You can tell years of service and military,navel and utility design left it’s mark. The designers have Aviation’s and a submarine reference towards the functionality. It’s honestly so beautiful and I hope repair manuals and parts will be remanufactured as my generation realizes the beauty and dependably of these.
@@cavalcadeoffoodI think that’s coppertone. That was popular for a long time, then came avocado green as THE appliance color. Smart people purchased white.
Oh my gosh! I'm in vintage stove heaven! I love my 1940s O'keefe & Merritt stove. No griddle in the middle; I only had a 30 inch opening. But that's okay! Cooks and bakes like a gem! :) Have a great day!
@@cavalcadeoffood I used a 1956 O&M 40" gas stove that had a "burner-with-a-brain" equivalent to GE's Sburner. ensi-Temp. Like using an electric skillet! very precise temperature regulation! The burners were arranged in "checkerboard" style. It only had one oven, but the top of the line had a double oven.
@@russ5024 I've heard those were excellent controls on O&M. That checkboard layout is interesting and I guess would come in handy if you were using a lot of big pots. Thanks!
My 92-year-old mom still uses her 1953 40" GE stove, original to her house. I've repaired it several times. My grandmother had the same 40" Hotpoint you have. Your stoves make my 1985 30" GE look newfangled by comparison. I'm using it more now than ever before and it sure was made to last. Thanks for the tour. You also have the early Corning Ware percolator my mom had, with the ceramic rim on top. It was our "tea pitcher" for many years.
Hi Jonathan! Glad to hear your mom is still using her GE range - those were very well built appliances. Yes, yours looks ultra modern by comparison!! Glad you enjoyed the tour - thanks so much!
when people complain that things don't last like they used to, they often conveniently forget that things don't cost what they used to either! A quality stove in the 1950's would have cost several weeks salary for the average working man. Now, we can buy a modern stove for little more than a few days salary. If you want the same quality stove today it's perfectly possible to buy one- you just have to be prepared to spend some serious cash, just as our grandparents would have done.
@@spencerwilton5831 I strongly disagree with you ! we live in a throwaway society, a wasteful society. I don’t mind paying a high price for some thing that actually is worth it ! I’ll give you a for instance, my grandmother had a KitchenAid it lasted over 50 years I bought two new brand new pro ultra KitchenAid they were each over $500 apiece and they’re absolute garbage!! plastic gears . absolute garbage! they make things so they don’t last and that’s what ticks me off!! I hope you have a wonderful day😊
I was brought up using a gas stove. When we moved to AZ everything was electric. Took me a while to get used to cooking on the electric stove. Burned a couple of things. I learned quickly electric doesn’t cool off as fast as gas when you lower the temperature vs lowering the flame. Great video. Loved the French door ovens. Take care guys. See you next time.
Hi Bonnie! I had the same experience in reverse when I had to cook on a gas stove - I was burning things because I wasn't used to the immediate heat. Those French door ovens are the best. Thanks so much!
Hello, I must say this was a most wonderful collection of ELECTRIC STOVES, I also notices many small appliances too. A tour down MEMORY LANE , 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The stoves are just too cool for school. I like the 40 ones with all the separate storage, warming drawers, broilers and such. I think those deep well cookers are so ingenious. Really like the one you got from your friends for birthday. It reminds me of those from the 20's and 30's .
EXCELLENT, informative video! I just purchased a new GE stove, but it's so nice to escape the reality of the present day and go back to these days when stoves were much more-interesting. Thanks for sharing !
I wish I could send you a picture of my stove. My home was built around 1948 and the stove is original to the home. I still use it almost every day. It's 40" wide with all 4 burners on one side and a bare top on the other. It has a regular stove on one side and a smaller bread stove on the other. Everyone admires it & I love it! 😁 It's sort of like one I saw in your video, but it has glass in the oven doors.
Kevin they are soooo stunning I absolutely love them! Especially the French door models!! They are terrific! How I wish I kept my moms Terrace top stove... breaks my heart to think she replaced it and it was scrapped 😢 but luckily I can live vicariously through you because you do have the white version in your home kitchen🥰🥰 Thanks so much for sharing these!! It was such a treat!!! ❤️❤️ Warmly, Jeff xo
Hi Jeff!! Thank you so much! Why they don't still make French doors for ovens is something I don't understand. Such a nice feature and no bending over the door. How great that your mom had a Terrace Top!! Another interesting design and a very good range. Glad I can share mine with you via the videos!! So glad you enjoyed the range room!! Hope all is well!!
The sunken well hob makes so much sense. It could be used to slow cook stews,soup etc. It is also very safe for little children....no pulling pots of scalding liquid on curious tots.
Love your range room, when my husband and I were first married, we had a 40 inch electric stove, just wish I could remember who it was made by. I grew up though with gas ranges, so I never quite got the hang of using the electric range. It was a great looking stove but, it shorted out and when I replaced it, I went back to my gas. Every time I see the stoves with the push buttons, I am reminded of my Dad's Chrysler Newport that had the push button automatic transmission. It was sort of a turquoise blue and I took my driver's license test in it. Fond memories! Thanks Kevin and Ralph!
Hi Cathy! There was a time when a 40-inch stove was the standard. It wasn't until the early 50's when the 30-inch stove started getting popular. Those big stoves were great - many featured double ovens. But were they ever heavy!! Believe me! LOL! I love your memory about the pushbuttons! I remember those Chryslers with the pushbutton transmission - and now some of the new cars have it once again! Thanks so much!
I had a beautiful old stove that had the flat griddle in the middle, and a warming oven, a baking oven, and a broiling oven. I loved it. It was in an old house we rented, and I don't even remember the make of the stove, but I loved cooking on it, and the griddle in the middle which had an enameled cover for when you weren't using it, was the best, most useful item on the stove. It was great for cooking pancakes or even flat grilling steaks.
Hi Bizzy Bee - I don't have one in the collection, but I've seen those ranges with the center griddle. I always thought that was a nice feature and handy for so many things. Sounds like you enjoyed using yours! Thanks!
That was incredible! I'm so glad RUclips suggested me your channel! I could feel the passion and care you put in your collection. It really was an amazing experience. You deserve more views, thank you so much!
Hello Sir, I just came up on your vintage stoves. Let me just say I love everything you collect and have subscribed to your channel for I am sure I will never tire of you. I was however hoping to see a 1950 Philco stove. I cook on mine every day.
Hi Magdaleana! Thank you for watching and subscribing! I don't have a Philco stove in the collection - still haven't found the right one, but I hope to add one someday! Thanks!
I too love the push buttons for the burners…until they wore out and would short. My 60s apartment in Detroit had a stove with the push buttons and sparks practically flew out of one when I pressed it so I never use that burner again.
