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Odd set up. I would hate the loss of counterspace.
It looks like a unit that I think NuTone or some other vent hood manufacturer came out with. I think the give away is that all of the controls are on the hood, emphasizing its importance as a vent hood manufacturer would like to do. I will have to check some literature when I get home to be sure.
Seen somethings like that around NYC area in the sixties.
Can't tell whether it's gas or electric. If it's gas, I can tell you that Crown made a lot of custom "arranged" stoves for a few years. Don't see any Crown medallions though so I'm stumped for now.
Can't tell whether it's gas or electric. If it's gas, I can tell you that Crown made a lot of custom "arranged" stoves for a few years. Don't see any Crown medallions though so I'm stumped for now.
I thinking Hotpoint made something on this order at one time. But agree NuTone is also a possibility. I'm sure it's electric, with having the controls on the hood.
cornutt
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Bizarre... looks like something you'd see on There I Fixed It.
steved
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Yup, it's a Nutone
Only electric, no gas
Only electric, no gas
steved
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mid 60's
brochure copyright 1965
brochure copyright 1965
washernoob
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All I know is its awesome! Great price tag too!
Thanks, Steve, for finding the literature. Looking at the specs, I would say that for the mid 60s to only be offering three 1250 watt 6 inch elements sort of brands this as a cheap cooktop. Even the 2100 watt 8 inch element was more comparable to the 2050 watt 8 incher that GE put at the rear of their better cooktops. I wonder if this was one of those really shallow cooktops and they were worried about higher wattage elements melting stuff in the drawer underneath it. Well at least we have evidence that one of these was sold. I wonder if the builder or owner had a connection to Nutone or was a Nutone rep or something.
They did sell one.
It would be interesting in a basement kitchen, maybe. It kinda screams "K-Mart" to me though.
You are correct, Tom, Hotpoint did make some odd built-ins in the sixties. Saw a turquoise giant chrome and glass model at a sale once and two weeks later it was behind lowes in pieces but complete. I debated for about a minute and sped away before I changed my mind. Interesting design and unlike this Nutone, the Hotpoint was beautiful, but it's a pretty big commitment to remodel a kitchen around it or give up 4 feet of laundry space
It would be interesting in a basement kitchen, maybe. It kinda screams "K-Mart" to me though.
You are correct, Tom, Hotpoint did make some odd built-ins in the sixties. Saw a turquoise giant chrome and glass model at a sale once and two weeks later it was behind lowes in pieces but complete. I debated for about a minute and sped away before I changed my mind. Interesting design and unlike this Nutone, the Hotpoint was beautiful, but it's a pretty big commitment to remodel a kitchen around it or give up 4 feet of laundry space
I'd bet Preway for the oven
Not to disparage either party, but between giggles and farts, it seems to be whispering Modern Maid. The fact that the range top was brushed chrome instead of stainless steel slides this project toward a lower-end manufacturer. I don't think GE was offering brushed chrome cooktops; theirs were still stainless steel and they did not have this stamping type of construction either; their cooktops were flat. Hotpoint had some cooktops of this style as far back as 1957, but they were stainless and very high end. The plug out Chromalox heating elements which you can see on the counter in the first picture and the infinite heat controls in 1965 would also put GE out of the picture.
norgeway
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Whatever it is!!!
If it were closer I WOULD HAVE IT!!! Weird odd unusual=Hans!!!!
If it were closer I WOULD HAVE IT!!! Weird odd unusual=Hans!!!!
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The oven sticks out like a sore thumb....UGLYYYYYY!!!
polkanut
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Even if I were a fan of electric ovens and stoves, I'd run away from this set-up. Too ugly, and too much lost counter space.
If the oven were in a wall cabinet it would occupy just as much space, but most builtin ovens are not in the middle of a counter run. If this unit were installed at the end of a counter in a full depth cabinet like most wall ovens are, often with the cooktop next to them, most people would not be thinking of how much counter space is lost. Unless a wall oven is on a blank wall, it can't help but take up counter space. This oven is probably installed with a shallow wall cabinet above it to facilitate the vent connection from the oven to the hood to provide the ventilation necessary for the closed door broiling feature they offer. It might be harder to modify a traditional cabinet used for a builtin oven in this situation.
On the other hand, depending on how much counter space is on the other side of the oven, like maybe 4 feet or more, it could be put to excellent use as a baking center with the materials in cabinets above and below and the mixer on the counter.
On the other hand, depending on how much counter space is on the other side of the oven, like maybe 4 feet or more, it could be put to excellent use as a baking center with the materials in cabinets above and below and the mixer on the counter.
