Modern Maid
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Hi Tim,
I remember the modern maid. I liked the appliances. The dishwashers were D&M designs. They also made cooktop and top ovens with dishwashers underneith the cooktop. To bad they are not in business any more.
Peter
Hi Tim,
I remember the modern maid. I liked the appliances. The dishwashers were D&M designs. They also made cooktop and top ovens with dishwashers underneith the cooktop. To bad they are not in business any more.
Peter
They were, like several other labels
at the time (Amana, Caloric), a unit of Raytheon.
I thought the Cook N' Clean Center was a brilliant idea.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
at the time (Amana, Caloric), a unit of Raytheon.
I thought the Cook N' Clean Center was a brilliant idea.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
They were originally from Tennessee Stove Works in Chattanooga. Don't know about now. Always seemed light weights compared to GE,WH etc. For a while in the 80s, GE sold the big MM cooktop with griddle as their own.
They also had a look-a-like jennair and sold it as Kenmore back in the early 80's. BTW they did seem a bit lightweight in comparison, I'd probably use the word "tinny"
neptunebob
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I know there's a central vac called Modern Day and another called Vacu-Maid.
jasonl
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My parents house in Chalmette had a MM coppertone gas cooktop and still has a copper gas oven. The house is being gutted right now so the oven and a brand new Maytag cooktop goes away soon.
What Kenmore sold as a downdraft range in the 80's-early 90's what a Roper range. It had the exhausts on the outer shell of the range. Never good, but never a Modern Maid. Modern Maid never really made a hit in the NW and was always behind the bigger brands.
Greg
Luxfairguy
Greg
Luxfairguy
Modern Maid was also a brand of stoves here, but no connection to the US brand. I have a Modern Maid gas stove and I love it. It isn't fancy but it cooks beautifully. The company went bust in 1987 but their stuff is still available reconditioned. I have a reco TOL version of the same thing waiting to go into my new house too.
A clearance shop in Geelong has a NEW Modern Maid 4 burner gas cooktop still in its packaging. It is clearly marked "NEW" but no indication it was made at least 19 years ago. Still it is only about $100.
Chris.
A clearance shop in Geelong has a NEW Modern Maid 4 burner gas cooktop still in its packaging. It is clearly marked "NEW" but no indication it was made at least 19 years ago. Still it is only about $100.
Chris.
I stand corrected then, why I was thinking it was Modern Maid.
Modern Maid
IIRC they were one of the few to have a double GAS wall-oven.
Their oven was just like a Caloric, with an infra-red "Ultra-Ray" broiler.
I believe both cavities were (pyrolytic) self-cleaning as well.
Eidtor's note: Apparently venting the lower (of two-in-one) wall-ovens is the trick with gas.
IIRC they were one of the few to have a double GAS wall-oven.
Their oven was just like a Caloric, with an infra-red "Ultra-Ray" broiler.
I believe both cavities were (pyrolytic) self-cleaning as well.
Eidtor's note: Apparently venting the lower (of two-in-one) wall-ovens is the trick with gas.
I have a black and chrome Modern Maid 30" drop-in gas range that I am planning on installing in my patio kitchen, once I run a gas line out there for it.
It seems well made and a cut above the Tappan and Gibson units I've looked at.
It seems well made and a cut above the Tappan and Gibson units I've looked at.
I have always wanted an outdoor kitchen.
..but much better in your *Medterranean* climate than in my cold one.
Please do provide us with some pics. It will be FA-BU-LOUS I'm sure.
..but much better in your *Medterranean* climate than in my cold one.
Please do provide us with some pics. It will be FA-BU-LOUS I'm sure.
Modern Maid was a division of McGraw Edison and they also made Sears dishwashers (roto-rack) before Whirlpool got the contract from Sears.
We had a 1968 Modern Maid dishwasher. Had the same lower wash arm as the Sears, but had a standard upper rack (no roto rack) with a second wash arm below it.
It wasn't the best dishwasher in the world, but acceptable. It did a pre-wash then two rinses then main wash and two final rinses. It aaslo has "hygenic" wash which raised the main wash water temp. to 160 degrees, if I remember correctly.
Modern Maid was one of the first, if not the first, appliance line to offer the shiny black finish they called black glass look.
Barry
We had a 1968 Modern Maid dishwasher. Had the same lower wash arm as the Sears, but had a standard upper rack (no roto rack) with a second wash arm below it.
It wasn't the best dishwasher in the world, but acceptable. It did a pre-wash then two rinses then main wash and two final rinses. It aaslo has "hygenic" wash which raised the main wash water temp. to 160 degrees, if I remember correctly.
Modern Maid was one of the first, if not the first, appliance line to offer the shiny black finish they called black glass look.
Barry
Toggle,
Thanks, it will be a while before I do that install... at my snail's pace there's a long list of home improvement projects lying in wait. It's more a problem of procrastination, I suppose.
The patio is completely enclosed, albeit well ventilated wiht one wall made of simple corrugated green fiberglass above, and glass jalousie windows (with 1" gaps above and below) beneath. There's a wall heater in there but I've never activated it (it needs a new thermocouple or something) because it would have to run continuously to make much of an impact in the dead of winter. It does stay about 10 degrees warmer than the surrounding outdoors - so it can dip into the 40's but generally stays in the 50's or above. So it doesn't get a LOT of use in the winter, though it's nice to be able to BBQ stuff in the covered patio just outside the enclosed patio... confused yet :0?
Today at work I made a resolution to clean up all the clutter. Whoops, I may have to be off-line for a couple of weeks!
Thanks, it will be a while before I do that install... at my snail's pace there's a long list of home improvement projects lying in wait. It's more a problem of procrastination, I suppose.
The patio is completely enclosed, albeit well ventilated wiht one wall made of simple corrugated green fiberglass above, and glass jalousie windows (with 1" gaps above and below) beneath. There's a wall heater in there but I've never activated it (it needs a new thermocouple or something) because it would have to run continuously to make much of an impact in the dead of winter. It does stay about 10 degrees warmer than the surrounding outdoors - so it can dip into the 40's but generally stays in the 50's or above. So it doesn't get a LOT of use in the winter, though it's nice to be able to BBQ stuff in the covered patio just outside the enclosed patio... confused yet :0?
Today at work I made a resolution to clean up all the clutter. Whoops, I may have to be off-line for a couple of weeks!
customline
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I had one.......
A '56 Modern Maid wall oven that is. It was in stainless steel and had one timer and one Robert Shaw thermostat. It was my first venture into vintage appliances and it failed (I broke the timer) but then along came the Hotpoint.......
A '56 Modern Maid wall oven that is. It was in stainless steel and had one timer and one Robert Shaw thermostat. It was my first venture into vintage appliances and it failed (I broke the timer) but then along came the Hotpoint.......
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