@@cavalcadeoffood Still though a fab idea (push buttons for everything, Jetson’s style you know). GE was also really into those and offered the buttons even on the vent hood for the burners below. Another burner model let you place the chromed push button control panel on the back wall, to the side or below the burners there on the front cabinet panel. Very stylish… with a red light that glowed to indicate the burners were on. In our 1961 era house, we had coppertone appliances and the burners had white plastic dials (with black knobs) and you would turn them to the heat setting for the burner and each one had an individual light that lit up that dial completely. Just so neat. Nothing today lights up really… except a tiny LED dot.
Thank you so much!. My favorite is still that 40" Westinghouse that you had in the studio kitchen. Also love the white frigidaire with the french oven. i'd love that in my kitchen you do need to add a 1948 GE stratoliner or liberator. my grandmother had one. they have the tele cook pushbuttons that light up blue to red like the westie but with clear pushbuttons. there's one for sale on ebay now for $350. lol thanks again for the great tour
Hi Mark!! I really love that 40" Westinghouse - a great stove all around. I have a 1954 GE Liberator that has the clear pushbuttons that light up different colors - a fun feature! The GE stoves of that era were real tanks and had some pretty advanced features for the time. So glad you liked the tour! Thanks!
Hi Bob - hope you can get your stove repaired. Sounds like there is an electrical short somewhere. A good technician should be able to find the problem and fix it - those old Hotpoint ranges are very nice. Thanks!
Seeing your collection of vintage ranges, and watching vintage GE range videos on RUclips, I'm amazed at the many awesome features many of these old stoves had - and how incredibly short-sighted that some were discontinued. If I had the room, I'd install a vintage GE 40" stove with double oven and the deep well cooker.
Hi David! Some of these ranges really had incredible technology for the time and were designed to make cooking and preparing meals less of a chore. The deep well cooker was a popular feature for many years, and on a lot of the stoves you could convert the deep well into another surface burner if you wanted to. The element could be raised up and locked in place, as an example. Thanks!
Wow!!! 😮 This collection is awesome! So many varieties. It’s clear when they were first produced many people ran out and bought electric ranges like they do any time there’s new technology. 😊
Hi Kevin and Ralph! I liked this tour of ranges! Brought back so many memories, as always! I found a few from my own childhood home and a few from neighbors' homes. I appreciate your collection a lot, Kevin. I also spied an old meat counter scale like my Aunt Irma used for so many years in the store she ran. There were many pounds of sliced stick bologna weighed on her set of scales. Ah, such good memories. You just can't get good bologna like that anymore, can you! Another great stroll down memory lane with you guys today-thank you so much! Happy Holidays to you both, Kevin and Ralph. Stay safe up there in Michigan! Your friend in Georgia, Sheri :-)
Hi Sheri!! Glad to hear that the tour of the range room brought back a lot of fond memories! There's something magical about old stoves that seem to take us back to so many good meals and times with family and friends. Yes, that is an old butcher shop scale!! I would have loved to been in your aunt's store - I'll bet it was a great place, especially since she had a meat counter! Sending the warmest holiday wishes to you and yours in Georgia!! Thanks so much!!
I have a 1970s Limited edition By Kenmore gas rang stove with a you can turn on the panel light and stove oven light on as well, it even has digital time clock on the right side and five push buttons at the clock its black and stainless steel design, my friend found it for me on Facebook this year 2024. The top range has been used but the oven has never been used un i try using it. It works well like it's 1977 aging lol. Thanks for sharing your collection of vintage range stoves, the Kenmore is in my kitchen to set up to be use, my other stove was Kenmore but it's today's stove not that old and it had problems, older stoves are much better. We were lucky to get this stove that from the 70s.
@@cavalcadeoffood you are welcome. I love vintage products. Quality built back then. They still work. Not like today’s appliances that you’re lucky to get 10-years out of them.
My grandmother had a 1960s Kenmore dual range that had the french door oven on top like the Flair, but the range top was static, with another oven underneath. It was brilliant silver. When my cousin took over the house, she got rid of it (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and I wish I could find one again. (I also see a lot of things that I use on a daily basis in your collection and it's giving me heavy nostalgia!)
Hi ToastNotifier! The kind of range your grandmother had are often called "Hi-Lows" for their upper and lower ovens. There are many still out there - hope you find one some day! Thanks!
This is wonderful. What a nice way for so many of us to connect with the our memories of the past. Time machine totally. I’ve a 40” GE with a double oven new in 1991. You have an incredible collection! Electric is back in style, required in new construction in CA. I had a new gas stove in a home we lived in for 9 years ~ I never thought about Carbon Monoxide risk. Or carbon emission. Thanks for your channel and content!
Hi Sharon - glad you enjoyed the stove tour. I do have a video on my refrigerators - although I don't have that many. Here's the link to the video: ruclips.net/video/5_pIecFgu0I/видео.htmlfeature=shared
Oh, you have a light timer collection. I saw one we had growing up and another I use on vacations in my current house. With the stoves, it is difficult to have a favorite but the Norges are near the top. Great collection.
Some of the stoves are so much more functional then todays. Things had style back in the old days. I miss the florescent lights on stoves. I like the one with the double opening side by side doors the best. It makes sense not to have to stoop over the door to get to rack. Thanks for the look see.
so nice! i saw my grandma's stove (dad's mom) but not my other grandma's (mom's mom) - oh well - i did see both of my mom's stoves from over the years - the very first one you described, though ours was green with a refrigerator to match - so great to see the (NOT FROM) "bewitched" stove - i'm sure that almost everyone who see's it mentions that to you, even though it's different - but i enjoyed this - thanks for posting! :)
I loved this video! They're all beautiful but if I had to choose I would pick the terrace-top. I have always wanted one of these since seeing one in a house many years ago
I grew up with an electric stove and never liked it. What a very neat collection though. Would love to see a few more vintage gas stoves if you can find them .
Howdy and hello, That is quite the collection you have there and I have a small collection of ovens and they are all from the 1920's. I have a 1924 Hotpoint oven and a Hotpoint oven with one burner. The next item I have is a 1925 Everhot oven with one burner on top and the last one I have is a early 1920's Griswold quick bake oven with a window on the front. And that one is in a unrestored condition. Kind of rusty with the original green paint which is lead based paint. The top shelf is adjustable and these ovens I have mentioned are very small and are for anyone living in a apartment or small cabin. And all of them operate on 110 volts My oldest toaster is from 1914 and made by Hotpoint. And I am always looking for new pieces to add to my collection. I will look forward to your next video.
@@cavalcadeoffood I love your program. My mother was a housekeeper for many wealthy Jewish families. They gave her many of their leftovers. So many things that you display , my mother would have in our cubby. No insult to you. The items are priceless. My mother was so proud of her collection . Your program reminds me of when time was calm and fun . When I want to hear creaky floors , I also go to Cracker Barrel. Thanks again , great program.
