Vintage Stove - practical or not?
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Comments (18)We have had our Big Chill fridge for almost a year. It is awesome, and, yes, it is energy star rated because it is a Whirlpool model re-skinned. It was pricey, but we were able to use our state energy star rebate for 15% on it, so that's about as good of a deal as we're going to get. I could never find a blue one on CL or ebay. We ordered it from our in-state dealer to get the rebate, and it drop-shipped from Big Chill in 2-3 weeks. I agree with P, the real vintage fridges are small, expensive to refurbish because of hazardous chemicals, and most require manual defrosting. Ours is about 21-22 cu ft, so if you need a bigger fridge, this clearly won't work for you unless you have space for another fridge. Old former fridge was only 18 cu ft, so this size works for us. We don't have kids. The range is a Samsung induction. I really wanted a range with modern features, though a vintage stove would be awesome. However, we'd have to run a gas line to install one. I don't care for most vintage electric ranges. We could get the DW panel from Big Chill, but we like having the fridge as the focal point....See MoreRepairing or Replacing vintage stove? (pix)
Comments (14)Ginger, if the burner/grill/broiler pilots are on but not the oven pilot (it has its own), it might be your safety valve -- look inside the warming drawers, etc, and see if it's mounted somewhere inside there. You hold down the red button and let it out slowly as you light the oven pilot. These darned pickle safety valves are the one thing that have broken twice on my own old OKM stove, still in regular daily heavy use in my house. (There's a dude out in CA who can repair them, name escapes me but easy to google and locate him.) If the oven pilot works but the oven element isn't lighting when you turn up the oven dial, it may mean there's a blockage, usually gunk in one of the holes that feeds the gas or air to the oven element (or else the pilot has been knocked around and bent somehow too far away to reach the element). Get a flashlight and open the floor of the oven to take a look. To clean, *turn off the gas completely for safety*, get a sharp darning needle (a toothpick is the right size but may break off and make things worse) and clean each tiny hole....See MoreWhere can I sell a Vintage O'Keefe & Merritt Aristocrat Stove?
Comments (12)We bought a 40s okm in Los Angeles back in the 70's. It was covered with thick layers of grease. After cleaning it looked and worked like new. It was huge and we had to take the moulding off of the rooms of our 20's bungalow rental to get it into the kitchen. I was so sad to leave it there when we moved but had no choice. Our landlord hated the stove and after we left he took a hatchet to it to get it out of the house. I was heartbroken. I would love another....See MoreExperiences with vintage electric stoves?
Comments (8)Celadon, I know people love induction. But I've just had too many dinners spoiled by an induction cooker that turned itself off because the pot wasn't just so on the burner, or for some other unidentifiable reason. It is clearly beyond my powers! Plus, I love my grandmother's aluminium pots, which won't work on an induction hob....See Morepeace_rose
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