Never seen one like this before - Frigidaire 30-inch 3-burner range

That's a 1969-70 RE-30P, the BOL self-cleaning model, the only model that wasn't even designated as a "Super" in the "P" lineup.

The cleaning cycle isn't timed, there's no oven light, not even a "bake" light for the oven, no surface unit light or a power outlet and there's no storage drawer...

The model above, the RSAE-30P was an economy version of the Super, still didn't feature a storage drawer, a power outlet or a clock/timer but it did have a few extras like an automatic oven light, pilot lights for the surface units and the oven, a timer for the cleaning cycle (at least!) and 4 burners (3 6" and 1 8")!

It also had the new 180° rotation switches for the burners that all Frigidaire free-standing ranges but the RE-30P featured that year (the drop-ins, cook tops, Flair, High Oven and Twin 30 those with the high oven still had regular full rotation or almost full rotation burner switches).

The regular Super RSE-36P added the cookmaster, appliance outlet and a storage drawer. This is the more common model.

The one I'd like to find is the RSEW-36P, the model with the instant hot water tap. I always thought that was a weird feature to have on a range!

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Post# 880437 5/12/2016 at 08:09 (2,899 days old) by turquoisedude (.)
Checkrate/Likes 1 What an odd combination... 3 burners but a self-cleaning oven and in a 30-inch unit. Could this have been a builder's model?? It looks to be in decent shape too. CLICK HERE TO GO TO turquoisedude's LINK on Cincinnati Craigslist Photos... < > Photo 1 of 3 View Full Size This post was last edited 05/12/2016 at 10:48

Post# 880441 , Reply# 1 5/12/2016 at 08:16 (2,899 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)
Checkrate/Likes Dayum! It does not even have the timer GE put on their self cleaners that did not have clocks.

Post# 880477 , Reply# 2 5/12/2016 at 16:42 (2,899 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)
Checkrate/Likes very unusual.

Post# 880489 , Reply# 3 5/12/2016 at 18:34 (2,899 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)
Checkrate/Likes Very odd to omit a burner and still give it a self-cleaning oven. Seems to me like there couldn't have been much savings from the special tooling or processes required to produce this model.

Post# 880586 , Reply# 4 5/13/2016 at 12:40 (2,898 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)
Checkrate/Likes 1 That's a 1969-70 RE-30P, the BOL self-cleaning model, the only model that wasn't even designated as a "Super" in the "P" lineup. The cleaning cycle isn't timed, there's no oven light, not even a "bake" light for the oven, no surface unit light or a power outlet and there's no storage drawer... The model above, the RSAE-30P was an economy version of the Super, still didn't feature a storage drawer, a power outlet or a clock/timer but it did have a few extras like an automatic oven light, pilot lights for the surface units and the oven, a timer for the cleaning cycle (at least!) and 4 burners (3 6" and 1 8")! It also had the new 180° rotation switches for the burners that all Frigidaire free-standing ranges but the RE-30P featured that year (the drop-ins, cook tops, Flair, High Oven and Twin 30 those with the high oven still had regular full rotation or almost full rotation burner switches). The regular Super RSE-36P added the cookmaster, appliance outlet and a storage drawer. This is the more common model. The one I'd like to find is the RSEW-36P, the model with the instant hot water tap. I always thought that was a weird feature to have on a range! View Full Size

Post# 880590 , Reply# 5 5/13/2016 at 12:54 (2,898 days old) by turquoisedude (.)
Checkrate/Likes WHOA! A built-in hot water dispenser?? It actually sounds like a good idea but I'll bet it was a royal pain to service one of those ranges. Water, high voltage electricity, copper pipes; if Hubby found one, it could be 'blamed' on my demise quite easily...

Post# 880605 , Reply# 6 5/13/2016 at 15:37 (2,898 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)
Checkrate/Likes It's funny about the hot water dispenser. I remembered the ads for it when I saw the manual for Frigidaire's first range with surface units like manhole covers. They recommended an electric water kettle for use with the range. I will give you a reason why. For a breakfast menu, they suggested drip coffee, bacon and eggs. After the water was boiled and the element switched off, a skillet was placed on the unit and bacon was put in it. The bacon was cooked and removed and then eggs were added to the skillet and cooked. That is a hell of a lot of hold-over heat which is why firing up one of those surface units just to boil water was sort of like firing a locomotive's boiler (in the time involved) and then going nowhere and wasting all of that steam, not that train yards did not keep a switch engine simmering at the ready for any needed shuttling about of cars, but a kitchen is not a train yard. Is that sentence almost Faulknerian in length?