norgeway
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This is another one with the stainless steel oven floor, isnt this a beauty!, Coolerator, an IT@T associate made in Duluth Minn.
Speaking of hidden bake units... COOLERATOR!
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What a treasure!
Stainless steel was certainly more able to withstand the heat than the porcelain, although that could have been an aluminum panel, too. Note that it was removable for easy cleaning also.
I have a December, 1951 magazine ad for this range and due to International Telephone & Telelgraph's wonders, the clock could control the master oven, the companion oven, the appliance outlet, the giant 2100 watt front unit or the deepwell to make them all automatic, one at a time, of course. It also featured 7 heat pushbutton controls
Stainless steel was certainly more able to withstand the heat than the porcelain, although that could have been an aluminum panel, too. Note that it was removable for easy cleaning also.
I have a December, 1951 magazine ad for this range and due to International Telephone & Telelgraph's wonders, the clock could control the master oven, the companion oven, the appliance outlet, the giant 2100 watt front unit or the deepwell to make them all automatic, one at a time, of course. It also featured 7 heat pushbutton controls
Kevin needs to add this to his collection...
Such an awesome stove. If I were looking for a 1950-ish electric range, my search could easily come to an end here. That thing is is beautiful shape!
For the archives:
For the archives:
The panel. Seven speeds!
That range is so pretty! Coolerator - did they make this themselves or was it sourced?
Greg, I think they made the range themselves, just like the refrigerators and the freezers. The Coolerator range user's manual I have dates from before ITT bought them.
Why the hell is that expaning trivet on the range? Do they think it goes with it?
Why the hell is that expaning trivet on the range? Do they think it goes with it?
Well, Maytag did outsource their ranges to Globe and their refrigeration to Amana or Amanda as some customers say when calling for service.
polkanut
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As I've stated before, I'm not an electric range person but, this beauty could possibly get me to change my mind. Just gorgeous!
I'll bet those glass bars above each bank of buttons light when the unit is on.
Maybe . . .
Coolerator should have given their ranges a new name like Heaterator. Nice range though, what ever happened to the Coolerator company?
Coolerator should have given their ranges a new name like Heaterator. Nice range though, what ever happened to the Coolerator company?
Something about the styling of the control panel reminds me of an early 50s Buick. Maybe it was the placement of the knobs for the radio or something that corresponds to the big dials near the center of the backsplash.
The placement of the oven door handles is different also, with so many manufacturers striving for placement that was more centered, either on the door or more to the center of the range.
I believe that 7 heat switches are in many ways superior to infinite switches EXCEPT that it takes some experience to determine which part of the coil is heated on each setting. For example, if you were frying in a 12" diameter skillet, it would make more sense to have a setting where just the outer ring of the element is heated so that the temperature would spread to the outer edge of the skillet as well as to the center. On the other hand, if you were wanting to keep a large pot of water at a rolling boil for pasta, you would want the inner coil heated to give greater upward movement in the center of the pan, rather than along its edge to discourage water jumping out of the pan. The two medium high and the two positions between medium and low could be very useful for these purposes and give more options than 5 heat switches. Granted, infinite switches can provide even heating patterns at all settings, but there are times when more is needed. The GRIDDLE setting on a 30" GE range with Sensitemp is a case in point. To provide even eating on the rectangular griddle, it only heated the outer couple of turns of the element so that temperatures would be equal at the edge and the center. I used to use the SensiTemp's griddle setting when using my 12" Farberware skillet for very even temperature across the whole of the pan.
At any rate, it was a range built to last while offering every feature available at the time including a much better and slightly more expensive approach to the hidden bake element fad.
The placement of the oven door handles is different also, with so many manufacturers striving for placement that was more centered, either on the door or more to the center of the range.
I believe that 7 heat switches are in many ways superior to infinite switches EXCEPT that it takes some experience to determine which part of the coil is heated on each setting. For example, if you were frying in a 12" diameter skillet, it would make more sense to have a setting where just the outer ring of the element is heated so that the temperature would spread to the outer edge of the skillet as well as to the center. On the other hand, if you were wanting to keep a large pot of water at a rolling boil for pasta, you would want the inner coil heated to give greater upward movement in the center of the pan, rather than along its edge to discourage water jumping out of the pan. The two medium high and the two positions between medium and low could be very useful for these purposes and give more options than 5 heat switches. Granted, infinite switches can provide even heating patterns at all settings, but there are times when more is needed. The GRIDDLE setting on a 30" GE range with Sensitemp is a case in point. To provide even eating on the rectangular griddle, it only heated the outer couple of turns of the element so that temperatures would be equal at the edge and the center. I used to use the SensiTemp's griddle setting when using my 12" Farberware skillet for very even temperature across the whole of the pan.
At any rate, it was a range built to last while offering every feature available at the time including a much better and slightly more expensive approach to the hidden bake element fad.
We had a Coolerator dehumidifier purchased about 1970...at that point I think it was part of an outfit in Wisconsin (some connection to Speed Queen, perhaps).
polkanut
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Jamie,
Could it have been a division of McGraw-Edison? They owned Speed Queen at that time. Speed Queen is located in Ripon, WI.
Could it have been a division of McGraw-Edison? They owned Speed Queen at that time. Speed Queen is located in Ripon, WI.
Whirlpool owns the Coolerator name. You can find that on the internet.
That's the name. My parents purchased it at Central Hardware in Kirkwood, MO (best store ever....)
