Stoves without thermostats

[Chetlaham]

And oh- if both top and bottom heat are set to high- will the oven go past 600*F is left to run indefinitely?

 

[Chetlaham]

BTW, take a look at "our story"

It has a picture of one of those stoves:

https://www.hotpoint.com/

 

[mit634]

Hi chetlaham,

The top and bottom elements of my AGE Hotpoint are 1300 watts each.

I tested today how hot it would get if both elements were left on High.

It got so hot that the thermometer went off the end of its scale (550F), at which point I turned it off, and so it appears it would easily get to 600F if left switched on High.

Interestingly 5 hours later it is still warm and so the large thermal mass and good insulation appear to be the key to its ability to maintain a stable cooking temperature without a thermostat. I guess old solid fuel stoves used a similar principle.

Thanks for the link to the Hotpoint website !

Regards,
Tim

 

[combo52]

Old AEG Hotpoint Electric Oven

Hi Tim, At a total of 2600 Watts your oven left on will easily Self-Clean itself and go over 1000 F as well, I would not recommend it though on something that old as it could buckle some metal parts or ruin some wiring etc.

 

I used to hear stories of purple burning off soil in old electric ovenlike yours, even the owners Manuel suggested burning the top elements clean [ the open coil ceramic type ] by placing a metal pie pan oven them and turning them on high for 15 minutes.

 

Thermostats are wonderful things to have on a range, NO MANUFACTURER would ever build an oven with a heat control system and thankfully we are starting to get maximum heat limits on surface elements as well, they are even working on gas surface burners as well to make them safer. 

 

John L.