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kevin313

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I think it's time I see a professional about this - I can't stand to see old electric stoves thrown on the scrap heap.

It's a Kelvinator ER-353...probably a BOL but made right here in Detroit. I'm guessing 1954 or thereabouts.

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Holy cow you rescued a queen it seems! It looks absolutely fantastic! Congratulations!

Now, you are not the only one who needs to see a professional. Line up behind the rest of us. Lol!
 
That's a heck of a save! Looks to be complete and really clean. Someone really took great care and appreciated it at one time.
 
One thing I really like about this one....

is that the convenience outlet is placed conveniently!

Instead of being worried about melting the mixer's cord while beating a frosting (for example), with the outlet on the backsplash, there it is on the front.

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
Kelvinator is supposedly the originator of the 30" range and by the end of the 50s, it was the most popular size electric range according to Consumer Reports. That wide oven was such a revolutionary and welcome feature. If this range has a concealed bake element, it is probably older than 1954. That is more of a very early 50s fiasco.
 
Thanks for all the comments - this stove is interesting in that it has the control knobs on the front over the door instead of on the dash. Now I've seen this very often on gas stoves, which makes sense - you don't want to singe your arm reaching over the burners to turn on/off/adjust. But it doesn't seem a common feautre on electric stoves.

This is the second stove I've rescued in the past three months. I know I'm "preaching to the choir" here, but I sure would like to find a way to use and enjoy all these stoves. I can't get them all in the house, so would it be crazy to change my kitchen stove every year?? Luckilly, they are all 30" models. Otherwise, they sit in a storage locker or my garage collecting dust.

I think these old girls are aching to put back in service - isn't that why they were built? It's either that, or I'll ask Santa for some electro-shock that might cure me of my need to drag home every enamel coated thing I find!!
 
Frigidaire electrics had the surface unit switches on the front through 1954. Other electric range manufacturers moved them from the front earlier except Monarch. WH, GE & HP apartment size ranges kept the controls on the front even into the 60s, even after Frigidaire's apartment range had them moved to the backsplash.
 
My old, i would say late 40's stove, has the dials on fr

I love'm too :)

The dash dials are the timer and oven/griddle. The burners are up front like your Kelvy

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According to the model number, yours is a 1953 which was the first year for Kelvinator's 30" range, but Frigidaire introduced their first 30" model in 1950 so I was wrong about Kelvinator. Well, even if they were not first with the 30" range, they made damn fine stoves before WCI. They did introduce foil-lined ovens for easy cleaning, but we will try to overlook that.
 

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