I'm looking for a 40 inch range. Bought a new house and moving in a few
weeks. The spot for the range is now occupied with a Frigidaire electric
range that looks like it was made for the Jetsons. Came from the period
when space age look was in. It slides the burners out and has a lot of
baking and broiling space.

But it is an antique. Gotto go. Will be using it in the garage or the
outside porch for summer cooking. It is a looker. Maybe I sell it on Ebay
for $5000.00? Nah That'd be too lucky.

What I'm looking for is a modern STAINLESS steel 40 incher that will not
kill my budget. I'd like to keep it under $2000.00

Any comments or experiences with this would be appreciated. I had looked
at a couple - Frigidaire, and a few more but nothing that jumped out at me
yet.

Thanks ahead for inputs. (Also looking for a matching Stainless
refrigerator for around $1000.00 or less. )


Robocheese

Food is good. Eat.

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 02:16:50 GMT, Robocheese
wrote:

I'm looking for a 40 inch range. Bought a new house and moving in a few
weeks. The spot for the range is now occupied with a Frigidaire electric
range that looks like it was made for the Jetsons. Came from the period
when space age look was in. It slides the burners out and has a lot of
baking and broiling space.

That sounds exactly like the unit my house came with, except it was
branded Tappan. Does it have a main oven and broiler/auxilliary oven
overhead with the glass windowed doors? That was a great range, but
the broiler died on mine and I couldn't find anyone with replacement
parts.

But it is an antique. Gotto go. Will be using it in the garage or the
outside porch for summer cooking. It is a looker. Maybe I sell it on Ebay
for $5000.00? Nah That'd be too lucky.

What I'm looking for is a modern STAINLESS steel 40 incher that will not
kill my budget. I'd like to keep it under $2000.00

Any comments or experiences with this would be appreciated. I had looked
at a couple - Frigidaire, and a few more but nothing that jumped out at me
yet.

The only two 40" units I found were a European-made unit that made me
worry about getting parts, and a dual-fuel Kenmore Elite that I ended
up buying. It was a bit over $2k, if I'm remembering correctly, and
I'm not sure I would recommend it. It's nice, it's got 5 burners and
two ovens, and it is stainless steel, but it's definitely a consumer
product at heart. They put the burner controls on top instead of on
the front, which is just dumb. And it's tough finding cookware pieces
that'll fit in the narrow auxilliary oven.

Thanks ahead for inputs. (Also looking for a matching Stainless
refrigerator for around $1000.00 or less. )

We just got a GE side-by-side with ice and filtered water in the door
for just about $1k. We like it so far.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:33:51 GMT, Bill
Blurted out the following for cryin'outloud!: :

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 02:16:50 GMT, Robocheese
wrote:

I'm looking for a 40 inch range. Bought a new house and moving in a few
weeks. The spot for the range is now occupied with a Frigidaire electric
range that looks like it was made for the Jetsons. Came from the period
when space age look was in. It slides the burners out and has a lot of
baking and broiling space.

That sounds exactly like the unit my house came with, except it was
branded Tappan. Does it have a main oven and broiler/auxilliary oven
overhead with the glass windowed doors? That was a great range, but
the broiler died on mine and I couldn't find anyone with replacement
parts.

It is labeled Frigidaire deluxe something. But it sounds exactly like
your's. Lots of glass and broiler area. Weird. The whole burner area slides
in and out and hides away. It had to be a dream when it first came out. I
look at it as a novelty. Although, they were telling me it worked great.
It's going into the garage. The kitchen has been remodeled brand new, and
they had taken the old cabinets and re-created the old kitchen in the
garage on the side. Sink and all. So the range goes there. Weird, again.
But cute. Plenty of room. Big garage.



The only two 40" units I found were a European-made unit that made me
worry about getting parts, and a dual-fuel Kenmore Elite that I ended
up buying. It was a bit over $2k, if I'm remembering correctly, and
I'm not sure I would recommend it. It's nice, it's got 5 burners and
two ovens, and it is stainless steel, but it's definitely a consumer
product at heart. They put the burner controls on top instead of on
the front, which is just dumb. And it's tough finding cookware pieces
that'll fit in the narrow auxilliary oven.

