waternai
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Hello, everybody!
After many years with a very nice, but very modern, Frigidaire gas range, I am the proud new owner of a 1951 O’Keefe & Merritt gas range with Grillevator, glass-door oven, broiler, four double-flame burners, chrome griddle, clock with oven timer, kitchen timer, light, and salt and pepper shakers. It is a beauty that was refurbished this millennium, though I haven’t yet gotten the clocks and timers to work. I found this delightful forum when I was researching my new old stove.
It is wonderful to have a vintage stove again. I have had stoves with pilots before, but with the oven pilot
, the Grillevator pilot
, the left stove pilot
, the right stove pilot
, and the griddle pilot
, this range puts out some heat! This will be wonderfully cozy in the winter, but right now it is fighting with my air conditioner. I had seen mentions from people who turned off the gas to the pilots on the stove and simply used a long lighter to light the burners. I would leave the pilots on for the oven and Grillevator (I don’t think that’s ever not going to be fun to say), but I would like to turn off the stove pilots for the summer in order to save on both gas and cooling. Is this safe and possible to do? I know the oven and Grillevator
have a safety so that they will not let gas to the burner without the pilot being lit. And it’s my understanding that there is a screw that will turn off the gas to the stove pilots (obviously, one doesn’t just blow out the flame). I welcome any suggestions and advice you all have.

After many years with a very nice, but very modern, Frigidaire gas range, I am the proud new owner of a 1951 O’Keefe & Merritt gas range with Grillevator, glass-door oven, broiler, four double-flame burners, chrome griddle, clock with oven timer, kitchen timer, light, and salt and pepper shakers. It is a beauty that was refurbished this millennium, though I haven’t yet gotten the clocks and timers to work. I found this delightful forum when I was researching my new old stove.
It is wonderful to have a vintage stove again. I have had stoves with pilots before, but with the oven pilot






