brisnat81
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Its ok Jon, Michael cant program the timer on the Miele induction either, it must just be an age thing, it takes 3 button presses for me 
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John, I never had exposure to Kelvinator ranges other than my grandmother's bol mid 50s model which I saw twice at 8 and 12 years old in Milwaukee. I am still amazed at how she went from using a coal range in cold weather and a kerosene stove in the summer kitchen to using that Kelvinator when she did not speak English. I guess the youngest daughter explained things to her like the words for the heats. When we were there, my mom did the cooking and did not have any trouble using the electric range when she cooked with gas at home.
There was another range with a timer for the "giant 2100 watt 8" surface unit" and the deep well, both ovens and the appliance outlet, but it was part of the start/stop feature of the clock. It was a Coolerator from Duluth, MN and the ad made much of ITT's (International Telephone and Telegraph's) merger and the features that brought to Coolerator ranges. That was on a 1952 model shown in an ad in a December, 1951 BH&G. It was quite a nice range with 7 push button heats. Has anyone ever seen a Coolerator range?
There was another range with a timer for the "giant 2100 watt 8" surface unit" and the deep well, both ovens and the appliance outlet, but it was part of the start/stop feature of the clock. It was a Coolerator from Duluth, MN and the ad made much of ITT's (International Telephone and Telegraph's) merger and the features that brought to Coolerator ranges. That was on a 1952 model shown in an ad in a December, 1951 BH&G. It was quite a nice range with 7 push button heats. Has anyone ever seen a Coolerator range?
Thank you Ralph & Jon for the replies. The inability to use radiant heat in the top oven may be a deal breaker, but we'll have to see (he's the cook, not I )
Jon I will check with you in a few months to get your feedback on the ovens performance. Have fun and bon apetite!
)Jon I will check with you in a few months to get your feedback on the ovens performance. Have fun and bon apetite!
Westinghouse Sort Of Had Timed Surface Units in 1941
I was going through some old range manuals last night and made a discovery. In 1941, Westinghouse ranges had unusual names for the models. At the top of the line were the Emperor, Regent and Commander. There was a round dial under the surface unit switch that functioned more like Frigidaire's auto-switch heat control for their Thermizer unit. Frigidaire's Thermizer heat control had a timed portion of the control for HIGH heat after which it switched to SIMMER, I think, to finish cooking.
The Westinghouse Single Set Switch offered a several possibilities in its automatic switching to a lower heat. For most cooking operations, the pan of food was placed on the unit and the surface unit switch was set to SIMMER. Then the Single Set Switch was set to the length of time the unit needed to operate on HIGH before switching to SIMMER. It would then operate on that heat until manually shut off.
If used with the Economy Cooker, the surface unit switch was set to LOW and the Single Set Switch was set to the full 30 minutes to make sure the lower wattage unit had enough time to bring the 5 quart pan to a boil on HIGH before switching to LOW, the heat setting used to finish all cooking in the Economy Cooker. A third sort of strange way of using the feature was to leave the surface unit switch in the OFF position and just use the Single Set Switch. They give the example of cooking dried fruit. The surface unit switch is left in the OFF position and the Single Set Switch was set for 30 minutes. This caused the surface unit to operate on the MEDIUM HIGH for the selected time and then switch to OFF, using the stored heat in the element to finish cooking. Westinghouse was a strong proponent of cooking with the current off using the stored heat in the unit.
I guess that this feature was a casualty of the war. It was available on two surface units of the Emperor and one surface unit and the Economy Cooker on the Regent and one surface unit on the Commander. Maybe it was too complicated.
I was going through some old range manuals last night and made a discovery. In 1941, Westinghouse ranges had unusual names for the models. At the top of the line were the Emperor, Regent and Commander. There was a round dial under the surface unit switch that functioned more like Frigidaire's auto-switch heat control for their Thermizer unit. Frigidaire's Thermizer heat control had a timed portion of the control for HIGH heat after which it switched to SIMMER, I think, to finish cooking.
The Westinghouse Single Set Switch offered a several possibilities in its automatic switching to a lower heat. For most cooking operations, the pan of food was placed on the unit and the surface unit switch was set to SIMMER. Then the Single Set Switch was set to the length of time the unit needed to operate on HIGH before switching to SIMMER. It would then operate on that heat until manually shut off.
If used with the Economy Cooker, the surface unit switch was set to LOW and the Single Set Switch was set to the full 30 minutes to make sure the lower wattage unit had enough time to bring the 5 quart pan to a boil on HIGH before switching to LOW, the heat setting used to finish all cooking in the Economy Cooker. A third sort of strange way of using the feature was to leave the surface unit switch in the OFF position and just use the Single Set Switch. They give the example of cooking dried fruit. The surface unit switch is left in the OFF position and the Single Set Switch was set for 30 minutes. This caused the surface unit to operate on the MEDIUM HIGH for the selected time and then switch to OFF, using the stored heat in the element to finish cooking. Westinghouse was a strong proponent of cooking with the current off using the stored heat in the unit.
I guess that this feature was a casualty of the war. It was available on two surface units of the Emperor and one surface unit and the Economy Cooker on the Regent and one surface unit on the Commander. Maybe it was too complicated.
