New Range Thread!

henry200 · Jul 25, 2011

Oh my gosh! I haven't seen one of those since the 60's. I remember two of them from my childhood. One was either a free-standing or slide-in unit, the other was a surface unit with a separate wall oven. I agree; with only one larger element and the burners being closer together plus the step, it wasn't good for large pots like a canner. But, I thought it was a pretty cool arrangement! I think I remember my mother commenting on it once, saying that for someone like her who is "vertically challenged" the lower level in the front made it much easier to see inside a pot or to stir things.

luxflairguy · Jul 25, 2011

I'd forgotten about these!

I used one in college in a house I took care of for a summer. My friends thought the layout was interesting. But only one big burner. Why did they do that for so many years? This range even made it into the self-cleaning years. An old flame had one in his kitchen in avocado with a self cleaming oven.
It's kind of a play on the "terrace-top" commercial saute burner stations in commercial kitchens.

peteski50 · Jul 25, 2011

Westinghouse Terrace!

I would like to see more models of this type. Somehow I cant picture this as a cooktop surface unit. I only saw this in free standing ranges.

combo52 · Jul 25, 2011

LOTS OF GREAT RANGES

Some notes,

All the pictured Corning smooth-top ranges were made by Corning, only on the first couple of years were the ovens made by GM Frigidare, but buy about 1970 they made thier own complete range and it was OK but not a Frigidare. These Corning ranges were later sold under the Amana name also.

Doug that WH hi-low range on Ebay is very neat [ did everyone notice it has the WH stirrer on the right front burner? ] I weren't 3000 miles away I would be going after that one, I hope someone from the club gets it.

peteski50 · Jul 25, 2011

Frigidaire!

Hot water dispenser ranges!
I would like to see better pictures with more specs - does anyone have any?
Thanks,
Peter

philr · Jul 26, 2011

I have never seen a range with a hot water dispenser. I'm wondering if there is a water reserve somewhere or if it needs a water line connection like a refrigerator?

EDIT:

I got the answer on Google... But I'm still wondering where's the storage tank and if it requires a pump to get water there!

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henry200 · Jul 26, 2011

The hot water dispenser would have been connected to the house's plumbing just like a refrigerator's automatic icemaker. My hunch is the 2 quart reservoir (about the size of a 1/2 gallon milk jug) was located at the back of the range behind the bottom storage drawer, or possibly somewhere behind the backsplash panel.