Westinghouse Circa 1970s
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I wonder what they would get to replace the range which is really a well constructed range.
No, the dishwasher is a Westinghouse, a really awful dishwasher with no detergent dispenser and the timer dial could be turned in either direction, I think. It was very noisy.
The oven had a shallow, maybe half inch thick metal box above the broiler element that served as the smoke eliminator. It had holes in it that matched the pattern of the broiler element just below. During the self clean, only the broiler element operated and the heat of the broiler served to make the smoke eliminator work. I don't know if it was activated charcoal or something more sophisticated, but I doubt it was as sophisticated as GE's platinum screen in the oven vent which, in the early years, had it's own little electric heater. If you wanted to self clean the porcelain reflector pans they were placed on edge, two on each side of the oven, resting on an oven rack and leaning slightly back against the rack supports.
No, the dishwasher is a Westinghouse, a really awful dishwasher with no detergent dispenser and the timer dial could be turned in either direction, I think. It was very noisy.
The oven had a shallow, maybe half inch thick metal box above the broiler element that served as the smoke eliminator. It had holes in it that matched the pattern of the broiler element just below. During the self clean, only the broiler element operated and the heat of the broiler served to make the smoke eliminator work. I don't know if it was activated charcoal or something more sophisticated, but I doubt it was as sophisticated as GE's platinum screen in the oven vent which, in the early years, had it's own little electric heater. If you wanted to self clean the porcelain reflector pans they were placed on edge, two on each side of the oven, resting on an oven rack and leaning slightly back against the rack supports.
Nice stove & quite rare given the popularity of Westinghouse ranges being way behind that of GE, Frigidaire, Roper, Tappan, Sears & Whirlpool...
It looks like it has 3 six-inch units & only 1 eight-inch, though... Does it have the "pan stirrer", mounted under the hood below the upper oven too?
Well, forget the dishwasher, then... My aunt had a newer Westinghouse 1-knob one like that in her apartment, so I pretty much know it's one you'd mostly use just for "dishes", then & run when the noise wouldn't be bother-some...
-- Dave
It looks like it has 3 six-inch units & only 1 eight-inch, though... Does it have the "pan stirrer", mounted under the hood below the upper oven too?
Well, forget the dishwasher, then... My aunt had a newer Westinghouse 1-knob one like that in her apartment, so I pretty much know it's one you'd mostly use just for "dishes", then & run when the noise wouldn't be bother-some...
-- Dave
Cool WH Range
This was a great performing range, the top oven is NOT a MW oven, and this range dose not have the magnetically driven pan stirrer under the RF element. I have a 1966 WH range with this feature and it is very cool.
WH ranges around here were far more popular and much better than Tappan electric, Roper Electric Whirlpool and probably even Sears electric ranges.
The Westinghouse designed and built DW was their last attempt to compete with GEs cheap DWs for the builder market. This WH DW hit a new low for crummy low cost construction almost making D&M DWs look well made LOL. This design did not last long and was modified heavilly when White Industries took control of WH in the mid 1970s, but even after WIs got it it still was never a good DW. I recently got hold of a WH DW like the one in the picture that was almost unused for the museum, someday people can come and see it run, you would be amazed at the short cuts they took and corners that they cut in building this machine.
This was a great performing range, the top oven is NOT a MW oven, and this range dose not have the magnetically driven pan stirrer under the RF element. I have a 1966 WH range with this feature and it is very cool.
WH ranges around here were far more popular and much better than Tappan electric, Roper Electric Whirlpool and probably even Sears electric ranges.
The Westinghouse designed and built DW was their last attempt to compete with GEs cheap DWs for the builder market. This WH DW hit a new low for crummy low cost construction almost making D&M DWs look well made LOL. This design did not last long and was modified heavilly when White Industries took control of WH in the mid 1970s, but even after WIs got it it still was never a good DW. I recently got hold of a WH DW like the one in the picture that was almost unused for the museum, someday people can come and see it run, you would be amazed at the short cuts they took and corners that they cut in building this machine.
Cool WH Range
This was a great performing range, the top oven is NOT a MW oven, and this range dose not have the magnetically driven pan stirrer under the RF element. I have a 1966 WH range with this feature and it is very cool.
WH ranges around here were far more popular and much better than Tappan electric, Roper Electric Whirlpool and probably even Sears electric ranges.
The Westinghouse designed and built DW was their last attempt to compete with GEs cheap DWs for the builder market. This WH DW hit a new low for crummy low cost construction almost making D&M DWs look well made LOL. This design did not last long and was modified heavilly when White Industries took control of WH in the mid 1970s, but even after WIs got it it still was never a good DW. I recently got hold of a WH DW like the one in the picture that was almost unused for the museum, someday people can come and see it run, you would be amazed at the short cuts they took and corners that they cut in building this machine.
This was a great performing range, the top oven is NOT a MW oven, and this range dose not have the magnetically driven pan stirrer under the RF element. I have a 1966 WH range with this feature and it is very cool.
WH ranges around here were far more popular and much better than Tappan electric, Roper Electric Whirlpool and probably even Sears electric ranges.
The Westinghouse designed and built DW was their last attempt to compete with GEs cheap DWs for the builder market. This WH DW hit a new low for crummy low cost construction almost making D&M DWs look well made LOL. This design did not last long and was modified heavilly when White Industries took control of WH in the mid 1970s, but even after WIs got it it still was never a good DW. I recently got hold of a WH DW like the one in the picture that was almost unused for the museum, someday people can come and see it run, you would be amazed at the short cuts they took and corners that they cut in building this machine.
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the dishwasher...
Looks one step below BOL if that's even possible.
Looks one step below BOL if that's even possible.
