oh, that's better.

[rmd]

so, my fugly stove broke a while back -- the oven stopped working. so i bought a spiffy new stove, ran some plugs so the new stove had a place to plug into (old stove - which I think dated to the 1940's, maybe - had pilot lights, not electrical ignition). and also put up a new backsplash behind it to be prettier, and replaced the fan/light over the stove. the result behind the cut.




the plumber came and installed it this morning. and then i made breakfast of scrambled eggs on it. BECAUSE I COULD.

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[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Plus, totally jealous!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

the bottom drawer is a second (tiny) oven. i'm not sure when the next time will be when i'll need to bake two things at different temperatures, but I'LL BE READY.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it's time to host Thanksgiving Dinner :)

[quietann.livejournal.com]

ooo, spiffy!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

and if I convert, it already has a 'sabbath mode' ...

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

What the heck is "sabbath mode"? It doesn't turn on?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

iirc (mind you, i'm an atheist and a gentile to boot), it overrides the "turn off after 12 hours" safety and lets you adjust the temperature. because i guess you can raise or lower the flame but not actually *start* the fire and still be in spec. so you can keep the food warm across one or more days of high holidays and sabbath and whatnot.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Ah. That makes sense.

More sense than locking the thing down so it can't be turned on accidentally. :-P

[lioritgioret.livejournal.com]

ZOMG. A beautiful stove with a Sabbath mode! Stovular win!

[coraline]

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny

[rmd.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, RITE?

plus, crazy convection oven weirdness.

[schmengie.livejournal.com]

"then i made breakfast of scrambled eggs on it. BECAUSE I COULD."

wow, quite the rebel

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Fight the power, man.

[schmengie.livejournal.com]

no eggs, no peace

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Oh so pretty.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

holy crap, teh shiny!!!

[loopback.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! We looked at that as a possible stove choice as well, but wound up going with a model that has the smaller oven on top and the bigger one on the bottom. Mostly because we use the small oven most of the time, and it heats up way faster.

YAY NEW OVENS. I love technology.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

yeah, the lower oven on this is somewhat underpowered, but i figure i'm unlikely to use it that much beyond, possibly, as a warmer.

i'm all excited to ROAST THINGS and MAKE BREAD soon.

[ceo]

Awesome. I'm waiting for our fugly POS stove to die so I can get a new one, but no luck so far.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

want me to come visit with my crowbar? OH I'M SORRY, I SLIPPED WHILE RANDOMLY SWINGING MY CROWBAR AROUND AND SEEM TO HAVE DAMAGED YOUR STOVE.

because i'd totally do that if you wanted.

[catness.livejournal.com]

:)

Also, awesome stove.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

I was gonna say, you could get someone to come over and shoot it....

[ceo]

Sadly, I don't think a crowbar would damage it much. Maybe a sledgehammer?

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

That looks sharp! Nice.

Can you send me the name of a plumber you would recommend? I need to do a couple small jobs in the basement before things get wet down there.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

I used Prospect Hill Plumbing & Heating (http://www.phplumbing.com/), which is around the corner from me, for the gas work and had previously used them for some plumbing work. So far, they haven't pissed me off at all.

[adb-foldem.livejournal.com]

Convection is the nerts! Verry pretty.

[muffyjo]

That is a hunka hunka burnin' love right there! Well, hopefully not so much on the burning and more on the cookin'. Still, that's beautiful!

Oooh, Shiny!

[dhs.livejournal.com]

My first thought on seeing the pictures was The stove is on fire!!. Then I adjusted the angle on my display and the backsplash showed up as just a bit less intense. :-)

It does look all shiny and swoopy. I wonder if it does VTOL?

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

gorgeous! what is the backsplash made of?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

it's a piece of a thin sheet laminate, like you'd glue to a piece of plywood to make a counter-top. normally, it's glued for counters with contact cement, but i used plain construction adhesive because it's far more forgiving for placement and i had to wiggle it around the plugs and such.

[flit.livejournal.com]

Sooooo shiny. I am in love!

[miss-bowtruckle.livejournal.com]

Bake cookies! I'll bring the milk!!

I'm just jealous because although my stove is pretty, my dishwasher sucks. Maybe I'm next for the appliance buying.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

So...what's that stove called? I'm starting to think about the renovation of the kitchen in our new house and this is awfully sexy looking.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

It's a "GE Profile". I got it at Sears.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Are you still loving it?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

so far, yeah. the extra-big burner does a fine job of quickly boiling water. i'm not sure if the middle oval griddle burner is behaving as it should -- the flame looks a bit lower than i'd expect. i haven't done much with it, yet, tho, so i'm not sure if the result is as expected. baking/roasting/broiling in the main oven goes well. i haven't used the lower oven yet. i haven't baked bread, but i've roasted assorted meat/veg, biscuits, and casseroles to good effect.

when the griddle isn't in place (which is most of the time), i'm really liking having the continuous surface to slide pans around, although i need to find a new place to set cooking utensils since there's no longer a center spot.