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30 inch pullout drawer gas range SF C/L
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Post# 808983   2/12/2015 at 21:50 (3,360 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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Can't quite make out the brand...

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Post# 808997 , Reply# 1   2/13/2015 at 00:32 (3,359 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
Oh, wow!

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Oh, I love that!  Too bad the price tag, but it does look in nice shape.


Post# 809003 , Reply# 2   2/13/2015 at 01:18 (3,359 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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Wow -- gas is unusual. 

 

Nate, that would be a beautiful and space-saving addition to your kitchen.  I'll bet it could be had for half the asking price. 

 

Let me know if I can help secure it for you.


Post# 809020 , Reply# 3   2/13/2015 at 05:42 (3,359 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA )        

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That looks very Roper/Kenmore

Post# 809022 , Reply# 4   2/13/2015 at 06:13 (3,359 days old) by Goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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That's what I was thinking, Roper.


Post# 809023 , Reply# 5   2/13/2015 at 06:40 (3,359 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
Roper

Called it the Charm, Kenmore the Classic.

Post# 809035 , Reply# 6   2/13/2015 at 07:46 (3,359 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )        

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I've been trying to find the cursive written brand and model -but I'll go with the consensus above. But the writing, which I like a lot, doesn't look like Roper or Sears…whatever the label, this is a nice looking stove.

This stove is to the right another (maybe 30")pull-out drawer stove - Frigidaire maybe.


Post# 809047 , Reply# 7   2/13/2015 at 10:00 (3,359 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ)        

Agreed, rp2813. Major space saving.

I still don't understand how something like this is not still made. It'd be a hit in micro-apartment cities like Boston and New York. I can easily see a model with just the burners and upper oven being very popular.

Jim


Post# 809048 , Reply# 8   2/13/2015 at 10:01 (3,359 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

You don't want to ask about the gaskets between the two oven doors. What they had available then did not stand up to the heat and grease. Any replacement today is a custom job only as good as the imagination and ingenuity of the person doing the replacement work.

Like the electric model last week, this one blocks access to the lower oven when the cooktop is pulled out.

Give this range a wide berth unless it is to be used as a museum or period piece in a stage setting.



Post# 809200 , Reply# 9   2/14/2015 at 01:10 (3,358 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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It's a,Sears Lady Kenmore. One of our upper class neighbors had this. Theirs had a built in rotisery in it. Our homes were all built on concrete slabs. No upstairs. No basement. The originals had Magic Chef 36"basic gas stoves with no oven pilot. You had to turn on the gas,hold a lit match to the hole to light the flame but sometimes, it would be too much gas that built up in the cavity and it would explode. Most of our neighbors replaced theirs with new thirty inch wide models giving some more space to possibly fit a built in dishwasher to the cabinetry. We had a forty inch wide deep double bowl sink that,again,mostly our wealthier neighbors replaced with a single bowl and would cut out the storage cabinet to put in a new built in dishwasher, a stacked washer dryer,and/or a combination all in one washer dryer.

Post# 810937 , Reply# 10   2/24/2015 at 14:06 (3,348 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
Lovely

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I love it--I'd use the bejesus out of it, and in our space, it would make sense.   But I can do a lot with $500 in other places.  :-)  Not that it isn't worth it, since it is obviously beautifully cared for...


Post# 811721 , Reply# 11   3/1/2015 at 10:09 (3,343 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ)        

Thanks for all the info, guys. I find this design fascinating.

I do have a question, though. Did any company ever make a GAS unit like this with just the cooktop and the upper ovens? I'm talking about a GAS version of something like the Flair (pic/link below) that sat on the regular cabinetry?

With my back and hips I'd never use a lower oven if an upper one were available, lol.

Thanks,

Jim






Post# 811722 , Reply# 12   3/1/2015 at 10:10 (3,343 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ)        
Image didn't make it!

Here's what I'm talking about:

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Post# 811727 , Reply# 13   3/1/2015 at 10:55 (3,343 days old) by appnut (TX)        
a GAS unit like this with just the cooktop and the upper ov

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Jim, wouldn't this be something like a gas Tappan Fabulous 400?  Didn't they make a gas version of that?  Didn't someone in the LA area have one of those in pristine shape but for sale for $2000? 


Post# 811735 , Reply# 14   3/1/2015 at 11:23 (3,343 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ)        
Thanks!

I couldn't find pics, but found plenty of mentions of it in gas. I also found a competing model, the Roper Charm (pic attached).

Now I've 2 units to keep in mind :-)

I'm mystified as to why this design never took off. You can't tell me a chest height oven is harder to use than one down at shin level or a swing-up oven door is more cumbersome than one with bottom hinges. I just don't buy it. In fact, one of the articles I flew through just now stated that since the age of the Flair, et al. stove/oven design has gone backward, not forward.

Thanks again,

Jim




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