Love everything about your channel! Got our DREAM STOVE at a Habitat for Humanity (we live in FL) - We have a very small footprint for our kitchen and most of the time it's only the two of us, so we'd committed to finding a 24 inch stove. Our a 1956 Spacemaker J245 Deluxe (push button, copper oven control knobs and clock plate, full width fluorescent light, 21 inch stove) is in really good condition and we love everything about it. Latest acquisition is an ice crusher we saw on another episode and a Dishmaster faucet. :)
Hi Robin - that GE Spacemaker range is a great one! They were very well built and should provide you years of good service. Glad you enjoy the channel - appreciate you watching!
These have so many great features, I want to see you use one with the drop in cooker. You do need an advocado green since you have the harvest gold and coppertone colors. Frigidair was the top seller in our area because our local electric utility sold them. you could buy on the credit and just add it to your electric bill each month. My mother had the 1958 Frigidaire that you have now. These were true work horses because housewives (can I use that word?) cooked three meals a day back then. Thanks !
Hi Fred! I might install a range with a deep well cooker next time - it would be fun to use. Of all the colors of the late 60's and 70's, I think I may like avocado green the best for some reason. Always looking for one! I'll bet your electric utility sold lots of Frigidaires! When I look at some of the stoves in the collection, you can tell which ones really got used. I'll bet some of them cooked thousands and thousands of meals! Thanks!
I love, love, love retro & vintage kitchens! I so wish I could keep the 1956 GE Stratoliner that came with the house we bought. It's lemon yellow & the kitchen looked like it was designed around it - as it should have been, the stove is a work of art! It's still in good shape & still works, although I'm not sure how safely or effectively. I refuse to scrap it, do you know who would take it & care for it like the beauty it is?
Hi Danielle! If you put your beautiful stove up on your local Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace, someone like me will likely see it, want it and give it a good home! But if it working properly, you may want to keep that beauty! It is much better built than anything new you can purchase today. Thanks!
I sold the pot on Ebay from the stove we had when I was a child. I can remember that recessed hole where the pot fit in it. I think it was a Hotpoint? Recently, we bought a fixer upper in Montana and we decided to keep the old stove. The freezer is from the 50's. The stove works great!
Hi denickite - those deepwells were featured on many brands of ranges in the 50's, including Hotpoint. Glad you decided to keep the old stove in the place you bought! Thanks!
I really enjoyed your tour of the ranges. Growing up, we had an O'Keefe n Merritt range. I really loved that stove. It was a gas stove but it was tremendous. I'm from Southern California and that was O'Keefe n Merritt country. Too bad that they got sold off and then no longer built.
Hi Burny - We didn't see many O'Keefe and Merritt stoves here in Michigan, but I've seen a few and they are beautiful! I also understand they were very well built ranges. Thanks!
The stoves are all so interesting! I wish some of those features would return. Any old ones I have seen have been in terrible shape. It’s fun to see yours. Have you needed to restore some with parts and enamel?
No maytag dutchoven? Splendid cookers. The model on the green cart, I have. It never fails. We have a 1948 maytag dutch oven with deep fryer/side drawers/timer/broiler. Our midcentury modern 53' ranch kitchen was built around that range.
The last apartment I lived in before I bought a house had the non self cleaning version of your Frigidaire twins in harvest gold. My friend moved into that apartment after I moved out and lived there for almost 20 years using that stove. He moved out a couple years ago but I'm sure that stove is still there and serving the new tenant.
Hi tallboyyyy! I'm sure you're right that the stove in the apartment is probably still in service. If found that both of the "Frigidaire Twins" are also excellent baking stoves. Thanks!
I loved watching this. I've learned so much. I still want a Crosley 30 inch Kelvinator. I have a vintage electric stove. The one that has the cast iron sealed plates, which I love. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
As soon as I saw it, I thought of Bewitched, before you got to it. Incredible collection. If you ever get down to PA, look up shop in Adamstown -- antique mall called The Mad Hatter. if it is still there, your studio museum reminds of that shop there with vintage kitchen items.
My friends mom had that stove you mention that had the oven on top and the slide out burner section. Always thought it was very cool as a kid. My last apt had a small avacado green mini stove the same size as that brown drop in stove u show. It was not a drop in thou. The apt. Had the full size matching green fridge. I would love to have a stove with the french doors....I have never seen that feature before. Neat video!
Hi Meighen! A number of manufacturers made the top oven/slide out range during the 60's. They became a popular option for people wanting a more "modern" styled range. I'm looking for a nice range in avocado green! That's a color I don't have, yet. Glad you enjoyed the video - thanks for watching!
The 58 General Electric juke box stove was the original? The Risotto Stove !! That was your first episode on May 20th 2011. You made a mushroom risotto on the side with pulled turkey at the cottage. You also made a loaf of "blooming bread" as you called it. I have watched most of your episodes, part of my therapy for surviving 2020!! Wonderful collection! I think it would be interesting if you did like a retro episode to celebrate 10 years of Cavalcade of Food. Maybe highlighting your time on RUclips. Just a thought, but would really be wonderful!! Take care! Be well!!
Hi Greg! Yes - the first stove in the early videos and the start of my crazy stove collecting! I need to make some of that risotto soon!! I think I found that stove at a thrift store sometime in 2004, shortly after I bought the cottage. It sat in the garage for a few years before I got around to getting it there and installing it, and by that time I was already looking for my next vintage stove! If time permits, it would be fun to do a 10 year retrospective. I was either going to do something to mark the 10th anniversary or the 300th episode, whichever comes first! Stay safe and well! Thanks!!
@@cavalcadeoffood Thanks! 19 more to go!! After making your fruit cake, I decided to make a German stolen! Turned out okay, I should have made 2 loaves instead of one big one! 😁
You must have a big place I can’t believe how you save or how did you get all this product of unbelievable how did you acquire that stuff acquire that collections
Amazing collection! Do you know where to get parts for the 1957 GE SpaceMaker Range? I need a new element for the oven. Thank you for saving these oldies but goodies!!
I am curious as to features you find the best over time. For instance I like a self cleaning convection oven. The self cleaning part I like because they have a lot more insulation and the convection for the more efficient heat transfer. I like induction stove tops for the better heat control, and ease of cleaning. I would like to see an oven that was able to take hotel pans and or sheet pans.
Amazing collection! I absolutely loved everything! Thank you for posting. I have a 40" 1958 GE Keyboard range in turquoise that looks like it just stepped off the showroom floor. It's the best stove I've ever owned. I hosted a large gathering for Thanksgiving and, only because the stove is so great, never stressed. There was room for everything, and everything was cooked to perfection and served hot. I do have a question. Two light bulbs need replacing: the CalRod lever indicator and front right burner. Would you happen to know what type/size bulb I need? Thank you, again.
Hi cryan - sounds like you have a good vintage GE range! Those were very well made and built to last! That stove should serve you well for years. The Calrod lever and all the burner lamps are standard C-7 (nightlight) bulbs - very easy to replace! Thanks!
