What appliances have a permanent residence on your kitchen counters?
Lindsey R.
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Comments (49)Panasonic microwave oven model NE-7850 (700 watts) purchased in 1983 and still running. Replaced light bulb, fuse, turntable belt (turntable belt was the most recent replacement, July 2009.) I love the layout of the touch pads, it just has four buttons for time entry. 10 minute, 1 minute, 10 second, 1 second. So if you wanted 5 minutes and 30 seconds, you would hit the 1 minute button 5 times and the 10 second button 3 times then start. Six power levels. Auto Cook, Auto Defrost by weight. Push button pull handle. Built solid and very heavy. Quiet. Realizing this thing wont last forever I replaced it with a Panasoinc NN-H965B but hanging on to the old one. The new Panasonic can't compare to overall quality of the 26 year old model. Already I don't like the push to open button under the touch pads. Door gets all finger prints from just closing the door and it's black, not stainless. Very noisy fan, way noisier than the old one. Very hollow sounding when closing the door and light in weight. Closing the door pushes the whole oven back if it's not against the wall. It has a good button layout and is not confusing but display is not as clear and looks washed out (especially when not viewing the display at eye level, this is a countertop model so you do look down at it). I know I'll never get 20 years out of it but I'll have the old one to fall back on....See MoreWhat's your noisiest kitchen appliance?
Comments (16)Loudest? The fridge's in-door ice dispenser. The solenoid makes a loud thunk when it engages and again when it disengages, not to mention the actual sound of the ice being moved/crushed. BUT, the sound I find most objectionable is the fridge running, mainly because the newer fridges run all the time. The ones I have now (Whirlpool side-by-side, Frigidaire Gallery) are reasonably quiet, but they still make audible noise. The fans inside the freezers seem to the the most offending compared to the fans below the fridge and the motorized damper. I've been trying to think of a way to fix this but haven't come up with a viable alternative yet....See MoreIf stainless counter in period kitchen, what color appliances?
Comments (7)Get what makes you happy!!! So what if stainless has gone mass production. If you like it, you like it. 10 years ago one of my friends complemented my mother on her stainless oven...from 1965. It'll never completely go away. If you're more interested in the period look, or don't like the way the stainless looks with the stainless counter (and there are sevetyleven different colors of stainless), you can't go wrong with panels. But they do cost more. And it doesn't sound like you like them. That said, yes, you can paint custom panels. I've seen people do art on them. Chalkboard paint. Mirrors (the unbreakable steel kind). Faux fur zebra covered. So long as you don't add too much weight--I wouldn't do mosaic tiles--you can do just about anything with custom panels. There are companies that specialize in period panels for appliances. You can make your fridge look like an icebox. There are even fridges that are specifically made to look like and open like iceboxes, with the several doors. You can also panel dishwasher drawers to make them look like staples bins. Or just cabinets. You can panel anything except an oven. And there are even cabinets that can enclose ovens entirely for people who refuse to see them. The first appliances were cast iron ranges. There were wooden iceboxes--most of the ones I've seen have been oak. My father even remembers the iceman whose horse knew the route. After that things got very white enamel. Fancy ranges also came in colors, at least starting in the '20's. I don't really know before that. And there were even fancy ones like this that looks like a dresser (this is a favorite of mine): There are a whole heck of a lot of different things you can do to make a grown in place, or period look for your kitchen. But if you like stainless, just get it!!...See MoreWhat crazy things have appliance salesmen (or your KD) told you ?
Comments (53)How I remember the frustrations of my appliance research! My favourite was when I wanted to see a particular Electrolux fridge and freezer. I had seen Electrolux ICON appliances at a well-known Canadian retailerÂs flagship store in Toronto so I went there to see if they had the models I was interested in. Not finding them, I asked a salesman for help. Oh, he tells me, Electrolux doesnÂt make appliances. Odd, I say, since you have some Electrolux cooktops right over there. Oh no, he says, those are ICON. Yes, I say, Electrolux ICON Â it says so right on them. So he proceeds to scour his Electrolux materials for information about the fridge and freezer, with no success. Finally I tell him I will email him the model numbers and perhaps he can then give me his price. So I email him the model numbers for the units IÂm interested in and I send him the direct link to the fridge and freezer on the Electrolux website. And he sends me a reply email telling me that Electrolux doesnÂt make refrigerators or freezers!!...See Morefungus
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