Maytag Dutch Oven - $150 (macomb township)

Maytag took an interesting detour from laundry appliances after WW II with their line of ranges, sourced from a manufacturer in Indiana (?). Also, in an effort to offer a "full line" of appliances, Maytag sourced refrigerators and freezers from Amana. This one for sale is from about 1948-49. The slide-lever controls were indeed unique and only lasted a couple of model years, changing to knob/dials on the rear console by 1950.

The Dutch Oven refers to the oven itself. The floor of the oven is actually a 1/4" porcelain steel plate and the cavity itself was insulated with more than double the usual amount of rock-wool insulation. You could heat the oven and after a specified time, turn off the oven and close the damper effectively trapping the heat inside, continuing to roast/bake for hours "with the gas turned off".

I had a later version with knob-type controls, but it was true, the oven would stay hot for hours. The (huge) downside was that it took 45 minutes to pre-heat the oven. Once hot, the oven baked perfectly even and kept the kitchen nice and warm for hours after cooking was done but it was a ridiculous waste of fuel for small jobs like a quick frozen pizza or Jiffy cornbread. Never have I appreciated having small electric cooking appliances like the winter I had a gas range.


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Post# 790037 10/22/2014 at 09:59 (3,483 days old) by mopar65 (Almont MI)
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Post# 790043 , Reply# 1 10/22/2014 at 11:06 (3,483 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN)
Checkrate/Likes *"Dutch Oven"?* This one is throwing me for a loop and the small pictures aren't helping... Is there any kind of "trick" feature that would qualify this a Dutch Oven, or is it just an ad man's gimmick?

Post# 790045 , Reply# 2 10/22/2014 at 11:20 (3,483 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)
Checkrate/Likes *Dutch* the deepwell, rear left "burner" is roughly a Dutch Oven. You could fit a decent soup pot down into it. Coolest thing about this range is the sliding burner controls, center up top, unique.

Post# 790063 , Reply# 3 10/22/2014 at 13:38 (3,483 days old) by mopar65 (Almont MI)
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Post# 790073 , Reply# 4 10/22/2014 at 16:05 (3,483 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes 2 Maytag took an interesting detour from laundry appliances after WW II with their line of ranges, sourced from a manufacturer in Indiana (?). Also, in an effort to offer a "full line" of appliances, Maytag sourced refrigerators and freezers from Amana. This one for sale is from about 1948-49. The slide-lever controls were indeed unique and only lasted a couple of model years, changing to knob/dials on the rear console by 1950. The Dutch Oven refers to the oven itself. The floor of the oven is actually a 1/4" porcelain steel plate and the cavity itself was insulated with more than double the usual amount of rock-wool insulation. You could heat the oven and after a specified time, turn off the oven and close the damper effectively trapping the heat inside, continuing to roast/bake for hours "with the gas turned off". I had a later version with knob-type controls, but it was true, the oven would stay hot for hours. The (huge) downside was that it took 45 minutes to pre-heat the oven. Once hot, the oven baked perfectly even and kept the kitchen nice and warm for hours after cooking was done but it was a ridiculous waste of fuel for small jobs like a quick frozen pizza or Jiffy cornbread. Never have I appreciated having small electric cooking appliances like the winter I had a gas range.

Post# 790124 , Reply# 5 10/22/2014 at 21:07 (3,482 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )
Checkrate/Likes 1 *The manufacturer was* Globe American Co.

Post# 790136 , Reply# 6 10/22/2014 at 22:42 (3,482 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Yes! Thanks, Hans, I couldn't remember what the company's name was. They went out of business quite suddenly in the later part of the 1950s and Maytag decided to drop ranges and refrigeration products completely. I've read in their "Let's Talk Service" bulletins that they got pretty desperate for range parts in the next couple of years as Globe literally locked the doors and everything was done. Must have really been a headache for the staid boys in Newton.

Post# 790143 , Reply# 7 10/22/2014 at 23:10 (3,482 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN)
Checkrate/Likes *Thanks Gansky --* Very interesting information about the heat reservoir and the lack of spare parts. Maybe the price should be lower? I'd hate to be the person buying this on a lark, these are important facts that I'd never guess and really impact the usefulness of the appliance.

Post# 790150 , Reply# 8 10/23/2014 at 00:10 (3,482 days old) by Travis ()
Checkrate/Likes *They're asking $150* If you go much lower, it will be scrap. Gas appliances don't need as many new parts as electric. These seem to turn up fairly often if you need parts.