It's in the house!

[JerseyMike]

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

 

[dalangdon]

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.

 

[dalangdon]

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?

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Of course you need a nice vintage

built in electric wall oven in that extra space, one can never have too much vintage wall oven, so like butter, garlic
and vanilla!!!

 

[skip]

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...

 

[dalangdon]

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!

 

[frigilux]

She's a beauty, Dan; Happy cooking!

 

[skip]

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...

 

[dalangdon]

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.

 

[gregm]

nice Dan

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

 

[dalangdon]

Rottisserie Turkey?

Great idea Greg. I'm always looking for a new twist on Turkey (having perfected the "roasted" years ago, but not having the intestinal fortitude to attempt a "fried" one) Rottissing a turkey would guarantee hours of family fun, while assuring that the gift of moistness is shared throughout the bird.

If you're coming for Thanksgiving, bring a covered dish. It doesn't have to have anything in it. I just have a thing about covered dishes. You can never have too many covered dishes.

 

[dalangdon]

I heart Modern Parts House in Parma, OH

Larry came through for me - there is a thermostatic sensor on its way. He said that the box it came in was so old it was crumbling.

Will the sensor work? Is the control for the sensor still good? Will the oven status lights work when their new bulb come in? Will the roast meater ever roast? Stay tuned for another exciting episode of...

Days of our Stoves

(the soap opera formerly know as "Search for the Sensor"