toploader55
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Tappan's Answer to the Flair ???
Tappen Visualite Range in Ma.
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polkanut
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The house across the street from my late in-laws home, still has one of these in daily use. The grandson of the original owners is now living there, and I expect to see it on the curb sometime soon.
The Tappan Fabulous 400 was the first stove of this design in the late 50s/early 60s. I say that because some electric stoves in the 1920s had high ovens with glass windows in the doors. It was also the first to be available in both gas and electric.
norgeway
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I like it!
Better than the Flair, but I also love the Hotpoint version, it had a great exhaust system.
Better than the Flair, but I also love the Hotpoint version, it had a great exhaust system.
HOTPOINT HALLMARK HI-OVEN RANGES
Hans I totally agree that the HP Hall Mark ranges were the best of the high oven ranges. I have the 40" HP HM and the 30" HP HMs with the auxiliary lower oven in my collection and the built in ventilation system is the best system that I have ever seen on any range. Overall I like the HP HMs better than the Frigidare Flairs as they have much better burners, wiring and oven controls. Frigidare ranges were always well built but they did not perform as well as GE products.
Hans I totally agree that the HP Hall Mark ranges were the best of the high oven ranges. I have the 40" HP HM and the 30" HP HMs with the auxiliary lower oven in my collection and the built in ventilation system is the best system that I have ever seen on any range. Overall I like the HP HMs better than the Frigidare Flairs as they have much better burners, wiring and oven controls. Frigidare ranges were always well built but they did not perform as well as GE products.
philr
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John,
Did the Hotpoint Hallmark ranges use infinite switches for their burners? I use a well used RCIB-645C Flair as my main range and I can't complain much about it's performance. It's ovens are accurate and the burners may be a bit slower to heat than GE burners but they work nicely (Canadian Flairs don't have a Speed Heat burner). I didn't have problems with the wiring either. The only things I had to replace were bad burner switches, the timer (which is made by GE) and one drawer safety switch. The vent hood also has good performance on mine but I haven't tried newer ones with the vent hood integrated to the control panel. I never had the chance to use (or even to see!) a Hotpoint Hallmark range to compare either!
Eddie,
Have a look at this link...
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/380/888/315009/
Did the Hotpoint Hallmark ranges use infinite switches for their burners? I use a well used RCIB-645C Flair as my main range and I can't complain much about it's performance. It's ovens are accurate and the burners may be a bit slower to heat than GE burners but they work nicely (Canadian Flairs don't have a Speed Heat burner). I didn't have problems with the wiring either. The only things I had to replace were bad burner switches, the timer (which is made by GE) and one drawer safety switch. The vent hood also has good performance on mine but I haven't tried newer ones with the vent hood integrated to the control panel. I never had the chance to use (or even to see!) a Hotpoint Hallmark range to compare either!
Eddie,
Have a look at this link...
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/380/888/315009/
Burn safety was the main problem with the side swing doors. You had to be very careful to open them fully, more than 90 degrees, so that you would not bump your arm or elbow on the hot door when removing something big from the oven and you had to be careful of anyone moving around the stove not bumping the door and sending it swinging against you while you were doing something in the oven. Needless to say, the range had to be perfectly level so that the door did not want to swing closed from an open position. The side swing doors eliminated the need for the heavy springs used in the swing-up doors, but took up a lot of room in front of the stove when open. Fortunately, I did not have to worry about anyone bumping the upper oven door of the GE Americana I had, but I was very wary of the hot door when lifting pound cakes out of the upper oven.
toploader55
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Thanks Phil.
Interesting.
I guess that answers "Which came first... the Chicken or the Egg" LOL
Interesting.
I guess that answers "Which came first... the Chicken or the Egg" LOL
norgeway
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Hotpoint Hallmark..
Yes, they do have infinite heat switches, overall I like them best of all, I just disagree with one thing, Tom likes the calrods better, but I like the big radiantube units best, to me they heat more evenly, but I have had good luck with both of them, when the King Seely switches get old in a Frigidaire, they get to where they wont hold a simmer accurately, or at least that has been my experience,personally I like the old 5 heat switches best of all, you always know what you will get with them.
Yes, they do have infinite heat switches, overall I like them best of all, I just disagree with one thing, Tom likes the calrods better, but I like the big radiantube units best, to me they heat more evenly, but I have had good luck with both of them, when the King Seely switches get old in a Frigidaire, they get to where they wont hold a simmer accurately, or at least that has been my experience,personally I like the old 5 heat switches best of all, you always know what you will get with them.
philr
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The infinite switches in my Frigidaire range were made by Proctor (that includes the broiler grill switch). The oven thermostats are made by Robetshaw.