Where are you located? It would be great to see these in person. Long drive from SF Bay Area? You need a museum or website where we can navigate the aisles full of these beautiful stoves and the smaller appliances also. Thanks for your videos, just discovered today Jan 30, 2025.
Hi Barry - Glad you discovered Cavalcade of Food! I'm in Michigan and there are a number of videos that feature the collection and my website is cavalcadeoffood.com Thanks!
Oh my, I want one! Those push button stoves are rather fab and I bet they weigh a tonne.... alas we never got appliances this nice in New Zealand even in the 50s, our stoves were always smaller and less chromey.
So fun to see! I still have the built-in ceramic salt and pepper shakers from my grandmother's range- wish I could recall the brand. Why don't they include the power outlets on ranges anymore- they were so handy!
Hi Kim! Sounds like you have a nice keepsake from your grandmother's range! They stopped putting outlets on stoves for safety concerns and it was also a cost-saving move. Thanks!
Hi guy's, Growing up in East Dearborn in the 50's and 60's, I don't remember seeing many Crosley appliances. I'm surprised you have a Crosley stove. I only remember one neighbor having a Crosley refrigerator.
Hi cadaus1! Crosley never had a giant market share, and there likely weren't a lot of dealers in Dearborn. Seems like most of the homes with electric stoves had GE, Frigidaire, or Philco (owned by Ford) growing up. I had relatives that lived on Neckel St. in East Dearborn. Thanks!
I would love to have that Tappan. Two ovens at eye level? Stooping down to get things out of the oven makes me nervous with my bad back. Wish they made it like they used too. Grew up with a push button style control. Those buttons don't last.
Hi Loose Goose! There is something nice about having the oven up top. Many manufacturers had a model like this in the 60's and 70's (GE, Frigidaire, Tappan, Westinghouse, Hotpoint, Gibson, come to mind) and it's understandable how it was a popular option for some people. They no longer make ranges like this, but instead they sell more wall ovens that are built in that essentially do the same thing. What was nice about these older models is that you didn't have to remodel your kitchen to get a top oven. Thanks!
an era when quality and quantity worked hand in hand probably something we'll never see again thanks to the dominance of plastic components
Hi Charles - you are so right about quality and quantity working hand in hand! Thanks for watching!
I wish I could find more out about mine. I use it and love it.
Hi Michelle - try an online search of your stove. It's amazing how much information is out there! Thanks!
Love the old ranges. They were more like a piece of furniture than just an appliance. So stylish. Love seeing your wide range of ranges.
Hi Cindy! That's so true - the range was like kitchen furniture! They really reflected the styles of the time! Thanks!
You can tell years of service and military,navel and utility design left it’s mark. The designers have Aviation’s and a submarine reference towards the functionality. It’s honestly so beautiful and I hope repair manuals and parts will be remanufactured as my generation realizes the beauty and dependably of these.
Hi Mason - these appliances have sure passed the test of time! I wish more things were still made like these! Thanks!
The brown unused GE is really something. It is pristine. I always liked their push buttons.
That GE is a real gem. It's rare to find something that was never used. Glad you like the collection!
@@cavalcadeoffoodI think that’s coppertone. That was popular for a long time, then came avocado green as THE appliance color. Smart people purchased white.
Oh my gosh! I'm in vintage stove heaven! I love my 1940s O'keefe & Merritt stove. No griddle in the middle; I only had a 30 inch opening. But that's okay! Cooks and bakes like a gem! :) Have a great day!
Hi Going Slightly Mad! Your O&M stove was made with real quality! I'll bet it's a joy to use - nice to hear you enjoy it! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood I used a 1956 O&M 40" gas stove that had a "burner-with-a-brain" equivalent to GE's Sburner. ensi-Temp. Like using an electric skillet! very precise temperature regulation! The burners were arranged in "checkerboard" style. It only had one oven, but the top of the line had a double oven.
@@russ5024 I've heard those were excellent controls on O&M. That checkboard layout is interesting and I guess would come in handy if you were using a lot of big pots. Thanks!
My 92-year-old mom still uses her 1953 40" GE stove, original to her house. I've repaired it several times. My grandmother had the same 40" Hotpoint you have. Your stoves make my 1985 30" GE look newfangled by comparison. I'm using it more now than ever before and it sure was made to last. Thanks for the tour. You also have the early Corning Ware percolator my mom had, with the ceramic rim on top. It was our "tea pitcher" for many years.
Hi Jonathan! Glad to hear your mom is still using her GE range - those were very well built appliances. Yes, yours looks ultra modern by comparison!! Glad you enjoyed the tour - thanks so much!
Frigidaire pink Cadillac of stoves, gorgeous.
Thanks, Paula! That pink Frigidaire is a favorite!
They are all so beautiful ! Nothing nowadays is meant to last ,how sad ! thanks for sharing your beautiful collection . ❤️ your channel.
Hi Jainy! They sure don't build them like these anymore. Most of these stoves are 50+ years old and still working. Thanks for watching!
when people complain that things don't last like they used to, they often conveniently forget that things don't cost what they used to either! A quality stove in the 1950's would have cost several weeks salary for the average working man. Now, we can buy a modern stove for little more than a few days salary. If you want the same quality stove today it's perfectly possible to buy one- you just have to be prepared to spend some serious cash, just as our grandparents would have done.
Nothing is meant to last or has character either. Just like the houses nowadays.
@@spencerwilton5831 I strongly disagree with you ! we live in a throwaway society, a wasteful society. I don’t mind paying a high price for some thing that actually is worth it ! I’ll give you a for instance, my grandmother had a KitchenAid it lasted over 50 years I bought two new brand new pro ultra KitchenAid they were each over $500 apiece and they’re absolute garbage!! plastic gears . absolute garbage! they make things so they don’t last and that’s what ticks me off!! I hope you have a wonderful day😊
Having space on the side of the stoves, to keep items warm n in a smallish kitchen was brilliant.
Kevin i really enjoy your knowledge. Id love to tour your place
I was brought up using a gas stove. When we moved to AZ everything was electric. Took me a while to get used to cooking on the electric stove. Burned a couple of things. I learned quickly electric doesn’t cool off as fast as gas when you lower the temperature vs lowering the flame. Great video. Loved the French door ovens. Take care guys. See you next time.
Hi Bonnie! I had the same experience in reverse when I had to cook on a gas stove - I was burning things because I wasn't used to the immediate heat. Those French door ovens are the best. Thanks so much!
This is great! Love appliances. I had a child’s vacuum when I was 5 or so, probably 1946. Christmas gift.
Hi Barry - I remember when they used to make a lot of toy appliances for kids! Thanks!
I just love watching all the vintage stuff. Your love of this Era certainly shows! Peace.....Dave
Thanks so much, Dave!
