New to Me Stove

[xraytech]

Well, I’ve been on the search for another stove for several months now.
I was tired of my yellow 1959 Liberator range, and the fluorescent light quit working, and the thermostat wires keep burning to the large oven thermostat.

Tonight I picked up a 40” Hotpoint. It appears to be TOL with two ovens, self cleaning, and Super-Matic burner.

Can anyone date this stove? I’d assume this is about the end of true GE built 40” stoves.

 

[kevin313]

Sam,

That is one great stove! I can’t date it but it was likely the last generation of GE 40’s.

Enjoy your beautiful new addition to your kitchen and just in time for the holidays!! That second ov3n will come in handy with all your Christmas cooking and baking- let me know how it performs!

 

[xraytech]

Kevin,
As much as I wanted the auxiliary outlets, having that second oven and super-matic burner were more important to me.
Over last 4 years I’ve come to find the small oven gets used far more than the big one when cooking for one.

 

[fan-of-fans]

My house has a 1985 Hotpoint Self Cleaning 30" range that looks similar to that. The fonts on the control panel are the knobs are very similar.

So I'd guess that range is probably from the late 70s or early 80s. It looks just a little older than mine. Mine is light almond with a black glass door and wood grain handle. Black and chrome trim.

 

[pulltostart]

"SA" Sertial Number

could equate to either September of 1977 or September of 1989

 

lawrence

GE Appliance - How to Determine the Age or Manufacture Date

 

[sel8207]

pics

Any pictures of the old liberator? Les

 

[petek]

It looks 80s to me.. very nice too.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Sounds like September 1977 then. I don't think they made anything like that in the late 80s.

 

[xraytech]

Here is a pic of the old Liberator.

 

[firedome]

nice new range...

GE/Hotpoint still made good stuff at least into the mid-80s.

Love that '59, and we are missing our yellow '58 Liberator, so if you wish to sell it and are ever going near Binghamton NY with a truck ... LOL!

 

[spacepig]

If you're coming near Florida, feel free to drop off your '59 here

 

[lordkenmore]

Can anyone date this stove?

Maybe dinner and a movie?

 

 

[lordkenmore]

I wonder if a date with a stove would be a HOT date...

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[lordkenmore]

As much as I wanted the auxiliary outlets, having that second oven and super-matic burner were more important to me.
Over last 4 years I’ve come to find the small oven gets used far more than the big one when cooking for one.

 

I, too, have found myself preferring small ovens since I cook for just myself. Even when I've had good full sized ovens available, I've been known to just use a toaster oven, because the size is a better match for my needs. (I also like having the oven at counter height.) I think a 2 oven range would be a nice thing if I were to ever have the chance to use one.


 

I don't know about the Super Matic burner...but I'd be curious to try it, and I could imagine it being quite useful.

 

 

 

[appnut]

Congratulations Sam.  It's beautiful!!