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Thread Number: 91391
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
Who made this vintage wall oven |
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| Post# 1159022 9/7/2022 at 21:56 (586 days old) by Floyde (Los Angeles, CA) | ||
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Can some one tell me maker or model. Opens like a fridge. Hinged on the right
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Post# 1159024 , Reply# 1 9/7/2022 at 22:09 (586 days old) by bradfordwhite  (central U.S.) |
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most likely
Westinghouse.
My Aunt had that when she built her ranch house in '72 CLICK HERE TO GO TO bradfordwhite's LINK | ||
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Post# 1159026 , Reply# 2 9/7/2022 at 22:44 (586 days old) by Steved (Guilderland, New York) |
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Pre WCI Westinghouse | ||
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Post# 1159030 , Reply# 3 9/8/2022 at 01:36 (586 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Definately | ||
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Post# 1159034 , Reply# 4 9/8/2022 at 03:17 (586 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 1159043 , Reply# 5 9/8/2022 at 06:57 (586 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York) |
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better view Here's a similar oven
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Post# 1159056 , Reply# 6 9/8/2022 at 11:38 (586 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1159074 , Reply# 7 9/8/2022 at 16:12 (585 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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You are right. | ||
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Post# 1159105 , Reply# 8 9/9/2022 at 03:26 (585 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Double Oven
April 1976 but that style was around for a good while
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Post# 1159129 , Reply# 9 9/9/2022 at 11:26 (585 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 1159178 , Reply# 10 9/9/2022 at 21:51 (584 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 1159182 , Reply# 11 9/9/2022 at 22:17 (584 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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I'll be sticking with my GE P*7 wall oven. Door opens "normally" and it also can do an awesome self-clean. Granted I don't bake a lot, mostly use it for cooking pre-made entrees (like frozen lasagna). And for stuff like steak, chicken, and turkey I use the propane fired grill with rotisserie out on the patio.
Eventually I'd like to convert that to NG, but it gets used so sporadically it's not really worth the effort. Especially since I discovered the propane tank to grill hook up wasn't fully sealing. Fixed that a couple months ago and now a new cylinder is lasting much longer. LOL. Safer, too. I've also started shutting off the cylinder at the tank, once cooking is done. That's kind of a chore, since the tank is hidden inside a cabinet in a difficult-to-reach location, but it can and has been done regularly. The difficult location is probably why at least one tank had a slowly leaking hook-up. I was wondering why the propane was getting consumed so fast. Duh! | ||
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Post# 1159241 , Reply# 12 9/10/2022 at 19:13 (583 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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This design eliminated the heavy metal hinges and springs in the traditional downward opening doors. If there was a cheaper way to do it, they found it, like the lower dishwasher rack that had no wheels, just glides that slid along the rails in the tub and eventually wore holes in the tub. | ||
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Post# 1159273 , Reply# 13 9/11/2022 at 03:57 (583 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Post# 1159278 , Reply# 14 9/11/2022 at 04:53 (583 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1159281 , Reply# 15 9/11/2022 at 05:52 (583 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Westinghouse
I have checked back through my old kitchen brochures and this style of Westinghouse oven was around from at least 1970 if not slightly before.
Whilst drop down doors have their advantages, and seem pretty universal in built ins these days, side opening doors have their advantages too, especially in smaller kitchens where you would have to stand beside the oven with the door open rather than in front of it | ||
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Post# 1159309 , Reply# 18 9/11/2022 at 11:08 (583 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Check your medication. | ||
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Post# 1159312 , Reply# 19 9/11/2022 at 11:31 (583 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1159332 , Reply# 20 9/11/2022 at 17:07 (582 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Post# 1159341 , Reply# 21 9/11/2022 at 19:46 (582 days old) by Lotsosudz (Sacramento, CA) |
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I thought it was a good idea | ||
| Post# 1159351 , Reply# 22 9/11/2022 at 21:40 (582 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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My cousin Built their house in 1966, this was the oven they used, Westinghouse ovens are wonderful baking ovens. | ||
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Post# 1159445 , Reply# 23 9/13/2022 at 08:40 (581 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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I've used drop-door and side-swing ovens, both in ranges and on built-in oven units but my absolute fave is the Frigidaire Flair "swing up" oven door! It works best for me (I'm not tall) and I find with increasing joint issues that getting a pan or dish out of the oven is so much easier when I don't have to reach over an oven door... (Now, what shall I do when I get that 66 Frigidaire Electri-Clean range baking again... LOL) | ||
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Post# 1159451 , Reply# 24 9/13/2022 at 09:59 (581 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Westinghouse side swing oven door wall ovens
These were good baking ovens, relatively simple in design and construction but had lots of wiring problems like other Westinghouse cooking products of this time.
Most frequent problems were burned up wires and contacts on the thermostats and burned wires on the bake and broil elements which were very difficult to fix you had to take the whole oven out of the wall and take it completely apart As well as burn wiring and cheap clocks which would keep the ovens from working at all. The side swing doors were cheaper build and handy in some locations but more dangerous to use as others mention you can bump your elbow on the hot door and might cause you to drop some thing you might also pull a pan or something out of it and tip it back on to yourself and scald yourself with hot liquid where the door would normally protect you if it was below what you doing. This design of an also did not feature a self cleaning oven or even a variable broil control so they were pretty simple and not very versatile. John L | ||
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Post# 1159499 , Reply# 25 9/13/2022 at 19:16 (580 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1159542 , Reply# 26 9/14/2022 at 07:47 (580 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Neff Hide N Slide is the best one  | ||
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