Hello, I must say this was a most wonderful collection of ELECTRIC STOVES, I also notices many small appliances too. A tour down MEMORY LANE , 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I'm glad you enjoyed the tour! Thanks for watching!
The stoves are just too cool for school. I like the 40 ones with all the separate storage, warming drawers, broilers and such. I think those deep well cookers are so ingenious. Really like the one you got from your friends for birthday. It reminds me of those from the 20's and 30's .
Hi Scooter! Amazing how many features many of these old stoves had to offer. Makes me wish new stoves had some of these things! Thanks!
EXCELLENT, informative video!
I just purchased a new GE stove, but it's so nice to escape the reality of the present day and go back to these days when stoves were much more-interesting.
Thanks for sharing !
Thanks so much, Jake! Glad you liked the video and I hope your enjoy your new GE range!
Love learning about the stoves and love the creaking wood floor!
Thanks, Peggy! I always know when someone is in the range room -- you can hear those floors all over the building!
Those creaking floors remind me of the 5 & 10 cent stores and older department stores we used to go to when I was a kid.
I wish I could send you a picture of my stove. My home was built around 1948 and the stove is original to the home. I still use it almost every day. It's 40" wide with all 4 burners on one side and a bare top on the other. It has a regular stove on one side and a smaller bread stove on the other. Everyone admires it & I love it! 😁 It's sort of like one I saw in your video, but it has glass in the oven doors.
Thanks for telling me about your stove! If you want to share a photo of it with me you can email it to cavalcadevintage@gmail.com. Thanks!
I've been looking forward to a tour of your wonderful stove collection. I'm telling all my vintage stove friends about your new video!
Hi Desiree! Glad you like the look at the vintage stoves! Thanks for watching!
Kevin they are soooo stunning I absolutely love them! Especially the French door models!! They are terrific! How I wish I kept my moms Terrace top stove... breaks my heart to think she replaced it and it was scrapped 😢 but luckily I can live vicariously through you because you do have the white version in your home kitchen🥰🥰
Thanks so much for sharing these!! It was such a treat!!! ❤️❤️
Warmly,
Jeff xo
Hi Jeff!! Thank you so much! Why they don't still make French doors for ovens is something I don't understand. Such a nice feature and no bending over the door. How great that your mom had a Terrace Top!! Another interesting design and a very good range. Glad I can share mine with you via the videos!! So glad you enjoyed the range room!! Hope all is well!!
Looks like your shop glistens! Love how you treasure your old, interesting kitchenwares.
The sunken well hob makes so much sense. It could be used to slow cook stews,soup etc. It is also very safe for little children....no pulling pots of scalding liquid on curious tots.
Hi Craig - the "deep well" as it was often called was a popular feature in the 1950's. Thanks!
FABULOUS ! Thoroughly enjoyed your presentation!
Thanks for watching, TJ!
Love your range room, when my husband and I were first married, we had a 40 inch electric stove, just wish I could remember who it was made by. I grew up though with gas ranges, so I never quite got the hang of using the electric range. It was a great looking stove but, it shorted out and when I replaced it, I went back to my gas. Every time I see the stoves with the push buttons, I am reminded of my Dad's Chrysler Newport that had the push button automatic transmission. It was sort of a turquoise blue and I took my driver's license test in it. Fond memories! Thanks Kevin and Ralph!
Hi Cathy! There was a time when a 40-inch stove was the standard. It wasn't until the early 50's when the 30-inch stove started getting popular. Those big stoves were great - many featured double ovens. But were they ever heavy!! Believe me! LOL! I love your memory about the pushbuttons! I remember those Chryslers with the pushbutton transmission - and now some of the new cars have it once again! Thanks so much!
I had a beautiful old stove that had the flat griddle in the middle, and a warming oven, a baking oven, and a broiling oven. I loved it. It was in an old house we rented, and I don't even remember the make of the stove, but I loved cooking on it, and the griddle in the middle which had an enameled cover for when you weren't using it, was the best, most useful item on the stove. It was great for cooking pancakes or even flat grilling steaks.
Hi Bizzy Bee - I don't have one in the collection, but I've seen those ranges with the center griddle. I always thought that was a nice feature and handy for so many things. Sounds like you enjoyed using yours! Thanks!
What a fascinating look at many of the stoves and ovens I grew up with and learned to cook on through the years! Thanks so much!
You're welcome, Sarah!
That Tappan Fabulous 400 range can also be found in the Graceland Mansion Kitchen in Memphis, TN!
Hi Russ! I had no idea! Well, if the stove was good enough for Elvis then it must be OK! Thanks for the info!
I like it better than the Flair, which has been my favorite.
the Flair doors swinging up are more user friendly, as long as the springs hold out@@dawnelder9046
That was incredible! I'm so glad RUclips suggested me your channel!
I could feel the passion and care you put in your collection. It really was an amazing experience.
You deserve more views, thank you so much!
Hi Jacopo! Thank you so much - I'm glad you enjoyed the tour of the stove collection!
Hello Sir, I just came up on your vintage stoves. Let me just say I love everything you collect and have subscribed to your channel for I am sure I will never tire of you. I was however hoping to see a 1950 Philco stove. I cook on mine every day.
Hi Magdaleana! Thank you for watching and subscribing! I don't have a Philco stove in the collection - still haven't found the right one, but I hope to add one someday! Thanks!
I too love the push buttons for the burners…until they wore out and would short. My 60s apartment in Detroit had a stove with the push buttons and sparks practically flew out of one when I pressed it so I never use that burner again.
That doesn't sound good. I can see how they would get worn out after years of use. Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood Still though a fab idea (push buttons for everything, Jetson’s style you know). GE was also really into those and offered the buttons even on the vent hood for the burners below. Another burner model let you place the chromed push button control panel on the back wall, to the side or below the burners there on the front cabinet panel. Very stylish… with a red light that glowed to indicate the burners were on. In our 1961 era house, we had coppertone appliances and the burners had white plastic dials (with black knobs) and you would turn them to the heat setting for the burner and each one had an individual light that lit up that dial completely. Just so neat. Nothing today lights up really… except a tiny LED dot.
Oh my goodness! I just love the tour of your stoves!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks!
Thank you so much!. My favorite is still that 40" Westinghouse that you had in the studio kitchen. Also love the white frigidaire with the french oven. i'd love that in my kitchen
you do need to add a 1948 GE stratoliner or liberator. my grandmother had one. they have the tele cook pushbuttons that light up blue to red like the westie but with clear pushbuttons. there's one for sale on ebay now for $350. lol
thanks again for the great tour
Hi Mark!! I really love that 40" Westinghouse - a great stove all around. I have a 1954 GE Liberator that has the clear pushbuttons that light up different colors - a fun feature! The GE stoves of that era were real tanks and had some pretty advanced features for the time. So glad you liked the tour! Thanks!
