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norgeway
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YES
I LOVE IT!!!!
I LOVE IT!!!!
Back over New Years, I scanned the ranges and fridges from Greg's '57 GE book.
Put this one aside, and grab something else over Labor Day sir!
Put this one aside, and grab something else over Labor Day sir!
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5 - Greg, what a shame you didn't go for the butterfly and trellis wallpaper when you planned your kitchen 
6 - LOVE the floor in this one.
7 - man I wish mine was restored.........
(the spice rack, how advanced!)
(the spice rack, how advanced!)
8 - lastly, how cute! GE must have made this range for <i>years</>
I have a 1967-ish Magic Chef sales binder that I could scan some sales sheets for, if there is interest.
QUESTION - the add luxflairguy posted with the deep well cooker. Has anyone actually seen this range before? Never heard of a GE with a deep well - only Hotpoint.
QUESTION - the add luxflairguy posted with the deep well cooker. Has anyone actually seen this range before? Never heard of a GE with a deep well - only Hotpoint.
I really like, how the prices are "jotted down". You know there was some price "haggling" going on, less your trade in, less your downpayment, easy monthly terms! Ben I would like to see the Magic Chef scans, I think they had a nifty 30 inch model with controls down the right top side. arthur
In the very first picture, the red-hot Calrod is not drawn correctly. It only shows one continuous coil, not the two in reality. These early 50s Calrods gave much less even heating than the units with the two coils wound side-by-side.
The Calrod oven units with the "evenizer" over them were not good. Open coil bake elements had an evenizer over them to prevent the direct infra-red radiation from burning the food and to protect the open coils. There was no need for an evenizer with Calrod bake elements, GE found out that the evenizer over a Calrod caused poor baking results because the mass of the Calrod bake element was much greater than that of open coils so it held heat longer when it cycled off. That plus the extra heat held in the evenizer above it produced temperature stability problems (overshoot) and over browning on the bottoms of baked things. The element did not need the wiggles as pictured, which put too much heat under the food, just a nice straight line following the sides of the oven.
Deepwells: GE had them. When pressure cookers became popular, GE had EKCO make one for their deepwell. It even says Hi Speed Calrod on the knob that opens the lid. GE discontinued deepwells before Hotpoint, Westinghouse and Frigidaire. Because of the elimination of the deepwell, GE was able to offer the narrower, full height companion oven or storage compartment before other brands that kept the provision for the deepwell. I personally like the wider, but less tall companion oven but that's me. Frigidaire offered Mirro-Matic pressure cookers for their deepwells. Prestline ranges offered a Presto pressure cooker for their deepwell.
Factoid: Frigidaire never offered the wide master oven in their GM-built 40" ranges, unlike other major electric range manufacturers. Most of them, certainly by the time they squared up the corners, went with a wide master oven, but not Frigidaire.
The Calrod oven units with the "evenizer" over them were not good. Open coil bake elements had an evenizer over them to prevent the direct infra-red radiation from burning the food and to protect the open coils. There was no need for an evenizer with Calrod bake elements, GE found out that the evenizer over a Calrod caused poor baking results because the mass of the Calrod bake element was much greater than that of open coils so it held heat longer when it cycled off. That plus the extra heat held in the evenizer above it produced temperature stability problems (overshoot) and over browning on the bottoms of baked things. The element did not need the wiggles as pictured, which put too much heat under the food, just a nice straight line following the sides of the oven.
Deepwells: GE had them. When pressure cookers became popular, GE had EKCO make one for their deepwell. It even says Hi Speed Calrod on the knob that opens the lid. GE discontinued deepwells before Hotpoint, Westinghouse and Frigidaire. Because of the elimination of the deepwell, GE was able to offer the narrower, full height companion oven or storage compartment before other brands that kept the provision for the deepwell. I personally like the wider, but less tall companion oven but that's me. Frigidaire offered Mirro-Matic pressure cookers for their deepwells. Prestline ranges offered a Presto pressure cooker for their deepwell.
Factoid: Frigidaire never offered the wide master oven in their GM-built 40" ranges, unlike other major electric range manufacturers. Most of them, certainly by the time they squared up the corners, went with a wide master oven, but not Frigidaire.
Magic Chef was one of the very first gas stove manufacturers to offer an oven thermostat. It was the Big Red Wheel on the side of the stove. The gas valve for the oven was on the front of the stove, but you had to reach around to the side to set the temperature. This heritage was carried over into Magic Chef ranges through the 60s at least, when the oven knob would have a red collar, or skirt or some other piece of red trim.
norgeway
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Good Information!!
The yellow one im getting is a Liberator, I always called it a Stratoliner, good to know the difference,my hometown was FULL of the Speedsters and Mainliners.
The yellow one im getting is a Liberator, I always called it a Stratoliner, good to know the difference,my hometown was FULL of the Speedsters and Mainliners.
xraytech
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Heres a few scans from my 1962 Frigidaire Custom Imperial product guide.
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The 1962 40" free standing range with slide out oven cavity
xraytech
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How about some wall ovens
xraytech
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and some built-in cook tops
norgeway
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GE pics!!
Its also interesting the hand mixer was a few years old,the next model was out in 57!
Its also interesting the hand mixer was a few years old,the next model was out in 57!
How about a little Frigidaire!
from 1955
from 1955
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Liberator
Hans, you will have two ovens in this stove also! Love the way GE ranges had aeronautic names. Congratulations.
Hans, you will have two ovens in this stove also! Love the way GE ranges had aeronautic names. Congratulations.
norgeway
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Hope to!!!
Go get the GE this weekend!!
Go get the GE this weekend!!
