What kind of model Chambers is this?

[Chambers2Be]

I'm looking at a Chambers stove. I only have the model numbers: 2IAW. I can describe it though.

It looks like an early '40's model A. It has a backsplash that is a folding top, WITH a backboard that has a timer with salt & pepper shakers surrounding it. It has an oven with the normal storage compartment to the right of it.

What makes it more unique is that it seems almost like an Imperial model. It doesn't have 6 burners; it has the standard three with the fourth being the thermowell. The left side of the stove (on the other side of the oven) is a part that has a folding top, exactly like the stove backsplash (yet separate), underneath which are two hotplates; burners that cover what seems to be a wood-burning unit that was integrated as part of the regular stove. It is quite a wide unit.

Can someone out there shed light on the stove?

Thanks.

Evan

(I don't have pictures of it; I can only describe)

[stoveman]

Sounds like the model 22 made in the '30's-'40's. That's an incinerator on the left. Weights 660 pounds. It would be a tough range to restore, leave it alone. Regards, Sam

[Chambers2Be]

Thanks Sam. It does look huge.

What's an incinerator doing as part of the stove? Was that some kind of optional stove equipment?

Evan

[stoveman]

Don't know much about the incinerators. Never saw one in Texas. Many brands of ranges offered them. O'Keefe & Merritt had one up into the '50's. Perhaps for apartment dwellers?

[Chambers2Be]

You're probably right, though it's out of a house. Did some measurements. At 50" long, it would still fit in the space I have for a stove. Just not sure about how to disconnect that incinerator and then keep it closed off while using the rest of the stove. Man...660lbs. It's makin' me think.