Another lesson learned

[SeaCat]

When I moved into this place it had a gas stove which made me happy. I grew up using gas stoves and prefer them for cooking. (I find them much easier to control the heat.) This one is a newer one with electronic controls.

Last week the oven started acting up. It wasn't heating up correctly.

This morning I started checking things out. The gas flow was perfect to and into the stove. That left only a couple of things.

It turns out the problem is the ignitor coil. When they fail they cut off electricity to the gas valve. (This is a safety.) What's happening with mine is the ignitor hasn't failed completely so enough current is getting to the valve to open it partialy. Tomorrow I'll start looking around to find me a new ignitor coil so I can fix the oven.

I have already informed my wife that I'll be keeping my eyes open for an older gas stove in good shape, one with Pilot Lights instead of electronics.

Hey there's something to be said for the older simpler units. They don't go out when you lose power.

Cat

 

[Stella_Omega]

I agree, Cat. One electronic igniter on the top of my stove that is failing in the same way, so that sometimes the left hand gas circles won't turn on and sometimes won't go as high as they used to do. I've just been ignoring it... but if it were the oven I wouldn't be able to!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Agreed. I still cook with my mother's 1950 Wedgewood. It has pilot lights. They help bread dough rise and make starting the stove much easier. Expensive buggers, today, though. Hell, you could buy a new Viking for what mine is supposed to be worth.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Agreed. I still cook with my mother's 1950 Wedgewood. It has pilot lights. They help bread dough rise and make starting the stove much easier. Expensive buggers, today, though. Hell, you could buy a new Viking for what mine is supposed to be worth.

i used to have this one...http://www.oldstoverepair.com/StoveSSsml.jpgAlthough I don't think it had the two-griddles-on-top-of-the-tall-cabinet section. it was teensy, but you could still roast an entire turkey in it.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

A true collector's item. Marvelous.

 

[TxRad]

I found an old wood burning cook stove in the dump about ten years ago. It is cast iron with an oven on the side that has a separate fire box. I have all the parts except for one cook plate. I made one out of sheet steel. It worked great during the last two hurricanes.

Biscuits with a slight smoky flavor are interesting to say the least. I didn't have the lid square on the dutch oven pan I used.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I found an old wood burning cook stove in the dump about ten years ago. It is cast iron with an oven on the side that has a separate fire box. I have all the parts except for one cook plate. I made one out of sheet steel. It worked great during the last two hurricanes.

Biscuits with a slight smoky flavor are interesting to say the least. I didn't have the lid square on the dutch oven pan I used.

I would love to have one-- keep it outside and use it all summer...

 

[TxRad]

I would love to have one-- keep it outside and use it all summer...

I have an open section of deck between my screened in porch and enclosed sundeck. I built a cover over a section of the open section and raised the smoke stack above that. It keeps most of the weather off the old stove and gives shade during the summer. It has replaced my grill for the most part as it cooks quicker and more evenly. I still keep my smoker, although i have thought of converting the oven into a smoker.

 

[SeaCat]

Stella,

That old stove is a work of art. I would love to get my paws on one.

TxRad,

My grandmother had a beautiful old wood stove in her kitchen. It was one of those with the enamel inserts and was probably a hundred years old if not older. Unfortunately when she died the stove was grabbed by another family member and sold.

Cat

 

[TxRad]

TxRad,

My grandmother had a beautiful old wood stove in her kitchen. It was one of those with the enamel inserts and was probably a hundred years old if not older. Unfortunately when she died the stove was grabbed by another family member and sold.

Cat

This one is plain cast that was probably painted at one time. I hit it with a coat of high temp flat black ever so often to fight the rust.

My grandma had one very similar also. I cut many a cord of wood up for it in my youth. My sister has it and still cooks daily on it. Of course, she's the biggest hick I know.

 

[SeaCat]

TxRad,

We used to heat our houses with home made wood furnaces. I cut and hauled many a cord of wood to keep the places warm but man did those things work nice.

http://www.northlineexpress.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=5VZ-BK150E

When I lived in Germany I saw a lot of the houses there had beautiful wood furnaces complete with the ceramic inlays. (My Aunt even had a wood burning Water Heater.)

Remembering these stoves almost makes me want to move to a place where I can have and use one. (Notice I said almost.)

Cat

 

[TxRad]

TxRad,

We used to heat our houses with home made wood furnaces. I cut and hauled many a cord of wood to keep the places warm but man did those things work nice.

http://www.northlineexpress.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=5VZ-BK150E

When I lived in Germany I saw a lot of the houses there had beautiful wood furnaces complete with the ceramic inlays. (My Aunt even had a wood burning Water Heater.)

Remembering these stoves almost makes me want to move to a place where I can have and use one. (Notice I said almost.)

Cat

Yeah, I noticed. A lot of work involved unless you have a ready supply of cheap wood. Kind of rare today.

I remember those ceramic coated/tiled heaters. We had one at the hunting camp many years ago. Great heat, good to cook on, and lasted forever.