We wasted no time in installing the new range, Joe had the old one out and the new one installed and working by Friday night. We didn't actually cook anything until last night, but thought I would show you the first meal, a garlic and onion pizza, as it came out of the oven:
The oven worked flawlessly and the pizza was delicious.
Joe decided to disassemble the old range and save anything that looked useful for spare parts. Since there don't seem to be any service manuals available for these stoves, he also figured he could learn a lot about how they are put together by taking it apart, which will be very useful information for any future repairs. So he spent several hours taking it apart and sorting the pieces into piles to keep and piles to discard. He wound up with a surprisingly small pile for the dump, mostly things like the oven itself and some structural pieces that won't likely need replacing. Here is a picture of one stage of the disassembly:
These ovens do come with the schematics tucked inside, so he will be able to figure out where to re-hook all those wires if he needs to. In this picture the back of the oven is visible at the lower left corner, the gray fan motor visible is for the convection feature of the oven. All together, this range has 3 fans, the other two are for the downdraft ventilation and a smaller cooling fan to aid in oven temperature control. The range was bolted together (no welds or rivets), which made disassembly pretty simple. Joe really enjoyed the project and learned a lot from it, it was the first time he'd taken an oven apart.
I did hit the internet and price the fan we would have needed to repair the old stove, it goes for $134 + shipping, which made the new range an incredible bargain. Other parts are likewise very pricy for this stove--so we are glad to have them in the "warehouse."
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Here is another recent integration of cuuh into our lives, a continuation of a post from September 5th of last year. If you follow the link, scroll down to the "Bonus Feature: Using the Cuuh" which features a showerhead we bought in June 2007. We really liked it, but didn't want to give up our old handheld because it is so useful. So this week Joe bought a diverter that allows both showerheads to be hooked up, the perfect solution. It has a knob allowing either or both to be used, here is a picture of Joe enjoying the "both" setting:
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This week I also got around to using some tart pans I bought last September 12th.
Found a recipe on the internet for Milk Tarts. purportedly a classic dessert from South Africa. I made some and they were pretty good, essentially a thick vanilla pudding set inside a cookie-like crust:
The recipe made 30 tarts, I gave a few away and the rest are disappearing quickly, this is the last remaining pan!
