English spoken in the house so I wouldn't've been exposed to the terms. Not that I remember what either are called in Polish, lol. I probably did when I was 8, though.
Thanks,
Jim
norgeway
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Its called a
Lifter, or Eye Lifter...
Lifter, or Eye Lifter...
warmsecondrinse
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Why thank you kind sir. ;-)
maytagbear
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Jim--
at the antiques store, ask for a "lid lifter," and that will get you your item. Or, you could always go to Lehman's Hardware. (Link is to their home page.)
Lawrence/Maytagbear
http://lehmans.com
at the antiques store, ask for a "lid lifter," and that will get you your item. Or, you could always go to Lehman's Hardware. (Link is to their home page.)
Lawrence/Maytagbear
http://lehmans.com
We had one of those lid lifters as a kid on our Kenmore combo gas/kerosene stove as a kid. My father would never have paid 29.95 for it, we would have used a screwdriver instead. It lifted the cast iron lid so you could light the oil burner with a long stick with a wick on the end. I only thought a burner was called an eye in Europe and it was electric or gas. Learn something new every day.
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