I sent the following to one of your 'exchange' videos:
Hi Bob - hope you can get your stove repaired. Sounds like there is an electrical short somewhere. A good technician should be able to find the problem and fix it - those old Hotpoint ranges are very nice. Thanks!
Seeing your collection of vintage ranges, and watching vintage GE range videos on RUclips, I'm amazed at the many awesome features many of these old stoves had - and how incredibly short-sighted that some were discontinued. If I had the room, I'd install a vintage GE 40" stove with double oven and the deep well cooker.
Hi David! Some of these ranges really had incredible technology for the time and were designed to make cooking and preparing meals less of a chore. The deep well cooker was a popular feature for many years, and on a lot of the stoves you could convert the deep well into another surface burner if you wanted to. The element could be raised up and locked in place, as an example. Thanks!
Wow!!! 😮 This collection is awesome! So many varieties. It’s clear when they were first produced many people ran out and bought electric ranges like they do any time there’s new technology. 😊
I think most of them were financed through the electric companies
Hi Kevin and Ralph! I liked this tour of ranges! Brought back so many memories, as always! I found a few from my own childhood home and a few from neighbors' homes. I appreciate your collection a lot, Kevin. I also spied an old meat counter scale like my Aunt Irma used for so many years in the store she ran. There were many pounds of sliced stick bologna weighed on her set of scales. Ah, such good memories. You just can't get good bologna like that anymore, can you! Another great stroll down memory lane with you guys today-thank you so much! Happy Holidays to you both, Kevin and Ralph. Stay safe up there in Michigan! Your friend in Georgia, Sheri :-)
Hi Sheri!! Glad to hear that the tour of the range room brought back a lot of fond memories! There's something magical about old stoves that seem to take us back to so many good meals and times with family and friends. Yes, that is an old butcher shop scale!! I would have loved to been in your aunt's store - I'll bet it was a great place, especially since she had a meat counter! Sending the warmest holiday wishes to you and yours in Georgia!! Thanks so much!!
New favorite RUclips channel. I own a 40 inch Frigidaire super, and just got my mom a 1964 Frigidaire compact 30
You've got two great ranges there!! Enjoy!
i really enjoyed watching this wow you got some great working stoves
Thanks, Gary!
I have a 1970s Limited edition By Kenmore gas rang stove with a you can turn on the panel light and stove oven light on as well, it even has digital time clock on the right side and five push buttons at the clock its black and stainless steel design, my friend found it for me on Facebook this year 2024. The top range has been used but the oven has never been used un i try using it. It works well like it's 1977 aging lol. Thanks for sharing your collection of vintage range stoves, the Kenmore is in my kitchen to set up to be use, my other stove was Kenmore but it's today's stove not that old and it had problems, older stoves are much better. We were lucky to get this stove that from the 70s.
Hi Matthew! That's a great vintage Kenmore range you have! Enjoy it!
Beautiful collection. Such classics!! Thank you.
Thanks so much, Karen!
@@cavalcadeoffood you are welcome. I love vintage products. Quality built back then. They still work. Not like today’s appliances that you’re lucky to get 10-years out of them.
My grandmother had a 1960s Kenmore dual range that had the french door oven on top like the Flair, but the range top was static, with another oven underneath. It was brilliant silver. When my cousin took over the house, she got rid of it (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and I wish I could find one again. (I also see a lot of things that I use on a daily basis in your collection and it's giving me heavy nostalgia!)
Hi ToastNotifier! The kind of range your grandmother had are often called "Hi-Lows" for their upper and lower ovens. There are many still out there - hope you find one some day! Thanks!
I'm so sorry. It's literally your collection. Was thinking this was a store. I LOVE your collection of vintage kitchen appliances.
Yes, it is my collection but I'm glad you found the videos!
How interesting, they're beautiful. I cooked on an old model from 50's in my first apartment and I loved that stove.
Hi Michalene! Glad you enjoyed the stoves - Thanks so much for watching!
This is wonderful. What a nice way for so many of us to connect with the our memories of the past. Time machine totally.
I’ve a 40” GE with a double oven new in 1991. You have an incredible collection!
Electric is back in style, required in new construction in CA. I had a new gas stove in a home we lived in for 9 years ~ I never thought about Carbon Monoxide risk. Or carbon emission.
Thanks for your channel and content!
You're welcome, Flautalee! Appreciate you watching!
I loved this collection- spectacular!
Thanks, Rebecca! Glad you enjoyed the tour!!
Wow! That was soo interesting...I loved it! Saying hello from the UK
Hello Marsy 1!! So nice to hear from the UK - thanks for watching!
@@cavalcadeoffood subscribed immediately...i loved the pink range!
Thanks for the tour of these fantastic hard working stoves! Maybe a fridge tour sometime?
Hi Sharon - glad you enjoyed the stove tour. I do have a video on my refrigerators - although I don't have that many. Here's the link to the video: ruclips.net/video/5_pIecFgu0I/видео.htmlfeature=shared
Oh, you have a light timer collection. I saw one we had growing up and another I use on vacations in my current house. With the stoves, it is difficult to have a favorite but the Norges are near the top. Great collection.
It is hard to pick a favorite stove. There are things about each stove in the collection that I really like. The Norges are great ranges! Thanks!
Some of the stoves are so much more functional then todays. Things had style back in the old days. I miss the florescent lights on stoves. I like the one with the double opening side by side doors the best. It makes sense not to have to stoop over the door to get to rack. Thanks for the look see.
Hi Beast - I know. I wish modern stoves had some of the features of the vintage ones. Thanks!
so nice! i saw my grandma's stove (dad's mom) but not my other grandma's (mom's mom) - oh well - i did see both of my mom's stoves from over the years - the very first one you described, though ours was green with a refrigerator to match - so great to see the (NOT FROM) "bewitched" stove - i'm sure that almost everyone who see's it mentions that to you, even though it's different - but i enjoyed this - thanks for posting! :)
Thanks, Jim! Glad you saw at least one of your grandmas' stoves!! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I loved this video! They're all beautiful but if I had to choose I would pick the terrace-top. I have always wanted one of these since seeing one in a house many years ago
Hi bdh70 - glad you liked the video! The Terrace Top is one of my favorites, too! Thanks!
Love your different Stoves.
Thanks, Lori!
We've got a 52 hotpoint custom set. Everything still works. Love it
That Hotpoint is a great range! Enjoy!
I grew up with an electric stove and never liked it. What a very neat collection though. Would love to see a few more vintage gas stoves if you can find them .
Howdy and hello,
That is quite the collection you have there and I have a small collection of ovens and they are all from the 1920's. I have a 1924 Hotpoint oven and a Hotpoint oven with one burner. The next item I have is a 1925 Everhot oven with one burner on top and the last one I have is a early 1920's Griswold quick bake oven with a window on the front. And that one is in a unrestored condition. Kind of rusty with the original green paint which is lead based paint. The top shelf is adjustable and these ovens I have mentioned are very small and are for anyone living in a apartment or small cabin.
