Installed my Hotpoint Cooktop

[philcoford]

After 30 years of searching, I am finally able to cook on the same stove I learned with. I am sure this community can understand the flow of memories that came back with the first click of a button. I even used the outlet to power my coffee in the morning.
The seller did a great job of making sure it arrived in good shape, and FedEx packed it up really well.
It has been fun cooking childhood recipes again with notes from Mom like 20 minutes on Low.
Scott

 

[ken]

Congratulations. 30 years of searching! Talk about determined. But I understand completely. Id like to find a 1966 GE Filter-Flo with mini basket as that's the first washer I remember and spent much time watching it.

 

[philcobendixduo]

Looks like the "Custom".....

.....crafted by Hotpoint cooktop that was in our 1967 house when we moved in in 1970 except ours had 4 knobs where yours has push buttons and an outlet. The knobs were on a more "flat" control panel in the same location as your push button control unit - and no outlet - just a red "on" indicator light. It, too, was coppertone. The only picture I have of it shows it covered with pots and pans so you can't see much of it. ENJOY!

 

[pulltostart]

Stunning

Looks like that cooktop is in great condition!  Love the elevated controls - just screams Deluxe.  Congrats on your find.

 

lawrence

 

[norgeway]

I knew a

Man and his wife when I was a kid who built their retirement home in 1962, it had that cooktop in brushed chrome and a matching double oven, a Westinghouse TOL fridge and freezer and a WH roll out dishwasher.....a TOL HP Washer and dryer and a Lennox oil furnace, what a nice house it was.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Congratulations

I am very happy for you in that you have realized a dream. Hotpoint called the heats "Recipe Heats" because they were calibrated just right for heats given in recipes, except when a recipe, obviously based on gas cooking, said to heat a skillet over high heat, you did not do that with electric and, if you were using stainless steel pans, you used one heat lower like in the surface unit cooking directions in the owner's manual. All-in-all, though, the 5 heats settings with many electric surface units were right on the money for the amount of heat needed.

 

[norgeway]

I agree wholeheartedly

I have used both infinite and fixed heat units, I still prefer the fixed heats, there is NO guess work and once you get used to using them, you don't even think about it.

 

[toploader55]

I never had trouble with the GE/HP Pushbutton Selection.

 

It truly is amazing how they hit it just right for Boiling, Pan frying, and Simmering with that button selection.

 

I would still like to find a GE Range like this one ...

 

[philcoford]

Thank you for the comments and information

My parents house was the last sold as it was the model home, sunken living room, etc., it had all the options that builder gave. When I went away to College my Dad replaced the Hotpoint with a Stainless Thermador unit which was very nice, but I have always missed the "snick" of pushing the buttons and knowing exactly what heat I was to use.
The woman I purchased this from in Seattle is only the second owner of the house, as you can see, the first owner took great care of her kitchen. The double wall oven and Newtone hood are still available, I posted them in the Hotpoint section.
I need to figure out the safest way to clean and polish the Chrome trim rings and protect the rest of it for the future. The unit is called "Customline" model RU-35B.

Scott

 

[gansky1]

That's a great cooktop - I always liked the Hotpoint styling of this era.  

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

Beautiful cooktop! Congratulations Scott!

 

[combo52]

Great Cook-Top

We had a wood-tone brown one of these around for years, in fact we may still have it at the warehouse. It was a well thought out design that was very intuitive to use.

 

I have a white cook-top that is the newer rotary dial version of this CT that is new still in the box that needs a home if someone needs one.

 

Scott let me know if you ever need anything for your CT, John L.

 

[philcoford]

Thanks again everyone for the comments

John, I really appreciate that, I plan on keeping this forever!

Scott

 

[tomturbomatic]

If you will take a damp cloth or paper towel and dip it into a bit of cleanser like Comet or Bon Ami and just rub it around the trim ring staying parallel with the edges, you can have them shining like diamonds. If you have food soil burned onto the underside, the easiest thing to do is to spray a tiny amount of oven cleaner on a cleaning rag or paper towel and dab it onto the underside of the trim ring then just let it sit. Come back later and wipe it off and rinse, using a 3M pad on stubborn spots, if necessary.