Maybe a Question for the Chefs?

fureverywhere

fureverywhere

beloved friend who will always be with us in spiri
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Northern NJ, USA
Ten or twenty years ago hubby cooked like a champ. His patron saint was Paul Prudhomme. He got this stove used...a Wolf, professional grade, 6 burner. A wet dream for real live chefs. Okay now the poor stove. The oven hasn't worked for a few years. It became storage for bread and pans. Now the burners...gas is dangerous, I was cleaning a burner the other night and it rusted off in my hand.

Hubby's disability he does not cook anymore. My in-laws left a perfectly serviceable Sears four burner special on the porch. Would it not make more sense to have the Wolf removed and the Sears model put in?
 

If the oven's not working and your hubby doesn't cook anymore, it makes good sense to me to make use of the Sears model.
 
I've always preferred gas, as you can truly and instantly regulate the heat. I could never get the hang of using an electric stove -- besides which you can't tell by looking if the burner is truly off (or still hot from recent use) and I think they are dangerous with small children around. I removed the electric stove my mom had in the house and replaced it with gas after she died. Mine has electronic ignition and hence no pilot lights.

Just my personal opinion.
 

If the gas stove is broken and unfixable, then obviously its a good idea to get rid of it and use the Sears electric. I have electric in my place, red lights are on when there is a burner or oven on and it works perfectly and cooking on it is very easy.
 
My husband is a much better chef than I am, and he prefers gas stoves, always complains about our electric stove. I like the electric, I do feel it's safer, but mostly for ease of cleaning.
 
Thank you for the feedback everybody. I wonder if I could find one of those junk removal places to take the Wolf? Besides the very real danger of the gas connection and all, there's the size of this thing. It would take at least three or four burly guys to carry it out. Then perhaps a Sears tech waiting in the wings to reconnect the other one. The stove on the porch is compact enough that my son and I could probably pick it up.
 
If you advertise the Wolf stove for free on Craigslist, and describe the condition; someone will come along and haul it out for you, probably right away.
If it can still be used, someone will want it for fixing it, and if it is beyond repair, then there are all sorts of people who love to pick up heavy scrap metal and sell it.
The one concern that I would see is about the connection.
Most electric stoves will require a 220 receptacle in the wall to plug the stove into. The gas stove has probably not needed that, and maybe no electricity at all. If the new smaller stove is gas, then you can just change it all out; but if it is electric, you will need to have the proper electric plug-in for it to work.
 
Just to clarify I think both stoves are gas. Hum, I never thought of Craigslist. Basically clunker Wolf Professional stove, if you want it, it's yours...I'll pretty up the wording a bit...but yeah that's basically it. If they can salvage the working parts best of luck to them.
 
@ fureverywhere, Happyflowerlady is right on all her points, so I'll just add one more. There just might be someone that just needs parts. Go to google and type in, " Old cooking stoves refurbished and parts for sale. That will give you someone you could email to see if there is any value left in your old stove.

I have an old 1942 Chambers stove, and that was how my youngest son found parts to repair it with.

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Yowww, I posted it on Craiglist with an image and measurements. Within hours three people have written to ask about it. I was honest, it's got visible rust and while not complete trash it's still in a bad way. One gentleman wants to see it tomorrow. Must put dogs outside. "No Callie, the nice young man is trying to help us..."GRRRRRRROWWWRRRRRRRR
 
You'll need a plumber to disconnect the gas and connect the new one to the gas. It's not a job you can do yourself, and here where I live it's illegal for anyone but a licensed plumber to do it. 'Course if you're changing out two that you already own, probably nobody would know, but be sure you have someone who knows what he/she is doing to change them out -- you don't want to gas yourself or blow yourself up.
 
Talked to a person who can do the reconnection for $100, the old stove we'll see who can take it out. Only problem is the dogs, must be in the yard...Callie tends to terrify strangers.
 
Funny,was just discussing Wolf stoves last night. A good friend and his wife have turned their property into a wedding/event venue. Western themed,but not overly so. He bought an old Wolf stove from our local Senior Center a couple of weeks ago. I had seen the Center`s director complaining about the stove for some time now on FB,said the oven didn`t work and only one burner worked. So we are at our friend` putting turkeys in his spare fridge in his shop last week and there was this Wolf. He said "Look what I bought." When he told me where he bought it,I told him that it doesn`t work. Well,turned out it only needed a good cleaning,and works like a champ! He got a screaming deal on it too. I`m envious.
 
fureverywhere said:
Talked to a person who can do the reconnection for $100, the old stove we'll see who can take it out. Only problem is the dogs, must be in the yard...Callie tends to terrify strangers.
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Maybe you could get the person who reconnects and the person to take the old one in at the same time and in one fell swoop, get the old one disconnected and taken away and the new one connected in. That would be a happy resolution to the problem.

Bonnie is good with strangers, once I tell her it is OK -- then she wants pets and wants to kiss. But before I say the magic OK words, she has hackles raised and barks and says big scary GRRRRs. As she has settled in she has become quite protective of me, which is a good thing. She's a lot more worried about men than women; she's very suspicious of men in general.
 

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