Thanks ahead for inputs. (Also looking for a matching Stainless
refrigerator for around $1000.00 or less. )

We just got a GE side-by-side with ice and filtered water in the door
for just about $1k. We like it so far.


Yes indeed. The one I had seen on Ebay had the knobs on top. Bad design in
my opinion. I have not found one yet. But still looking.

On the refrigerator, I'm also still looking. I don't like side by side or
freezer on top. I'm 6' 4" tall so I don't want to bend over every time I
open the fridge. The few times I need to get into the freezer, I'll bend
over. But it makes no sense for the freezer to stare you in the face, and
the food you need daily is at knee level. Boggles the mind.



Robocheese

Food is good. Eat.

Oh, I has one of those in my youth, I loved it!!. It was a small kitchen so
I had room to move about when the burners where pushed in, tricky when they
were out. I always kept the top oven for baking and the bottom for everyday
cooking. The problem I have now with my single oven is that before baking
bread it has to be cleaned or the grease splatters burn off and flavor the
bread. As I never really seems to keep clean I have mostly stopped baking,
pity.
Doug.
..
It is labeled Frigidaire deluxe something. But it sounds exactly like
your's. Lots of glass and broiler area. Weird. The whole burner area
slides
in and out and hides away. It had to be a dream when it first came out. I
look at it as a novelty.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:26:13 GMT, "Doug Cutler"
Blurted out the following for cryin'outloud!: :

Oh, I has one of those in my youth, I loved it!!. It was a small kitchen so
I had room to move about when the burners where pushed in, tricky when they
were out. I always kept the top oven for baking and the bottom for everyday
cooking. The problem I have now with my single oven is that before baking
bread it has to be cleaned or the grease splatters burn off and flavor the
bread. As I never really seems to keep clean I have mostly stopped baking,
pity.
Doug.

I gave up on the 40 inch ones to replace the Jetson's range. I might sell
it. Or just keep it in the garage in the second kitchen.

I've decided on the Maytag 30 inch from Sears. I'll just have to do
something extra with the extra 10 inches. (Cough.) My wife says we have
Home Depot custom make an extension to match the rest of the cabinetry.
(Gulp.) Wonder what that'll cost. She insists though. So I'm screwed. It's
gotto be good and we can't have gaps says she. I do see the point, it's
just not AS important to me as it is to her. And to think that I do most
the cooking. Oh well. She's awesome. She's worth it

The good news is that what I save on getting a 30 incher, will cover the
cost of the cabinet. I think. I hope.

The Maytag has a 16000 BTU burner. A dream come true. I had never had
enough power to cook right. Especially Wok cooking and other things needing
high heat.

I'm still scared about the cabinet piece they'd have to match. Yikes.


Robocheese

Food is good. Eat.

Robosleaze writes:

"Doug Cutler" writes:

Oh, I has one of those in my youth, I loved it!!. It was a small kitchen

I've decided on the Maytag 30 inch from Sears. It's
got to be good and we can't have gaps says she.
And to think that I do most the cooking.
Oh well. She's awesome. She's worth it

Yeah, 25¢

I'm still scared about the cabinet piece they'd have to match. Yikes.

Fill that space with a trash compactor, for all your fercocktah cooking. LOL

Home Depot CRAPO cabinets... Ahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .


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On 19 Oct 2003 00:32:00 GMT, (PENMART01) Blurted out
the following for cryin'outloud!: :

Robosleaze writes:

"Doug Cutler" writes:

Oh, I has one of those in my youth, I loved it!!. It was a small kitchen

I've decided on the Maytag 30 inch from Sears. It's
got to be good and we can't have gaps says she.
And to think that I do most the cooking.
Oh well. She's awesome. She's worth it

Yeah, 25¢

I'm still scared about the cabinet piece they'd have to match. Yikes.

Fill that space with a trash compactor, for all your fercocktah cooking. LOL

Home Depot CRAPO cabinets... Ahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."


Thank you for your valuable input. As always, your opinions are well
worth the small amount of abuse you dish out. Please keep on posting. And
don't forget about my mother.

It is obvious why you're so highly regarded in this newsgroup.





Robocheese

Food is good. Eat.