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Ok, we've all heard about the "coating", some lucky ones have seen it.
Does anyone have it currently & cook on it and how is it hold up???
Fatfutures,
Be careful with using cast iron in place of the original aluminum griddle. There is a weight difference and it can damage the lifting mechanism on the broiler. [img]frown.gif[/img]
Berlyn
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm intrigued -- Frank, I just sent you a PM. I'm on the lookout for a white 90c backsplash and storage compartment door -- both of mine are chipped. It might be more cost-effective for me to wait and see what turns up around here, but I'm interested to see how much it would cost if you could snag that stove.Quote:
I just sent an email asking if I could see the stove. The stove is 10 minutes from where I live. It may be worth buing for parts and selling the rest to you great guys. I'm waiting for a response and will keep you posted.
Frank
But no rush, and no pressure. I don't even have a house to put my Chambers in yet -- still renting right now.
I'm sure this thread could possibly ignite a debate over whether parting out a "perfectly good" Chambers is the right way to go. Me, I don't see that much wrong with it, if one good stove can help complete 5 or 6 others.
Berlyn, you say that using a cast iron griddle can damage the lifting mechanism. Would this be a danger if I didn't use the lift with the cast iron griddle? I had seen earlier warnings of the cast iron being to heavy, which makes sense.
I am off to Gigi's shortly to pick up my BEAUTIFUL grates, pans and burners (oven bottom too). I'll ask about the cost of applying silverstone to a Chambers griddle.
I would love to hear how this works. I was always under the impression that a silverstone pan should never be heated for too long without food in it as it could damage the finish. But everytime you use the broiler, doesn't the griddle heat up?
I would love to learn that I am wrong and whoever is coating the griddles is right.
I'm here at Gigi's now. She says that it's $35 to silverstone the griddle. She is also very excited to see her name so many times on the board!
ask her how they hold up under extended heat.
Get some photos at GiGi's!
Wow, just got off the phone with the stove owner in Villa Park, IL. 10 minutes from me. She gave me the whole story on her stove and I will be taking a real look see tonight.
The stove was her mothers and was the only possession she wanted when her mother died. Her husband let her keep it because she was still grieving for her Mother.
Well now she is trying to re-do her Kitchen because she needs more space and she is selling the stove. I'm not sure how this makes any sense, but for my sake oh well.
She has all of these extra parts because she was driving down the road one day and saw a man throwing a stove away. She scavanged as many extra parts as she could. The stove has worked for many years and the thermostat only became a problem recently.
The story behind the teflon coated griddle goes like this. Her sister mentioned an ad she had seen for having this done. So she sent it to this place to have the griddle teflon coated for $50.00. The place happens to Macy's Stoveworks. Well she got the griddle back from Macy's and used it on the stove. The teflon bubbled up. She contacted Macy's and they told her that the griddle gets to hot to hold teflon. "I wonder why Macy's hadn't told her this before she had the griddle teflon coated". Anyway, Macy's recoated the griddle for her. Now she uses the teflon coated griddle for show and cooks on the extra non teflon coated griddle.
So I will see if this stove would make a good parts stove for the one I have already have or if the one I already have would become the parts stove for this one.
Now I have to sell the wife on this purchase.
Wish me luck
Oh yeah after I have one stove, I will sell all of my extra parts to anyone on this list for a reasonable amount. That said, I haven't bought the stove yet, and I am a long way from knowing which parts will be useful after finishing the restore. So please be patient on any requests.
Frank
Hey Frank, were you able to get a gander at that stove?
I see the seller ended the sale early -- did you manage to snag the stove, Frank?