Modern Maid!

[peteski50]

I am going to post a brochure I have from 1990 for the Modern Maid appliances.
They stopped making them about 1993. But this is much of the last series that I know of!

 

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This is it I don't know who made the refrigators does anyone know?

 

[dj-gabriele]

That's very interesting!

The design looks more European than the other American brands I've seen before!

 

[macboy91si]

Nice

Looks like an upscale brand that sort of competed with Jenn-Air, KitchenAid and Sub-Zero. I've heard of them, but I don't know anything about them. I like the look of their appliances though.

 

-Tim

 

[coldspot66]

Modern Maid was an Amana brand....that side by side refrig screams Amana.

 

[stainfighter]

re: Modern Maid...

ours was a true workhorse/combo oven/stove/dw in our former condo; when we sold the condo back in '02 it was still going strong. IIRC was installed when the complex went condo in 1981. Great dw albeit loud dishes always came out clean and dry

 

[peteski50]

Modern Maid!

hi Stainfighter which model DW did you have I was just curious?
Peter

 

[stainfighter]

re: which DW did have?

Hmm...can't be too specific. It had a metal cast dial, and two (three?) option buttons on the left side of the console...cleaned well as long as dishes were (just) scraped...it was a 'D&M' design as folks more in-the-know about MM can explain

 

[peteski50]

Modern Maid

Hi Stainfighter - I just posted a series of 70's Modern Maid dishwashers in Imperial. If you like you can check to see if one was your model.
Peter

 

[spookiness]

the microwave

Looks like the Magic Chef countertop microwave I had. It was kind of a big deal, because it was my first appliance purchase. It was rather slow at about 700 watts, but did the job and had logical and easy to use controls. IIRC it was still made in US, Alabama I think, which was one of my reasons for buying.

I'm sold on Panasonic microwaves now.

 

[yany8a]

Me gustaría que alguien me facilitara el Manual del horno Modern Maid DCO480. Me mudé y el apto vino con este súper horno, pero me cuesta colocarlo en la temperatura correcta para hacer pan o cualquiera otro postre

 

[gelaundry4ever]

modern maid

What happened to Modern Maid dishwashers? I wish Speed Queen Appliances would've carried the torch and built dishwashers. As for most dishwashers, I want built better than any of them.

 

[yany8a]

peteski50

I'm from Venezuela and I moved to a place where there's a Modern Maid DCO480 double electric oven. I need the user manual. Could any of you provide it to me?

 

[peteski50]

Modern Maid

I don't have any user manuals!

 

[DADoES]

 
Whirlpool inherited the Modern Maid brand-name with purchase of Maytag in 2006 (but has since sold it?).  Production of Modern Maid-branded appliances apparently ended sometime in the early 1990s.

There are two documents in Whirlpool's service literature library via "guest search" -- a sales brochure (incorrectly tagged as "Owner's Manual") and very brief instructions on setting the automatic timer for manual oven operation.

The sales brochure says it's continuous-cleaning.  The treated surface absorbs and catalyzes soils at normal baking temperatures.  Don't use any chemical oven cleaning products, which would damage the continuous-clean treatment.  Running it at 400°F for an hour+ can help the cleaning process if your normal baking isn't often enough or long enough.

https://www.servicematters.com/en_US/guest-search?query=dco480

 

[bpetersxx]

Memories all alone in the moonlight

I saw these type of appliances in 1981 at the Indianapolis home show at the fairgrounds

Modern Maid Caloric etc

 

[jr2712]

Yany8a

Hola Yany8a que placer conseguir otra persona de Venezuela aqui. Yo vivo en Maracaibo. Si me envias fotos de los controles del horno te puedo explicar en detalle las funciones. Mi whatsapp 04246530107

Jesus R

 

[mark_wpduet]

My grandma had a continuous clean oven.. she cooked a LOT. I remember the surface of the interior was very rough...and I never remember the inside of the oven looking dirty...Is this even a thing anymore? If it is, I don't think it's common. I wonder why?

 

[gizmo]

continuous clean oven

If it had a rough grey interior, it was a catalytic lining. These have a layer that absorbs fatty splatters, and gradually break them down using normal oven heat - no need for a special cleaning cycle. The catalytic layer does become less effective over a few years - some brands offer replaceable catalytic oven wall panels.

 

They are still "a thing" on some European-made ovens, and Samsung sells a catalytic oven here in Australia too.

I'm not sure if any US brands still offer a catalytic oven, the last Australian oven manufacturer, Electrolux, no longer offers a catalytic version - it is either manual cleaning, or pyrolytic.