Sam that's a beautiful stove... I think of them as the Jetsons model because they look like that's where they came from... the one in the photo is a later model, with the window and with the glass control panel... the earlier ones had the stamped control panel, and many had an optional nickel/chrome companion oven door... I see them around periodically, but usually white or pink (I have a pink one), sometimes but less frequently the turquoise and the yellow... I agree it would be quite a catch, lol...
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philr
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<a name="start_35769.533779"> </a>"I assume by clean free you mean continious cleaning - am I right?
Also some ranges had panels that slide out to clean which I think was a really good idea. Their was a lot of people against continous cleaning ovens, but I did like them if used properly. I think they should have improved the concept instead of removing it off the market!"
Peter,
This range has removable panels that are supposed not to require cleaning (but they can be removed if they do need it...)
Also some ranges had panels that slide out to clean which I think was a really good idea. Their was a lot of people against continous cleaning ovens, but I did like them if used properly. I think they should have improved the concept instead of removing it off the market!"
Peter,
This range has removable panels that are supposed not to require cleaning (but they can be removed if they do need it...)
Enterprise Ranges!
Phil this does look like a continous cleaning surface inside this range. Don't seem like the panels are removeable but the top of the oven does look like it may slide out. I like the fact that their looks to be a lot of adjustable rack positions. It is possible the baking and broiling elements May be removeable.
Thanks for posting,
Peter
Phil this does look like a continous cleaning surface inside this range. Don't seem like the panels are removeable but the top of the oven does look like it may slide out. I like the fact that their looks to be a lot of adjustable rack positions. It is possible the baking and broiling elements May be removeable.
Thanks for posting,
Peter
Tappan wall micro!
I would like to see the specs on that wall oven microwave in post 534110!
I would like to see the specs on that wall oven microwave in post 534110!
58limited
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I would like to see the specs on that wall oven microwave in
Me too! I didn't know they were liquid cooled. Where did you find it?
Me too! I didn't know they were liquid cooled. Where did you find it?
philr
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" Don't seem like the panels are removable. "
<span style="font-size: large;">They are. I know, I removed those seen on the pictures quite a few times!</span>
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"It is possible the baking and broiling elements May be removable. "
<span style="font-size: large;">They aren't, (I mean, not by just pulling on them like the baking elements in my Flair range!) but the panel under the baking element is removable. </span>
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There must be a connection with Enterprise and the US brand Monarch. The style and functions is identical to Monarchs of the 60's.
<span style="font-size: large;">That's possible, I have searched for a picture or an ad showing Monarch ranges from the 1960's-1970's but all I found was that...</span>
<span style="font-size: large;">A current product from Enterprise (who doesn't sell electric ranges anymore) is called Monarch. </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">http://www.enterprise-fawcett.com/monarch.php </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">And this:</span>
<span style="font-size: large;"> http://www.monarchrange.com/ads/pages/DodgeCountyFairAssoc_LaterYrs.pdf (same link as below)</span>
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" Don't seem like the panels are removable. "<span style="font-size: large;">They are. I know, I removed those seen on the pictures quite a few times!</span>
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"It is possible the baking and broiling elements May be removable. "<span style="font-size: large;">They aren't, (I mean, not by just pulling on them like the baking elements in my Flair range!) but the panel under the baking element is removable. </span>
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There must be a connection with Enterprise and the US brand Monarch. The style and functions is identical to Monarchs of the 60's.<span style="font-size: large;">That's possible, I have searched for a picture or an ad showing Monarch ranges from the 1960's-1970's but all I found was that...</span>
<span style="font-size: large;">A current product from Enterprise (who doesn't sell electric ranges anymore) is called Monarch. </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">http://www.enterprise-fawcett.com/monarch.php </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">And this:</span>
<span style="font-size: large;"> http://www.monarchrange.com/ads/pages/DodgeCountyFairAssoc_LaterYrs.pdf (same link as below)</span>
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Magic Chef made some of the most handsome stoves ever. That one above is absolutely stunning.
philr
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Magic Chef,
It certainly looks much nicer than the avocado mini gas range (with just 3 burners and a small oven) that I have in my 1968 16' trailer. Even the "Magic Chef" emblem on this one is just a partially peeled-off sticker that looks very cheap (and the oven doesn't work anymore!).
My grandmother also had a Magic Chef wall oven and cook top in her 1964 trailer in Florida and these looked better than mine (but she didn't like the oven much, even if she was used to gas ovens).
