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In Search of Cutout for Old Jenn Air Wall Oven

15 years ago

My parents are looking to replace an old Jenn Air double Wall Oven from the 1970's (guessing). We are in search of the cutouts, prior to ordering a new oven in order to limit our search as they want as little modification to the wall as possible, as the unit is mounted in brick and not cabinetry.

The model is 3600ESC. We contacted Jenn Air/Whirlpool - and they claim not to have records that far back, which I suspect is true given that the brand has changed hands a few times over the years.

Anybody have any ideas?? I believe the unit is a 27" double electric wall oven.

Thanks in advance!

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flaamy
15 years ago
I just went though this with my old Whirlpool wall oven. I found it was important to measure not only the cutout, but the overall dimension of the existing unit as well.

I had to "pull out" the oven from the wall a few inches to measure. I was surprised that ours was really only held in place by a few screws on each side and then pulled right out. Just flip your breaker beforehand to be safe.

I found that the area covered by the exiting oven's trim was discolored and would need to be hidden by the new unit. So in the end, the overall dimension became important in our selection as well.

I used the AJMadison site to compare dimensions and then only considered those that would fit. For us, KitchenAid met the criteia best.

Good luck !
gramm6654
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you for the advice - those are great tips and I will pass them along to my parents...especially about the discoloration behind the old unit!

I'm hoping to find the measurements somewhere as my parents live out of state and I would rather not have my dad take out the unit. The only thing I have been able to find online are line drawings of assembly - more for parts replacement than anything.
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Fori
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If they're in a tract, they might be able to get information from neighbors who have been through the same thing.
gramm6654
Original Author
15 years ago
Appreciate the response and idea. The people on this forum as so kind to respond to messages such as mine.

Of course my parents live out in the middle of nowhere on 10 acres.
Penelope
15 years ago
You can still find parts for it, I looked at repairclinic.com Perhaps they'd have the stats on it.

We bought a new oven recently and the appliance store had a set price, $100 or $150, for technicians to come out and measure to confirm that a replacement would fit. We picked out several models we were interested in ahead of time but it turned out none of them fit; however, they found a couple that did work. In our case it involved taking a bit off in one direction and adding a bit in the other. For a brick opening you probably couldn't enlarge, but you might be able to build in with trim pieces.

It is *so* aggravating that built-in appliances, at least ovens, aren't standard.

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