And all of them operate on 110 volts My oldest toaster is from 1914 and made by Hotpoint. And I am always looking for new pieces to add to my collection. I will look forward to your next video.
Hi Robert! Thanks for watching and it sounds like you have some great old stoves - very early models!! Glad you enjoy the videos!
Wonderful video. Love the vintage appliances!
Thanks, Christopher!
Very interesting , thanks.
Love seeing more of your building and collection.
You're welcome, John!
I love that General Electric stove it's built like a tank it's beautiful nice stuff nice collection.
Thanks, Dominic!
I love the creaky floor. Reminds me of when I would go to the hardware store or 5 and 10 with my parents on Saturday.
Hi B Happy - those old stores with wooden floors all seemed to creak! I like the sound - I always know where people are walking! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood
I love your program. My mother was a housekeeper for many wealthy Jewish families.
They gave her many of their leftovers. So many things that you display , my mother would have in our cubby. No insult to you. The items are priceless. My mother was so proud of her collection . Your program reminds me of when time was calm and fun . When I want to hear creaky floors , I also go to Cracker Barrel.
Thanks again , great program.
The functionality of many of these stoves it just crazy!
Hi K Shoe - there sure were some great designs back then! Thanks!
Oh Thank You for this great video!! I’ve been looking forward to seeing all your stoves! 😍
Hi Grace! You're welcome - glad you enjoyed the tour of the range room!
Thank you for the tour! All of these stoves are fabulous, I would put any one of them in my kitchen if I could!🆒💙
Hi Pink Peony! You're welcome! These are all great stoves and are a joy to use. Thanks so much!
Love everything about your channel! Got our DREAM STOVE at a Habitat for Humanity (we live in FL) - We have a very small footprint for our kitchen and most of the time it's only the two of us, so we'd committed to finding a 24 inch stove. Our a 1956 Spacemaker J245 Deluxe (push button, copper oven control knobs and clock plate, full width fluorescent light, 21 inch stove) is in really good condition and we love everything about it. Latest acquisition is an ice crusher we saw on another episode and a Dishmaster faucet. :)
Hi Robin - that GE Spacemaker range is a great one! They were very well built and should provide you years of good service. Glad you enjoy the channel - appreciate you watching!
These have so many great features, I want to see you use one with the drop in cooker. You do need an advocado green since you have the harvest gold and coppertone colors. Frigidair was the top seller in our area because our local electric utility sold them. you could buy on the credit and just add it to your electric bill each month. My mother had the 1958 Frigidaire that you have now. These were true work horses because housewives (can I use that word?) cooked three meals a day back then. Thanks !
Hi Fred! I might install a range with a deep well cooker next time - it would be fun to use. Of all the colors of the late 60's and 70's, I think I may like avocado green the best for some reason. Always looking for one! I'll bet your electric utility sold lots of Frigidaires! When I look at some of the stoves in the collection, you can tell which ones really got used. I'll bet some of them cooked thousands and thousands of meals! Thanks!
Hi Kevin my aunt had a corning ware coffee pot and my mom had corning baking dishes
Hi Michelle! Those Corning coffee pots were popular and made great coffee! The Corning baking dishes are great - so easy to clean. Thanks!
I love, love, love retro & vintage kitchens! I so wish I could keep the 1956 GE Stratoliner that came with the house we bought. It's lemon yellow & the kitchen looked like it was designed around it - as it should have been, the stove is a work of art! It's still in good shape & still works, although I'm not sure how safely or effectively. I refuse to scrap it, do you know who would take it & care for it like the beauty it is?
Hi Danielle! If you put your beautiful stove up on your local Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace, someone like me will likely see it, want it and give it a good home! But if it working properly, you may want to keep that beauty! It is much better built than anything new you can purchase today. Thanks!
Do you still have it? If so, is it for sale?
I sold the pot on Ebay from the stove we had when I was a child. I can remember that recessed hole where the pot fit in it. I think it was a Hotpoint? Recently, we bought a fixer upper in Montana and we decided to keep the old stove. The freezer is from the 50's. The stove works great!
Hi denickite - those deepwells were featured on many brands of ranges in the 50's, including Hotpoint. Glad you decided to keep the old stove in the place you bought! Thanks!
Omg where have you been all my life? I love this! New sub.
Thanks for subscribing - glad you found us!
I really enjoyed your tour of the ranges. Growing up, we had an O'Keefe n Merritt range. I really loved that stove. It was a gas stove but it was tremendous. I'm from Southern California and that was O'Keefe n Merritt country. Too bad that they got sold off and then no longer built.
Hi Burny - We didn't see many O'Keefe and Merritt stoves here in Michigan, but I've seen a few and they are beautiful! I also understand they were very well built ranges. Thanks!
The stoves are all so interesting! I wish some of those features would return. Any old ones I have seen have been in terrible shape. It’s fun to see yours. Have you needed to restore some with parts and enamel?
Hi guys, I really enjoyed the tour of the vintage stoves, Happy Holidays.
Hi Ann!! Glad you like the tour!! Have a wonderful holiday season!
Your store is a dream. I wish you were in the house.❤️❤️❤️😀
Thanks so much, DD Waters!
Ooohhhh that Electro Chef is as cute as a button. I'll take two please. 😉👍
Hi Jane - they are on their way! Isn't that a cool range? Thanks so much!
No maytag dutchoven? Splendid cookers. The model on the green cart, I have. It never fails. We have a 1948 maytag dutch oven with deep fryer/side drawers/timer/broiler. Our midcentury modern 53' ranch kitchen was built around that range.
Collection?! 😲 Not store?! This is incredible!!
Just a collection - thanks!
We recently purchased the Hotpoint Boulder stove
The last apartment I lived in before I bought a house had the non self cleaning version of your Frigidaire twins in harvest gold. My friend moved into that apartment after I moved out and lived there for almost 20 years using that stove. He moved out a couple years ago but I'm sure that stove is still there and serving the new tenant.
Hi tallboyyyy! I'm sure you're right that the stove in the apartment is probably still in service. If found that both of the "Frigidaire Twins" are also excellent baking stoves. Thanks!
I loved watching this. I've learned so much. I still want a Crosley 30 inch Kelvinator. I have a vintage electric stove. The one that has the cast iron sealed plates, which I love. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
Hi Nora! Glad you enjoyed the video of the vintage stove collection! I don't see many with the iron sealed plates! Thanks for watching!
As soon as I saw it, I thought of Bewitched, before you got to it. Incredible collection. If you ever get down to PA, look up shop in Adamstown -- antique mall called The Mad Hatter. if it is still there, your studio museum reminds of that shop there with vintage kitchen items.
Hi Tom! The Mad Hatter sounds like a place I'd enjoy spending some time in! Thanks for the tip! Glad you enjoyed the collection!
