What is your oldest household appliance?

[Bill in NC]

Grandmother had two of those wall ovens, stainless with French doors.

The counter that ran between them held the flip down burners.

Wish I'd had that setup.

BernDog wrote:
General Motors wall oven and flip down electric stovetop/burners. Built into the kitchen in the 60s. Very futuristic :quotes:. Replacement will require entire kitchen remodel.

[Grateful11]

Washer and Dryer replaced last year and full Kitchen remodel over a year ago, all new appliances, so I guess
it leaves my Hot Air Popcorn Popper or my manual Apple Peeler/Corer as the oldest

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I have a JC Penny microwave from 1984. My mom has a Wedgewood gas stove from about 1922.

[cbelt3]

You can probably land aircraft with one of those old Litton microwaves.

[Markintosh]

Montgomery Wards 1/2 size chest freezer from 1986. We bought it for temporary use when we were first married...it has never given up.

[the_poochies]

My Mom has her inlaws' GE refrigerator that my grandparents received as a wedding gift in 1935.

[Jimmypoo]

1973-ish electric frying pan (Westbend, I think), Eureka (Wards) vac 1984 (I vacuumed while watching Mary Lou Retton! on my Wards/Sharp 13” color tv!) and I used to have (but indian giver relative with half dozen of them took it back) a glass dome spinning roto-chicken/roast cooker, just like the ones out now, but ancient (early 60s?) and stainless steel.

Vacuum is awesome. Only a FilterQueen is better in my experience.

[BernDog]

Bill in NC wrote:
Grandmother had two of those wall ovens, stainless with French doors.

The counter that ran between them held the flip down burners.

Wish I'd had that setup.

[quote=BernDog]
General Motors wall oven and flip down electric stovetop/burners. Built into the kitchen in the 60s. Very futuristic :quotes:. Replacement will require entire kitchen remodel.

No, you don't. Really. You don't.

Our cupboards are installed right above the burners, so there's just enough room to sneak a pot onto the burner, but not enough to stir or serve from. Also, no range hood. Just some stainless with a lip that comes out. Powered vent is above the cupboards in the soffit. It also means that you can't use the counter in front of the burners for much of anything.

We thought the stuff was pretty cool when we moved in. I still think it's cool, except when it comes to using it. Now we hate it. Someday, if I ever rip it out, I'll post it on a free Monday and you can have it.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

davester wrote:
We have one of these in our kitchen:


I bought it for next to nothing on craigslist and restored it about five years ago. 1950s technology! It's much nicer to cook on than the awful 1980s electric stove that was in there before.

If that's what I think it is, it's worth a fair amount of money.

[davester]

BernDog wrote:
Our cupboards are installed right above the burners, so there's just enough room to sneak a pot onto the burner, but not enough to stir or serve from. Also, no range hood. Just some stainless with a lip that comes out.

That sounds illegal and dangerous. I'm pretty sure you're required to have something like a 30" clearance between the cooktop and flammable materials.