How about a MONARCH range!
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That's a serious cooking range. I'm curious about the element arrangement on the top, seems like it would be better to have the large and small staggered like GE or Frigidaire rather than together. The two small elements on the right side are interesting too, why not another large element? Electrical circuit limits? Great looking ovens and drawer broilers - in electric. Did anyone else do this in freestanding electric ranges? Very interesting.
That's a serious cooking range. I'm curious about the element arrangement on the top, seems like it would be better to have the large and small staggered like GE or Frigidaire rather than together. The two small elements on the right side are interesting too, why not another large element? Electrical circuit limits? Great looking ovens and drawer broilers - in electric. Did anyone else do this in freestanding electric ranges? Very interesting.
Neat Range!Not too far from where it was born.
There are broiler elements in the top of each oven. Someone familiar with gas ranges described the storage drawers a broilers because the pans are in them. The cooktop was available in several arrangements. The two small elements were an option as was a surface roaster oven. I guess they figured that once you got even large kettles up to a boil on the large units, they could be maintained at cooking heat at a higher heat setting on the 4 smaller elements. The all look like 7 heat switches. Note the button above each oven thermostat that was the Push To Preheat button that brought both the broiler element and the bake element on at full blast. Generally the broiler was cut out at about 50 degrees shy of the set temperature. Unfortunately the oven liners are rusting on the shelf glides. Pretty neat how they punched the same size holes in the cooktop and then used a wide ring around the 6 inch elements. Monarch also had deepwells and something no other range manufacturer offered, a "heated well" with sloping sides into which a porcelain Windsor saucepan with flared sides fit. The heating elements went partway up the sides. It was probably a pretty powerful cooking device as well as a pain to keep clean and absolute hell to clean after a boilover.
There are broiler elements in the top of each oven. Someone familiar with gas ranges described the storage drawers a broilers because the pans are in them. The cooktop was available in several arrangements. The two small elements were an option as was a surface roaster oven. I guess they figured that once you got even large kettles up to a boil on the large units, they could be maintained at cooking heat at a higher heat setting on the 4 smaller elements. The all look like 7 heat switches. Note the button above each oven thermostat that was the Push To Preheat button that brought both the broiler element and the bake element on at full blast. Generally the broiler was cut out at about 50 degrees shy of the set temperature. Unfortunately the oven liners are rusting on the shelf glides. Pretty neat how they punched the same size holes in the cooktop and then used a wide ring around the 6 inch elements. Monarch also had deepwells and something no other range manufacturer offered, a "heated well" with sloping sides into which a porcelain Windsor saucepan with flared sides fit. The heating elements went partway up the sides. It was probably a pretty powerful cooking device as well as a pain to keep clean and absolute hell to clean after a boilover.
Imagine this cost a pretty penny when new. Have never known anyone around here that had a Monarch appliance.
norgeway
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Monarch
Was sold here in the South, our local Hotpoint dealer said they sold them as a high end product, he said they were heavier and better built than Hotpoint ranges were, and more expensive.
Was sold here in the South, our local Hotpoint dealer said they sold them as a high end product, he said they were heavier and better built than Hotpoint ranges were, and more expensive.
maytagbear
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I know OF Monarch
electrics, and electric/wood combinations, but did Monarch ever produce a gas range?
The first time I ever heard of Monarch ranges was on a 1970s tv game show, hosted by, I think, Dennis James, and a Monarch range was one of the final round prizes.
I have never seen one in person. Lots of photographs of them, however.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
electrics, and electric/wood combinations, but did Monarch ever produce a gas range?
The first time I ever heard of Monarch ranges was on a 1970s tv game show, hosted by, I think, Dennis James, and a Monarch range was one of the final round prizes.
I have never seen one in person. Lots of photographs of them, however.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
norgeway
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YES!
It was called a Monarch Paramount.
It was called a Monarch Paramount.
I've seen a couple of Monarch gas ranges around here on CL. Never in person though.
Were the gas models as "customizable" as the electrics?
Were the gas models as "customizable" as the electrics?
norgeway
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I dont know...
I only saw the electrics, gas was not popular in the South, most furniture and appliance stores sold only electric, if you wanted gas you went to Piedmont Natural Gas Co or to Steele Rulane, which sold propane.
I only saw the electrics, gas was not popular in the South, most furniture and appliance stores sold only electric, if you wanted gas you went to Piedmont Natural Gas Co or to Steele Rulane, which sold propane.
Very Interesting Monarch Site
I think this range is from the end of the 40s or very early 50s because looking at the ads in this great site (see link), this construction with the controls on the front was advertised as late as March, 1953, but by November, 1953, they had moved the controls to the top of the backsplash. I was looking through some of my collection of manuals and found a Dora's Diary, a little 6 X 4.5 inch cookbook with funny kitchen-related cartoon panels. The last three pages show three different models of Monarch electric ranges and the model at the top of this thread is F168R with "Kloz-Koil" units since they were still offering open coil surface units. In the ads you can click on, you will be able to read about the Monarch surface oven & the deep well cooker with "side heet." The last ad from 1961, shows the Monarch Modernique range with the oven above the cooktop. The company history is very interesting and the role that selling through utility companies played in the fortunes of the company was an eye-opener. The site also has links to other appliance sites.
http://www.monarchrange.com/index.html
I think this range is from the end of the 40s or very early 50s because looking at the ads in this great site (see link), this construction with the controls on the front was advertised as late as March, 1953, but by November, 1953, they had moved the controls to the top of the backsplash. I was looking through some of my collection of manuals and found a Dora's Diary, a little 6 X 4.5 inch cookbook with funny kitchen-related cartoon panels. The last three pages show three different models of Monarch electric ranges and the model at the top of this thread is F168R with "Kloz-Koil" units since they were still offering open coil surface units. In the ads you can click on, you will be able to read about the Monarch surface oven & the deep well cooker with "side heet." The last ad from 1961, shows the Monarch Modernique range with the oven above the cooktop. The company history is very interesting and the role that selling through utility companies played in the fortunes of the company was an eye-opener. The site also has links to other appliance sites.
http://www.monarchrange.com/index.html
polkanut
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My parents first stove was a 1950's gas Monarch range (came with the house), and my grandmother had a shaded coppertone gas range that matched her 1962 GE fridge. I've never heard of or seen a Monarch that was customized in regards to burner arrangement etc. Their gas models were very well built, and once they were preheated they held heat very well. Also, very even oven temps. They used Robertshaw thermostats. They were built like tanks!
norgeway
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The Electrics were too./..
Our local dealer said they were about 50 to 75 pounds heavier than a Hotpoint, which they also sold.
Our local dealer said they were about 50 to 75 pounds heavier than a Hotpoint, which they also sold.
polkanut
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How's this for a Monarch range? It's available on my local CL.
http://wausau.craigslist.org/atq/3642336968.html
http://wausau.craigslist.org/atq/3642336968.html
Buyer picks up
Buyer gets rupture.
Buyer gets rupture.
norgeway
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Monarch wood ranges///
These were popular in the South, but Majestic and Home Comfort were considered the"Cadillac" of stoves.
These were popular in the South, but Majestic and Home Comfort were considered the"Cadillac" of stoves.
I liked the images evoked by the name "Warm Morning" for heaters, even the gas ones.
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