Help in lighting the griddle and broiler

[court2722]

OK, don't flog me and remember I've only had my inheirited stove for two weeks! Thanks to this board,I was able to use the stove and oven beautifully (after Todd White informed me that I needed to LIGHT the opening in the oven...actual fire needed! To cook with gas!) Now I can't find said opening to light the griddle or broiler. I can turn the gas on, but no dice in finding where to light. Anyone care to help me out via a post or a picture? (I am a smart person with an advanced degree and it's killing me that I can't make pancakes or grilled cheese for my five year old yet on my VERY COOL STOVE!!!) Help out a sister, oh experienced Chambers owners.....

Courtney in New Orleans

[Todd W. White]

Hi Courtney!

Preliminary steps:

1. Make sure the inside of the broiler box is clean. Oven cleaner does a good job here, but do NOT get ANY on the broiler pan or griddle!
2. Make sure the little grease pan is on the back of the broiler box.
3. Make sure the broiler pan (known as the "Sizzling Platter") is clean.
4. Ditto for the griddle!

Then, to light the burner, all you have to do is:

1. Get your match or lighter ready to light.
2. Open the griddle to about 45-degrees of an angle (going from the back of the cooktop towards you).
3. Light your firestick.
4. Turn on the gas that supplies the burner for the broiler/griddle.
5. Take the burning end of your firestick and place it near the holes of the burner (inside and outside). The fire should "take" and go all the wa around. If not, take the burning end of your fuirestick and make sure you light them all.
6. Operate the broiler or griddle according to the instructions found in the "Idle Hour" Cookbook.

[court2722]

Todd, You are officially invited to my house for grilled cheese! Thank you so much. This is my last question. I got all the knobs down. I know how to turn on the gas and light all the burners. There is one silver knob in the middle (on the left is the crank for the broiler, on the right are the four cranks to turn on the gas). One lone silver knob in the middle has no label. When I turn it, I hear something but I can't figure out what it is. There's nothing left to light! Any ideas?

<font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">[ June 28, 2006 10:47 PM: Message edited by: CourtneyMcP ]</font>

[Gasseous]

Courtney,

I use this knob to adjust the distance from the broiler to the flame... that you now know how to light... have you tried the oatmeal recipe yet?

Gasseous

[court2722]

Thank you, thank you thank you! That's exactly what this knob does. Whoulda thunk it? You guys have been so helpful! I have not tried the oatmeal recipe, but I shall. It's like a whole new world is opened up! I bet I can find this on google, but does anyone know where I can buy one pot that fits in the thermowell? I have the three sections, but being the crockpot fanatic that I am, I'm thinking I'd like to have one big pot to use like I use my crockpot currently. Thanks again for all your patience with a very new and happy Chambers owner!

[pmisaber]

The single pots for the thermowell regularly come up for auction on ebay. You can generally find them listed as Chambers stove thermowell pot or something similar. The majority will show up in a search for Chambers Stove. Regrettably, they tend to attract a lot of bidders and regularly go for between 80 and 100 dollars. Clever searchers sometimes find them offered by sellers who are unaware of the significance of the Chambers label and list them without including the Chambers Stove information. When listed that way, fewer potential bidders find them and they go for lower prices, but it is more tedious to find pots listed this way. There are also new reproductions of the single pots available from The Old Appliance Club and other sources, but they were charging $135 the last time I checked. It is important to make sure that the cookware actually is stamped with the Chambers name because there were other pots manufactured for deep wells that are sometime offered as genuine Chambers Thermowell pots and some of them don't fit into the thermowell properly.

<font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">[ June 29, 2006 01:24 AM: Message edited by: Gyrinophilus ]</font>

[Ms V]

Some have even bought a whole stove cheap just to get the pots going with the stove.
You can get a lot done in the triples, potatoes a-la pealed for mashing or skin on ie baking, beets, etc. oatmeal, smaller loaves of hamburger,

some on this list may have some pots for sale...v

[joeil75]

hello.. guilty over here.. i bought a whole stove on ebay just for parts.. it costed me 100 bucks. but i ended up with alot of parts that i know i would not find.. i look at it this way ill take what i need and sell the rest off.. im sure some one out there will need it. dont worry i plan on posting all the info here once i get to that point.
take care.

[Ms V]

I am needing 2 diastat tube clips , it holds the temp. probe in the back of the oven...v

[Pokey Roberts]

There was a thread on clips. I think you can get
them at most appliance places.
Do a search on topics for the last 20 days
On page 2 or three there is a whole thread on
clips, where to get them how to install them etc.
Luck
pokey