1951 Commercial for Westinghouse Electric Range

1951 Commercial for Westinghouse Electric Range

[@jimzone8153]

It’s Betty Furnace, as Ricky Ricardo called her. 😂

[@bdh70]

I think of that every time I see her!

[@frankroper3274]

In the 50's 179.00 was a small fortune! We thought people that made 100.00 a week were rich! You could buy a soda for a dime and candy was 2 for a penny! A whole chicken was like .79! Hamburgers were a quarter or 4 for a dollar! My how times change!

[@karenroy9045]

I love it!!

[@lynettemarion5374]

The year I was born!!!!

[@Ctrl-XYZ]

Betty Furness.

[@bsgarey]

Why all the Westinghouse Commercials. Where did they go. While growing up we had a Westinghouse Washer. We loved it. I would buy one today, but where did they GO?

[@SWRadioConcepts]

How is it possible to cook a large ham, casserole of vegetables, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, and apple brown betty all at the same time in the oven?

[@kerryincolumbus]

because all of those foods can all be cooked/baked very easily at either 325 or 350 Degrees.. I do it all the time for big holiday meals..

[@heliosgnosis2744]

Because ovens use to be the shit now the suck ass, no one cares about nice appliances anymore

[@hankaustin7091]

I agree with kerryincolumbus. I, too, cook big holiday meals like the one in the commercial, it's all about timing and arranging your cooking racks properly so that everything fits in... it takes some practice, but, it can be done.

[@pkmnan00bis]

If you put your items in at different times at the same temperature they can all finish together.

[@RobertJarecki]

I did it with a small apartment range. The experienced cooks commenting above know that if you also want hot biscuits or dinner rolls, the temperature can be adjusted and the biscuits or rolls put in to bake while you're transferring the ham to a platter and putting everything else on the table! 👍

[@DovZeev]

179.00! Thats a lot back then

[@luisreyes1963]

When Westinghouse made quality products in the USA.

[@stevehoward3049]

Why not simply have a larger oven and pot and pan storage area. You can put a stool and garbage can any where else.

[@hankaustin7091]

because kitchens designed after WWII were meant to be small, to save steps. Very few homes after WWII had maids, so the kitchens didn't need to be large. The everyday housewife, just like today, wanted to save steps when making a family dinner, especially a holiday meal. So, smaller appliances were all the rage in the late 40s and early 50s, they made use of every square inch of space . It wasn't until the later 50s that appliances got bigger and bigger because Americans were making more money by then and could afford bigger houses, bigger kitchens, and of course, bigger appliances.

[@RobertJarecki]

Mom bought a Wedgwood gas range shortly after WWII. It's in my garage with its 4 burners, 2 ovens, 2 broilers, griddle in the middle and lift up warming shelf with fluorescent light underneath, all refurbished, waiting for its turn to be installed in my 1939 house's retro kitchen. When you want to give your guests the choice between ham and turkey.

[@Retroscoop]

Can someone explain to me when one speaks of a "kitchen range" and when of a kitchen stove ? (I'm no native speaker, and dictionairies are no help at all). I see some definitions of a range sounding rather to be semi-professional equipment for in restaurants or schools, with "6, 8 or 10 heating plates". This one here has 4. Does a range has features a kitchen stove doesn't have ? Is it just a more "expensive" word than stove, is it all salesmen or -women talk ? (I saw in some ads that there was a company that called its appliance "range" but those of its competitors "stove"... Thanks for your comments !

[@Melissa0774]

When you're talking about cooking appliances, the word stove mostly just refers to the part on top, with burners, that you put pots on top of, for boiling or frying. That part can also be called a cook top. An oven is a box that gets hot, that you bake food inside of. In some kitchens, the oven and the stove are two separate things. A range is the name for the square shaped appliance that combines both an oven and a stove, together in one unit. This is a range - cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-pacto3wrn2/content/migrated-ge/range-stove/images/dual_fuel_range.jpg Range isn't a very commonly used word, though. Most people just call it either the oven or the stove, even though that's only half of what it really is. I hope this explanation isn't to confusing. Any appliance that combines an oven and stove together into one thing, is a range. It doesn't matter if it's gas or electric, or heated some other way, like with wood. It also doesn't matter how large or expensive it is, or whether or not it's for a home or a restaurant.

[@RobertJarecki]

​@@Melissa0774👍 Thank you for your thoughtful and thorough explanation As just an additional note, I've noticed a small tendency for native English speakers in former British Empire countries to use the word range. There's a British mini-series _1900 House_ where the kitchen range also is used (unsuccessfully at first) to supply hot water for bathing. Such hot water systems may still be available for wood burning stoves from Lehman's Hardware, Kidron, Ohio USA.

[@almaestrog2g23]

جيد جدا

[@robertferguson1652]

I can afford that in todays money lmao

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

gee... only $180 for that range! until you figure for inflation to 2020 dollars.. it's freaking $1785.00!! that's a LOT of money for such a small range! No thanks, I'll get the Chinese made junk for $750-$800 and let the shit break down every 5-6 years!

[@Retroscoop]

Good for nature, good for the Chinese. It's that kind of wrong attitude that is leading to the exhaustion of resources and China growing and growing economy... and military arrogance.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@Retroscoop blah blah blah.. thanks for your non-sense input.. I'll be blocking you from further replies, just so you know

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

@@Retroscoop You don't know jack shit, kid. So shut it. Thank you very much.

[@viperwb]

No ,made in china is nice now, try Haier

[@guardianoftheduat]

I know this comment is old but China has camps also those stoves are still working to this day just saying

[@TVonthePorch]

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