Ward SIgnature version of electric Tappan Fabulous 400

[daveamkrayoguy]

Saw it & wondered if it was the original Tappan, then read the nameplate:

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Near me in Ferndale, MI actually...

Montgomery Ward Menu Magic Cooking Center


-- Dave

 

[jamiel]

Very intriguing. Wonder if the burner arrangement changed from the Tappan design?

 

[luxflairguy]

No they did not! As with the Tappans only one big burner.

 

[vacerator]

Signature Menu Magic ranges usually mirrored their Tappan equivalents. Gallery warming shelf and double oven series too. Wards sold a version of the warming shelf Gallery in a gas self cleaning model with an integral exhaust fan and electronic oven ignition. Big Lemon. I think every one was returned or recalled. Sad because my mom loved it other than the oven wouldn't ignite most of the time. My aunt's too. Service call were several within h the first two month's to either adjust the ignitors or replace. The oven and kitchen began to fill with gas. I recall two red insulators with inverted L spark ignitors under the bottom pan. They moved if you touched them. I suspect that heating and cooling made them move out of spark range.