If only Joseph McCarthy had known: clear evidence of Potsylvanian design influence lurking in good-old American Sears stores in the late 1950’s.

So strange, yet so fascinating. Here at the shop we just stare at it during lunch breaks, wondering how much vodka was consumed by the Kenmore design team’s Fearless Leader dreaming up the new look of next year’s line of stoves.  Is this a clock with a stove attached, or a stove with a really prominent garish clock? And the backsplash light panel: not exactly subtle, but nicely sized for looking at old-school x-rays.

If the looks aren’t Badenov to turn you off, there is so much here to appreciate. For openers, the cave-like oven size. Followed by a most wonderful, very versatile 3-way cooktop, with your choice of four or FIVE burners, or a handy middle griddle to make cute little blinchiki. The oven is controlled by a very unusually placed (and almost invisible) dial between the clock and the backsplash light. Comes complete with oven safety system spun-off from glorious Sputnik program, which (if the clock actually works, please God), allows one to set the oven to automatically turn on/off at chosen times. Finally, there’s those oven/broiler handles: so curvaceously sexy, dahlink, we hesitate to show them on this family-friendly website.

Not for every kitchen, for sure. But someone, somewhere, just can't exist without this stove.

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DO NOT CLICK TO PURCHASE any stove. Email/call us to discuss, but before you do so, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

The stoves in our inventory (with a few exceptions) HAVE NOT YET BEEN SERVICED. IE: they are in the same condition as when we pulled them out of a house. They have been used for 60+ years and most likely have never been serviced.

We will service the stove once we have secured a purchase commitment. Prices shown includes all parts and full mechanical servicing, with minor repairs. (Clocks/timers cannot be repaired). Major repairs, including rotisserie motors, thermostats, safety valves, etc. can be done at extra cost. Also included is full exterior cleaning and light interior cleaning. Restoration of chrome, enamel, etc. is NOT included and is generally NOT available. Full interior cleaning, delivery, and installation available at extra cost.

If you or your shipper are picking up a stove: We charge to expertly load or assist loading your vehicle ($250 for single oven stoves, $500 for double oven stoves over 40”), assuring a fast, safe load without injury to body, stove, or vehicle.

If you do not want us to assist/load, we roll your stove to the street, rain or shine, and remove it from our rolling platform. We provide no advice, tools, padding, boxes, etc. Either way, you should bring at least two 16' ratchet straps with 1"-2" webbing, packing material, packing blankets, 2-3 storage bins to hold parts. If you use/keep our rolling platform to load your stove into your vehicle, the charge is $50