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Thread Number: 52418
Looking for an ID on my late Aunt's Tappan. |
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| Post# 747243 , Reply# 1 4/3/2014 at 04:11 (3,673 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Post# 747338 , Reply# 2 4/3/2014 at 15:28 (3,672 days old) by appliguy  (Oakton Va.) |
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Thats a good idea Laundromat except... | ||
| Post# 747401 , Reply# 3 4/3/2014 at 20:27 (3,672 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Robyn:
A similar Tappan from about 1980 was recently posted in Shopper's Square; a link is below. I will warn you that I posted my opinion of Tappans of that era in the thread, so I hope you will understand that it's my opinion, and won't be offended.
The range is in Palm Springs, CA: CLICK HERE TO GO TO danemodsandy's LINK 
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| Post# 747475 , Reply# 5 4/4/2014 at 03:51 (3,672 days old) by 1952Crestwood () | ||
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Edit to my post above... I remembered that I had a picture of my friend's Mom's Tappan. I had the color wrong as it was more of an Almond color than Harvest. I recall the receipt for this one was dated May 1979. 
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Post# 1019284 , Reply# 7 12/28/2018 at 10:27 (1,943 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Tappan Range In Post #6  | ||
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Post# 1019330 , Reply# 8 12/28/2018 at 17:14 (1,942 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Yeah, those flat burner valves were an early '70s Tappan thing. Mid to late '70s the round ones (like on the Convectionaire) were used by them...that Convectionaire actually was a technically pretty sophisticated stove (only similarly sophisticated of the time were the Calorics….Magic Chef/Hardwick/Roper were cheaper/chintzier/builder-grade. Had a friend with the Convectionaire (in harvest gold) who was a good cook from about 1978-on....she had to alter recipes to get them right, but once time/temp adjusted it worked well for her for 20 years. One quirk was that it didn't have a broiling element/burner so blew hot air onto the food to broil--worked very well for browning casseroles/melting cheese/etc.
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Post# 1019357 , Reply# 9 12/29/2018 at 07:34 (1,942 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Tappans Convectionair Ranges Were the first full sized US ranges with full convection [ fan forced ] ovens.
Tappan sold both electric and gas models of this range, because all the heated air came from the top of the oven you had to relearn how to cook, some things worked well and others were almost impossible to cook like a pizza because there was no easy way to ever get the bottom to brown.
The next full convection oven to appear was the Coloric Micro-Convection Gas Range, this oven had the heated air coming from the rear of the oven at the top and while like most convection ovens it heated unevenly is was far better than the Tappan CA oven.
There have only been a few limited attempts to have a full convection oven as part of a full sized range since these two earlier attempts, this is why ALL current convection ovens allow you to turn off the fan and use the oven in conventional mode so delicate and sensitive items can bake and brown evenly.
John L. | ||
| Post# 1019477 , Reply# 10 12/30/2018 at 11:14 (1,941 days old) by Ro25ah ( ) | ||
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Wow John L. You were right on! My stove is from 1993! Now I don't feel guilty about updating. Thanks!
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