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The gas is scheduled to be installed this coming Thursday. The clock is off in Oklahoma, getting a new lease on life, and I found knobs at the used appliance store I like to visit.

In the meantime, I've been trying to tackle that broken oven light switch. It's hard to get at - I had to pop out the roast meter to reach behind and find out that one of the wires is definitely wandering loose, but I'm not sure how one is supposed to access it for replacement. There's a diagram in the service manual that shows how to take the front panel off, but it's a bit confusing.
 
Hey Dan beauitful Stove my neighbor has one and she won't part with it to save her life, Dan I think I saw your stove on ebay in Calforina a couple of months back or if it wasn't yours it was another one.

Skip...
 
Your stove is a real beauty

Tappan is a great name in ranges as you know. Do you know the age? I had some Tappan literature from a dealer on this stove, unfortunately I tossed it long before I knew about AW (dummy!) I remember collecting it about 1966 or 67. Oh, I could just kick myself. Had some Caloric literature too.
 
I think everyone at one time or other has tossed stuff they now regret, not just big stuff but brochures, ads, paperwork etc. I'm keeping any literature and even pick up stuff out of junk boxes at the flea market and thrifts just in case someone here might want someday to go with an item they have.
 
Anticipation....

Still waiting for the gas. Now they are saying Monday, so keep your fingers crossed.

I think I mentioned that John had proposed us doing it ourselves, but I insisted that we have a union guy who is bonded and licensed do it. Neither Gas nor Electricity is anything I feel comfortable monkeying around with. We found a gas plumber for Boeing who does work on the side, hence the delay.

Skip, if your neighbor ever changes her mind, I am jonesing for one of those thermostatic sensors :-)
 
Yay!

Good things come to those who wait!

I hope you get to enjoy cooking with it for many years to come!

(Are you going to install your flare in your basement?)

Mike
 
Fabulous versus Flair

We actually have two flairs, an earlier one with the "Flair" in an oval, and a later one with the "flair" in a circle (I have the model numbers around here somewhere, but I'm too tired to look them up right now. I do know that the one with the "flair" in a circle is a RC1B-654-2 :-)

I'm keeping the RC1B-654-2, even though its thermostatic burner doesn't work, because it looks cooler, and the handles are better (the older flair's handles get hot when the oven is on.) and yes, it is going in the basement. Just gotta get an electrician in here to hook it up.

So far, I am really impressed with the Fabulous 400. The oven is slightly bigger than the Flair's, and the oven door doesn't get as hot. The burners are nice, and come on right away, and the stove doesn't smell of gas like my old O&M did. The outer burners are 9000 BTU's and the inner ones are 12000 BTU's. I don't know how that compares with electricity or newer gas stoves, but the inner burners boil water quickly, so that's a plus. Tomorrow I shall attempt some baking, or perhaps roasting. One of these days, I'll surely rottisse.
 
one other thing....

Since we've got that extra counter space there off to the side of the stove, and it's really not that usable a space, AND we have that electic stove hookup just languishing anyway, dare we put in an electric wall oven, or would that be just TOO much?
 
Dan Well I'm happy that You 2 finally have the stove working. You will definately enjoy it. I was talking to Joy yesterday and she said the rotissere is the best feature on the stove and that she uses the hell out of it. I was joking with her and ask her if she would ever part with it and she well said hell no and there is no amount of money that could buy it.

Skip...
 
Hmmm... Skip, what if I hit her over the head with a frozen leg of lamb, and just took the sensor?

(Just kidding of course - although that's the plot of one of my favorite episodes of the old Hitchcock show: A lady has an abusive husband, and she whacks him with a frozen leg of lamb, killing him in self-defense. She cooks the leg in the oven, and serves it to the cops, thus destroying the weapon. In this scenario, I'd just knock out Skip's neighbor, and when she woke up, she'd have a delicious meal all ready - probably wouldn't even miss the sensor. A real win/win situation ;-)

But I digress....

Thanks to the Fabulous Greg Gansky, the Fabulous 400 just might be getting its missing sensor. Larry (at Modern Parts in Parma, Ohio) has to look around a bit, but he's sure he's got one around there somewhere. What a great resource. Thanks, Greg!
 
Hey Dan:

Boy that was funny boy if that would only work LOL, Well let's be positive that he can find it so you will be business.
Dan went you rotissere with it. joy said You will definately enjoy that feature she said it does much better then a George foreman rotissere so it must be awsome

Skip...
 
Tick Tock

The clock is back from Oklahoma and hooked up. Nothing has blown up, and it keeps time, so that's a plus. However, the timer doesn't buzz. Well, it sort of buzzes, but it's stuck on the sort of low buzz that you get before the full-bodied buzz that one can actually hear. If I jiggle it, it moves over into the real buzz, but that sort of defeats the point, don't you think?

Still have to tackle the thorny issue of the roast meter (dead, dead, dead) and the oven indicator lamps (they were burned out and are special orders) but slowly we're getting along.

Can't wait for the weekend to cook something major. Did a pizza tonight, and it came out dreamy.
 
nice Dan

VERY nice, never saw a "gas" one before ........... thanksgiving at your house this year ? with that nice roto going ......
 

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