fan-of-fans
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Never knew anybody made something like this in the 70s? 80s? except maybe Caloric. Anyone know who made this?
Older Montgomery Wards Gas Range with Self Cleaning CONVECTION Oven
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neptunebob
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But it begs the question...
If the oven self cleans and the seller wants to sell the unit, why don't they SELF CLEAN THE OVEN, after all, it's just a little bit of gas and just turning some knobs.
If the oven self cleans and the seller wants to sell the unit, why don't they SELF CLEAN THE OVEN, after all, it's just a little bit of gas and just turning some knobs.
Reminds me of the Tappan gas range that came with the house I built spring 1985.
Because it's a Tappan made stove!
Re-badge of the Tappan Convectionaire even down to the windowed cooktop controls. Had a friend with this stove in Harvest Gold. It was Tappan showing some innovation in the mid '70s. She had the stove for 20 years or so...main problem was that it wouldn't broil conventionally--essentially blew hot air at the meat. Worked very well for browning pizza/au gratin/cheese/onion soup, though. Kind of an early predecessor of the current air fryer craze.
Tappan Convection-Air Gas Range
Tappan also made this in an electric version which had a 6000 watt element that was like a dryers element, A friend has the electric version, that thing will pre-heat to 350 in about 3-4 minutes, the gas one takes longer as it takes 45 seconds just for the burner to light.
These were interesting ovens but all the heat came from the top so you really had to make serious adjustments to cook most things in them, A pizza gets positively over done on top and still has a soggy unbaked bottom crust, our customers had to place the pizza on a low shelf and put another pizza pan on a higher shelf above the pizza to keep it from burning. Like wise most baked goods got way too done on top.
Caloric built a more sophisticated Gas convection self-cleaning oven that had two blowers where all the heat came from the rear top of the oven so it circulated a little better than the Tappan, AND the best thing about the Caloric Gas Convection Oven was it could Microwave with 700 watts of MW power at the same time thanks to Amana technology.
Basically no home convection oven bakes as evenly as a good non-convection electric oven, that was the problem with the Tappan CA oven you could not switch off the convection feature, this is why after this disaster every convection today gives the user the choice of convection baking or regular radiant baking.
John L.
Tappan also made this in an electric version which had a 6000 watt element that was like a dryers element, A friend has the electric version, that thing will pre-heat to 350 in about 3-4 minutes, the gas one takes longer as it takes 45 seconds just for the burner to light.
These were interesting ovens but all the heat came from the top so you really had to make serious adjustments to cook most things in them, A pizza gets positively over done on top and still has a soggy unbaked bottom crust, our customers had to place the pizza on a low shelf and put another pizza pan on a higher shelf above the pizza to keep it from burning. Like wise most baked goods got way too done on top.
Caloric built a more sophisticated Gas convection self-cleaning oven that had two blowers where all the heat came from the rear top of the oven so it circulated a little better than the Tappan, AND the best thing about the Caloric Gas Convection Oven was it could Microwave with 700 watts of MW power at the same time thanks to Amana technology.
Basically no home convection oven bakes as evenly as a good non-convection electric oven, that was the problem with the Tappan CA oven you could not switch off the convection feature, this is why after this disaster every convection today gives the user the choice of convection baking or regular radiant baking.
John L.
Convection baking
Even with the expensive convection ovens on Cooks' Country, they mention the need to turn some dishes half way through yet with my Farber convection oven with the heat coming from the top down around the edges and being drawn up through the center of the oven, the baking was as even as you could want it, at least in Bundt and tube pans. I never used it for anything else. I think in the ratings back in the late 70s, CU mentioned that it baked as well as a full size oven.
Even with the expensive convection ovens on Cooks' Country, they mention the need to turn some dishes half way through yet with my Farber convection oven with the heat coming from the top down around the edges and being drawn up through the center of the oven, the baking was as even as you could want it, at least in Bundt and tube pans. I never used it for anything else. I think in the ratings back in the late 70s, CU mentioned that it baked as well as a full size oven.
neptunebob
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Since they are in the same corporate family, maybe the new Frigidaire ovens that claim to air fry are like this one.
New Air Fry Ovens
<span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Does anyone here have one of these new full size ovens that has the "Air Fry" option? I wonder how well they work.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Does anyone here have one of these new full size ovens that has the "Air Fry" option? I wonder how well they work.</span>
vacerator
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Ralph,
do you mean a full size range, or a full size counter top type of air fry oven?
The new Frigidaire range utilizes it's convection fan and 3rd element in addition to a radiant shiny oven interior to air fry.
Emiril LaGasse' has a counter model, with also a rotisserie, similar to the Breville ovens, which are convection, but do not specifically air fry, and his price point is close to those. I have a good GE profile full size dual fuel slide in convection range, so I don't have a need for an air fryer. It crisps up food on the convection roast setting, which uses the 6 pass broiler element and the fan in one direction only. I turn the food over half way through.
do you mean a full size range, or a full size counter top type of air fry oven?
The new Frigidaire range utilizes it's convection fan and 3rd element in addition to a radiant shiny oven interior to air fry.
Emiril LaGasse' has a counter model, with also a rotisserie, similar to the Breville ovens, which are convection, but do not specifically air fry, and his price point is close to those. I have a good GE profile full size dual fuel slide in convection range, so I don't have a need for an air fryer. It crisps up food on the convection roast setting, which uses the 6 pass broiler element and the fan in one direction only. I turn the food over half way through.
Full Size...
<span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;">I was thinking about that new Frigidaire range with the full size oven. I have one of the original counter top air fryers and it does a pretty good job. It's just small so a lot of repeat batches.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;">I was thinking about that new Frigidaire range with the full size oven. I have one of the original counter top air fryers and it does a pretty good job. It's just small so a lot of repeat batches.</span>
