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daym! I'd love to have that oven!
looks pretty good considering
That is a pretty attractive-looking oven, considering it's age and stage of neglect. I'd love something like that in my kitchen.
It's a Wolf Range Model CH-6-29 with a stainless steel stub back, fairly new. Missing 1 red burner knob Part # 19255. I used to work for wolf, could ya tell ?
Commercial Wolf ranges are not appropriate for home use for most people. They are a royal pain to clean. They are so heavy that the previous owner of our house had to reinforce the floor. The pilot lights are always on in the oven, making the kitchen hot (fine in the winter, but not in the summer). Our gas bill went down 50% in the winter after we had it removed. It's not insulated like a residential oven/stove, so it's really hot to operate in the summer.

That being said, water does boil very quickly on the stovetop, a great big turkey will fit in the oven, and it bakes great bread.

Oh, and it's big, much deeper than standard cabinets and counters.
Being a person who likes to bake, I would like a big oven, but, because what Neefer just said, I don't want that one. I like the cold much better than the warmth, so having an oven that overheats the kitchen would drive me nuts.

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