She had adjusted the pilot on the cook top so low that just a draft from the open windows was enough to turn it off. I didn't like the propane scent (which my grandmother didn't even notice) when it happened so I readjusted it while she wasn't there!
It certainly looks much nicer than the avocado mini gas range (with just 3 burners and a small oven) that I have in my 1968 16' trailer. Even the "Magic Chef" emblem on this one is just a partially peeled-off sticker that looks very cheap (and the oven doesn't work anymore!).
My grandmother also had a Magic Chef wall oven and cook top in her 1964 trailer in Florida and these looked better than mine (but she didn't like the oven much, even if she was used to gas ovens).
She had adjusted the pilot on the cook top so low that just a draft from the open windows was enough to turn it off. I didn't like the propane scent (which my grandmother didn't even notice) when it happened so I readjusted it while she wasn't there!
No doubt about it, Magic Chef isn't what it used to be. Last time I bothered to check, they had been absorbed into the Maytag/Jenn-Air and who knows what else conglomerate, which I guess subsequently got swallowed up by the Whirlpool behemoth.
Hardwick!
1971 series - I wish I could see the print better!
1971 series - I wish I could see the print better!
TAPPAN Electronic model R-4-LA
Here's some specs from the info that came with the oven.
220 lbs.
208-236 volts
40 amp service required. 45 amp fuse internal.
Coolant: 1/3 Atlas Permaguard to 2/3 distilled water
A pump circulates coolant through the plate transformer, through the magnetron, to the radiator where it is cooled by two fans.
It uses a Litton Microtron. There's a whole article about this unit in the March,1963 edition of Radio-Electronics.
More info to follow..
Here's some specs from the info that came with the oven.
220 lbs.
208-236 volts
40 amp service required. 45 amp fuse internal.
Coolant: 1/3 Atlas Permaguard to 2/3 distilled water
A pump circulates coolant through the plate transformer, through the magnetron, to the radiator where it is cooled by two fans.
It uses a Litton Microtron. There's a whole article about this unit in the March,1963 edition of Radio-Electronics.
More info to follow..
TAPPAN Electronic model R-4-LA
How did I find it? ...Actually it found me.
My partner has an elderly family member that was being moved to assisted living. Knowing that the house was going to be repaired by family, she advised that an expert had to be called to decommission that electronic oven.
I am not one to toot my horn much but I will now admit that I am an expert in microwave ovens. I have performed training classes on their service and repair and still handle product safety issues for this product although my daily duties actually lie elsewhere. It was rather obvious that they needed to call me. Sort of a no-brainer here...
I thought I was being called in to pull some standard-grade oven. However when I finally saw the oven I knew exactly what that was. This oven actually dates back more to 1950's rather than the 1960's. This oven is not for any novice and only me and one other colleague know anything about water-cooled microwave ovens.
After I safely pulled the oven i asked the family what was to be done with it. It was going to the dump.
... No it wasn't.
I advised that this was a museum piece and I'd find a home for it. And that I'll do.
Life gets busy and so I haven't cleaned it up yet. However, it'll find a home someday to help teach the history of the microwave oven.
How did I find it? ...Actually it found me.
My partner has an elderly family member that was being moved to assisted living. Knowing that the house was going to be repaired by family, she advised that an expert had to be called to decommission that electronic oven.
I am not one to toot my horn much but I will now admit that I am an expert in microwave ovens. I have performed training classes on their service and repair and still handle product safety issues for this product although my daily duties actually lie elsewhere. It was rather obvious that they needed to call me. Sort of a no-brainer here...
I thought I was being called in to pull some standard-grade oven. However when I finally saw the oven I knew exactly what that was. This oven actually dates back more to 1950's rather than the 1960's. This oven is not for any novice and only me and one other colleague know anything about water-cooled microwave ovens.
After I safely pulled the oven i asked the family what was to be done with it. It was going to the dump.
... No it wasn't.
I advised that this was a museum piece and I'd find a home for it. And that I'll do.
Life gets busy and so I haven't cleaned it up yet. However, it'll find a home someday to help teach the history of the microwave oven.
xraytech
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The Aunt in-law of a co-worker has one of these Amanas in their kitchen of their custom built 1959 Ranch. Last they knew of Aunt Dee-Dee was still using it. It was one of the very first ones sold in the area
Hotpoint!
1950's Hotpoint
I like the fact it has dials instead of push buttons!
1950's Hotpoint
I like the fact it has dials instead of push buttons!
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