Thread Number: 88608
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
1959 Thermador Wall Oven crush: plea for advice |
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Post# 1131462 , Reply# 1   10/19/2021 at 20:46 (891 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
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of more help.....but these are/were solid performers, and the great American writer of home baking, Maida Heatter had these wall ovens, I can give no higher accolade. Lawrence/Maytagbear |
Post# 1131470 , Reply# 2   10/19/2021 at 23:53 (891 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1131499 , Reply# 4   10/20/2021 at 10:44 (890 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 1131524 , Reply# 5   10/20/2021 at 18:40 (890 days old) by Lisac (Fayetteville, Arkansas)   |   | |
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Hi back! I’ve been wondering if that’s vitrilite or some other glass backsplash. It seems too big for tile and doesn’t go with what I am guessing is floor put in in 1992. I saved the photo so I can contemplate cabinets like that even if we don’t get the ovens. Lisa C |
Post# 1131525 , Reply# 6   10/20/2021 at 18:46 (890 days old) by Steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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Back in the 50’s most wall ovens were only available as single units. Many manufacturers built a basic unit with no frills as a companion oven. Your bottom oven has just the thermostat dial. GE and Westinghouse both showed a basic oven as a second unit in their advertising. |
Post# 1131529 , Reply# 7   10/20/2021 at 19:15 (890 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1131535 , Reply# 8   10/20/2021 at 20:52 (890 days old) by Lisac (Fayetteville, Arkansas)   |   | |
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Steve, that makes sense. I’m getting a crash course in Thermador ovens this week. Thank you! Lisa C |
Post# 1131597 , Reply# 9   10/21/2021 at 15:51 (889 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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My workplace as a teen had the 1950’s model kitchen with AJ Lindeman and Hoverson built-ins. If I remember correctly later turned into Thermador. Correct me if I’m wrong. However the L&H built-ins were identical to those Thermador shown.
We had the warming drawers. They were slim / shallow as is typical and worked nicely. I had the oven repaired by a local shop (this was about 1980). The coil elements were shot. They brought in generic bake / broil Calrod “trays” that they screwed in place of the old coils. Worked fine and a great fix but nobody today seems to know what I am talking about. |
Post# 1131738 , Reply# 11   10/23/2021 at 21:41 (887 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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I always associate (well, not always or exclusively) Thermador with Eichler. |
Post# 1131972 , Reply# 12   10/26/2021 at 10:53 (884 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Was then the very highest priced wall oven and cook tops built this one pictured is earlier than 59, early 50s probably, The thermostats used in many were Wilcolators or Robertshaws.No better wall over has ever been built. |
Post# 1132129 , Reply# 13   10/28/2021 at 00:10 (883 days old) by sarahperdue (Alabama)   |   | |
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The Memphis kitchen where I got my first set of Geneva cabinets had the 42" Thermador cooktop and two warming drawers. The wall ovens had been replaced. IIRC, one of the drawers was labeled Thermador and the other was labeled L&H. Otherwise, they were identical.
I also had Thermador wall oven crush for a while before settling on the Frigidaire Custom Imperial with French doors on the upper oven. |