Vintage Appliance Advertisements: Part Thirty-one

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Vintage appliance advertisements up to 1989. Refrigerators, Freezers, Washing Machines, Clothes Dryers, Dishwashers, Television, Radio, Phonographs (electric and wind-up), Fans, Air Conditioners, Vacuums, Clocks, small kitchen appliances. Please feel free to post any pertaining ads. Please make sure any image you post does not contain any watermarks or copyrights from any individuals or websites.

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Part Thirty
 
To me, that's a Dumb Design for a cooktop.
Why?
Because of the closeness of those pushbuttons to the burners.
A spill from a pot or pan.... and those buttons are now contaminated.
Yeah, my cousins had to order new controls for theirs after spilling hot grease into them. The new assembly had knobs instead of pushbuttons.
 
Yeah, my cousins had to order new controls for theirs after spilling hot grease into them. The new assembly had knobs instead of pushbuttons.
Yes, see?...... lack of Common Sense in GE's design department.
I also never liked those rear splash panel range designs, requiring you to reach over hot pots to adjust burner settings.
The potential to reach over steaming pots to turn down the flame/temp, and you get a nice armfull of burns.

Thankfully, my 1993 Tappan Series 110 has the control panel in front, above the oven door.
 
I knew several people with the GE built-in cooktops. Two neighbors had the remote mounted controls - one on the wall off to the side, and the other on the front of the cabinet below. Several others I know had them hood mounted, some with pushbuttons, some with knobs. Frigidaire cooktops also had the integral controls, but they were always knobs.
 
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