My friends mom had that stove you mention that had the oven on top and the slide out burner section. Always thought it was very cool as a kid. My last apt had a small avacado green mini stove the same size as that brown drop in stove u show. It was not a drop in thou. The apt. Had the full size matching green fridge. I would love to have a stove with the french doors....I have never seen that feature before. Neat video!
Hi Meighen! A number of manufacturers made the top oven/slide out range during the 60's. They became a popular option for people wanting a more "modern" styled range. I'm looking for a nice range in avocado green! That's a color I don't have, yet. Glad you enjoyed the video - thanks for watching!
This was a wonderful tour thank you very much for your time and hard work collecting all these Mike
Hi Beryl!! Glad you enjoyed the tour of the ranges!! Hope you are safe and well in Paris!!
Is it tourable? I’m from Michigan and would be fascinated!
Hi Paula - sorry, it's not open to the public at this time.
The 58 General Electric juke box stove was the original? The Risotto Stove !!
That was your first episode on May 20th 2011. You made a mushroom risotto on the side with pulled turkey at the cottage. You also made a loaf of "blooming bread" as you called it. I have watched most of your episodes, part of my therapy for surviving 2020!!
Wonderful collection! I think it would be interesting if you did like a retro episode to celebrate 10 years of Cavalcade of Food. Maybe highlighting your time on RUclips.
Just a thought, but would really be wonderful!! Take care! Be well!!
Hi Greg! Yes - the first stove in the early videos and the start of my crazy stove collecting! I need to make some of that risotto soon!! I think I found that stove at a thrift store sometime in 2004, shortly after I bought the cottage. It sat in the garage for a few years before I got around to getting it there and installing it, and by that time I was already looking for my next vintage stove! If time permits, it would be fun to do a 10 year retrospective. I was either going to do something to mark the 10th anniversary or the 300th episode, whichever comes first! Stay safe and well! Thanks!!
@@cavalcadeoffood Thanks!
19 more to go!! After making your fruit cake, I decided to make a German stolen! Turned out okay, I should have made 2 loaves instead of one big one! 😁
@@gregbudig5014 Greg- that just means you'll get to eat bigger slices of that stolen!! Enjoy!
Oh my gosh, you guys are great!
Thanks, Dennis!
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That's EXACTLY what i thought would happen when the doors open ! 🤯😎
Thanks!
Wonderful tour, guys! Makes me want to change out my pink 58 GE for a Westinghouse now. Have a happy holiday season and a great new year!
Thanks so much, Greg! The pink GE is a keeper!! Sending warm holiday wishes to you and yours!
I have a Kelvinator stove ❤ love it... I believe it to be 60s , haven't seen an identical yet!!
Hi Donatella! There are more Kelvinator appliances to see in future episodes - maybe you'll see a match to yours. Thanks!
Omgosh...vintage kitchen heaven. Where are you located? I have a 50's kitchen that could use a lot of the stuff you have!!!
You must have a big place I can’t believe how you save or how did you get all this product of unbelievable how did you acquire that stuff acquire that collections
Amazing collection! Do you know where to get parts for the 1957 GE SpaceMaker Range? I need a new element for the oven. Thank you for saving these oldies but goodies!!
Thanks, Kerry! You can find a lot of parts online - it may take a little searching, but you should be able to find a new oven element. Thanks!
I am curious as to features you find the best over time. For instance I like a self cleaning convection oven. The self cleaning part I like because they have a lot more insulation and the convection for the more efficient heat transfer.
I like induction stove tops for the better heat control, and ease of cleaning.
I would like to see an oven that was able to take hotel pans and or sheet pans.
Hi Roger - for me, the best feature is an oven that bakes evenly and is spacious. Thanks!
Amazing collection! I absolutely loved everything! Thank you for posting. I have a 40" 1958 GE Keyboard range in turquoise that looks like it just stepped off the showroom floor. It's the best stove I've ever owned. I hosted a large gathering for Thanksgiving and, only because the stove is so great, never stressed. There was room for everything, and everything was cooked to perfection and served hot. I do have a question. Two light bulbs need replacing: the CalRod lever indicator and front right burner. Would you happen to know what type/size bulb I need? Thank you, again.
Hi cryan - sounds like you have a good vintage GE range! Those were very well made and built to last! That stove should serve you well for years. The Calrod lever and all the burner lamps are standard C-7 (nightlight) bulbs - very easy to replace! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood Thank you so much for taking the time to help. I sincerely appreciate it.
Where are you located? It would be great to see these in person. Long drive from SF Bay Area? You need a museum or website where we can navigate the aisles full of these beautiful stoves and the smaller appliances also. Thanks for your videos, just discovered today Jan 30, 2025.
Hi Barry - Glad you discovered Cavalcade of Food! I'm in Michigan and there are a number of videos that feature the collection and my website is cavalcadeoffood.com Thanks!
Oh my, I want one! Those push button stoves are rather fab and I bet they weigh a tonne.... alas we never got appliances this nice in New Zealand even in the 50s, our stoves were always smaller and less chromey.
Hi Ryan! Yes, these are heavy! But that's how they built them back then. A vintage range would be right at home in your 20's kitchen! Thanks!
So fun to see! I still have the built-in ceramic salt and pepper shakers from my grandmother's range- wish I could recall the brand. Why don't they include the power outlets on ranges anymore- they were so handy!
Hi Kim! Sounds like you have a nice keepsake from your grandmother's range! They stopped putting outlets on stoves for safety concerns and it was also a cost-saving move. Thanks!
Great episode.
Hi gew1898! Glad you enjoyed the stoves! Thanks!
Loved this tour. Gracias🎉
You're welcome, Anthony!
Hi guy's,
Growing up in East Dearborn in the 50's and 60's, I don't remember seeing many Crosley appliances. I'm surprised you have a Crosley stove. I only remember one neighbor having a Crosley refrigerator.
Hi cadaus1! Crosley never had a giant market share, and there likely weren't a lot of dealers in Dearborn. Seems like most of the homes with electric stoves had GE, Frigidaire, or Philco (owned by Ford) growing up. I had relatives that lived on Neckel St. in East Dearborn. Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood I lived on Neckel!. What were their names?
@@cudaus1 The Mycek's
I would love to have that Tappan. Two ovens at eye level? Stooping down to get things out of the oven makes me nervous with my bad back. Wish they made it like they used too.
Grew up with a push button style control. Those buttons don't last.
Hi Loose Goose! There is something nice about having the oven up top. Many manufacturers had a model like this in the 60's and 70's (GE, Frigidaire, Tappan, Westinghouse, Hotpoint, Gibson, come to mind) and it's understandable how it was a popular option for some people. They no longer make ranges like this, but instead they sell more wall ovens that are built in that essentially do the same thing. What was nice about these older models is that you didn't have to remodel your kitchen to get a top oven. Thanks!