New Hardwick Apt size stove

[foraloysius]

Wow Hans, you must really like that stove if you drive 10 hours in total to get it. I must say it's a cute looking stove, it looks a bit European, like some gas stoves from the 70's.

I guess this stove doesn't have any kind of ignition system? You just light it with a match? Seems like the way to go for a power outage.

I wonder why the negative comments about gas cooking are being posted here without saying something about the stove. To me that comes across as raining on someone's parade. Say something nice or don't say anything at all.

 

[norgeway]

Ignition System...

It has pilots for the top and oven...It doesent bother me, everyone has an opinion, When I first started reading comments about stoves on here, I was astounded at peoples likes and dislikes, Ive come to believe its a regional thing,I grew up in an area where electric ranges outnumbered gas at least 50 to 1, The main objection to gas I heard growing up was" I don't want gas, It might blow up!" Which of course was as irrational as my fear of flying....Doesent matter, Im still NOT getting on anything that gets off the ground...Airplane, roller coaster or tall building..NO thank you!..LOL Something that really convinced me as a kid that gas was a better baker was a good friend of ours had a old 36 inch match light Magic Chef, her cakes were always much higher and lighter than anyone elses, you could spot her cakes at Church dinners all the way across the room, It HAD to be the oven because she used the same recipes and ingredients as many of the other women at church..I think peoples perception of quality is based on what they grew up with, in my hometown, people with money had Frigidaire and Westinghouse appliances, GE and Hotpoint were considered cheaper, Many guys here see GE as a TOL product, it all goes back to what you grew up with and like....But the fact remains, darn near ALL professional chefs use gas!..The reason I wanted a Hardwick is that it was made in Cleveland Tennessee and I have actually been by the factory,Hardwick was never a high end brand, but it sure was a quality product.

 

[kevin313]

I love that little stove Hans!! It will be a perfect companion to your Frigidaire 30 - and it doubles your cooking and baking capacity!! It will also be a nice option to go fron electric to gas whenever you like. Enjoy!!!

 

[mikael3]

Louis, we got onto gas vs electric because Han now has both, and several obvious questions come out of that.  I hope my comments weren’t perceived as negative somehow.

 

I would like to respond to Hans’s comment about getting better cakes from a gas oven.  My gas disasters both involved pastry—puff pastry in one instance, and that experience was a living nightmare, with butter oozing out everywhere and the pastry never turning even slightly brown.  I wonder if the gas advantage is specifically for cakes and such?  Have you also had good luck with pastry, Hans, other than the crust at the bottom of a pie?

 

As I mentioned in my post, I like gas and electric for different purposes, and I’m always interested in hearing likes and dislikes from someone who has a lot of experience with both. 

 

[ea56]

Hans,

I certainly didn't mean to rain on your parade with my comments about gas vs electric stoves. I am very happy for you that you found this very nice apt. size gas stove. I know that you really enjoy your collection of stoves and you are so fortunate to have the room to have several vintage stoves. I should also add that I do believe that there is a real difference between the newer gas stoves and vintage. I could get used to a vintage O'Keefe and Merritt gas stove or another brand from 50 yrs ago or older. But I really think the newer gas stoves leave a lot to be desired. Anyway, please accept my apology if I in anyway offended you. I really appreciate how you so painstakingly preserve and restore these fine older stoves.
Eddie

 

[norgeway]

Oh Lord no!!LOL

No one offended me!!, I love the discussion, I just have had such good luck with a gas oven..I have baked not only all kinds of cakes, but cookies, cream puffs, biscuits as well as pies, so I  have baked a large number of different items, we all like different things, that's what makes the world go round..LOL

 

[cuffs054]

My last cabin had a MT gas Gemini. I'm more used to electric. I tried to like the Tag but had "issues" with it. If the ceiling fans were on they would blow the flame around. I never learned how to quickly boil water. If I turned the gas up the flame would come up the sides of the pan and make the handle too hot to hold.

 

[foraloysius]

I'm glad you're not offended Hans. Perhaps I'm a bit too sensitive about this. But I do still think it is polite to say something nice if somebody finds something he is passionate about and only after that start a discussion. Just my two cents.

 

[pam9az11]

Hardwick stove

I have a Hardwick stove that is very similar to the one that you have.

The stove is currently set to work with natural gas. Is it very difficult to convert the stove to work with LP (propane)? Do I need additional parts? Thanks.

 

[norgeway]

No parts needed

On the thermostat there is a adjustment from nat to pro, then its just a matter of using a wrench to run the orifices in all the way snug, but dont tighten, then adjust the pilots

 

[dermacie]

When our home was built in the late 1960s it came with a Hardwick range 30” in gas and it reminded me of what you have there. The last two ranges I have had have been GE gas ranges. My aunt and uncle had a house in our neighborhood and they also had a Hardwick and theirs survived a fire and lasted 32 years,