Oven Interiors

[retromania]

Jeff,

Is the bottom portion of the oven broken or is it just not positioned in there properly?

 

[moparguy]

It is not positioned properly... I just brought this home a week or two ago and have not had time over the holidays to do anything but basic positioning...

And re. the oven liners... sometimes you stumble onto cool things... when I was looking at a 55-56 Kelvinator range, in the storage drawer below the oven was a full package of the foil-like oven original Kelvinator oven liners!

 

[mixfinder]

1957

The electric version appears to be a 57 model placing it well before Teflon. What a cool color and cool design. It would have a year before the famous melting controls and backsplash of the Kenmore and Whirlpool of the the next year.

 

[retromania]

OMG!

You mean some models came out in '58 where controls melted? Yuck. Very nice electric and gas ranges for Kenmore. Wonder who manufactured them for Sears.

 

[retromania]

Well thre's my answer right there.....

Melting controls on Kenmore and 'WHIRLPOOL' for the next year!

 

[moparguy]

The Kelvinator oven liners... the pre-self-cleaning way to make oven cleaning easier!

 

[retromania]

I'm surprised someone never came out with more than just a disposable drip pan like a disposable oven interior.  Too awkward and costly I guess.