Submitted by TheRealArb t3_ygnzcg in BuyItForLife
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TiderOneNiner t1_iu9k68a wrote
They don’t make em like they used to
evenstevens280 t1_iu9mh3p wrote
My grandparents had one of these - or, at least, something similar
That overhead grill is such a nightmare. Great way to spill grease onto the hobs below if you're not careful
evenstevens280 t1_iu9oxbw wrote
Just make the noises yourself and pretend to cook, like a child.
Pssssssss Click click whooooosh.
Who wants pretend bacon sandwiches?
mynameisollie t1_iu9pvio wrote
I hope you have a carbon monoxide detector. We had one of these growing up and it was condemned by the gas man.
horrendous_cabbage t1_iu9q722 wrote
Beauty
occamsracer t1_iu9ras5 wrote
Please use a vent to the outside
TheRealArb OP t1_iu9rejj wrote
Did he also flog you the replacement 😉
The property it's in requires an annual gas safety certificate so...
mynameisollie t1_iu9rk20 wrote
No, we were too poor. He just disconnected it and hung a tag on it.
delicioustreeblood t1_iu9ry30 wrote
Damn Britain bringing that colonialism vibe to the kitchen
stereolithography t1_iu9tklb wrote
MF weren't even hiding it back in the day lol
F-21 t1_iu9y8qh wrote
Mmm reminds me of Record vises. Back when "Made in England" meant unrivaled quality, Record decided to cast real steel vises. There are practically no other cast steel vises (there are forged blacksmith and heuer vises but they're much thinner...). Record offered many steel models like the no.35 engineers vise, or the heavy duty no.110... But non were as impressive as the No.518 heavy chipping vise.
There will never be anything like it again. It was used to chisel and chip metal on it, something that's rarely done nowadays, and even in later years Record switched to nodular cast iron on all their vises which was more than strong enough. The all steel vises were a major flex, a good cast iron vise is almost indestructible and costs a fraction of what it costs to make a steel casting... But thesteel one would be hard to damage even if you intentionally wanted to destroy it.
spaghettigoose t1_iu9y92s wrote
Damn, home range with a salamander? Count me in.
F-21 t1_iu9yjj1 wrote
Why without gas?
i_hope_you_are_gay t1_iu9ymng wrote
What does this have to do with Amazon Games' MMORPG, New World?
Gianni_Crow t1_iu9ysb5 wrote
That's the most British product name I've ever seen.
TDMarsh t1_iu9yxwl wrote
It was a poor attempt at making light (no pun intended) of the current economic/energy situation in Britain right now. Lol
needmorehardware t1_iu9zzbu wrote
For what?
F-21 t1_iua0ah9 wrote
Oh haha, went totally over my head :)
I though there was some ban on gas stoves in the USA or something like that. They're still very common here (slovenia...).
Rusty51 t1_iua11g7 wrote
A dash of colonialism in your thanksgiving turkey
occamsracer t1_iua11x2 wrote
tl;dr burning gas indoors without ventilation is bad for people, especially asthmatics and kids.
needmorehardware t1_iua16vt wrote
Makes sense - I’ve had one everywhere I’ve been since 2004 ish
2oldsoulsinanewworld t1_iua1iok wrote
There is in places in California don't remember off the top of my head but I think new construction in Sacramento is not allowed to have gas supplied to a single family home.
LordBrandon t1_iua4ej3 wrote
If they made it today would it be called "Bloody Hell We Lost The Subcontinent"?
doctapeppa t1_iua5944 wrote
What’s the thing on top?
dakta t1_iua79xg wrote
It appears to be a broiler, or what folks in the restaurant trade would call a salamander. Typically used for melting cheese on top of things or giving them a nice browned crust. The wire rack underneath the broiler pan is likely for warming, or for holding deeper/taller bakeware for broiling (you'd remove the broiler pan to make room).
US combination ranges (oven and stovetop in one unit) will often have a warming drawer or broiler underneath the oven, where it simply reuses the oven's heating element.
TheEliteCalhoun t1_iua7nlr wrote
A salamander on a home top. Lucky Tosspot, you.
TheEliteCalhoun t1_iua7q9j wrote
I’m saying!
Fanculo_Cazzo t1_iua92ki wrote
I hope the air quality meter in the neighborhood gets paid overtime every time this thing is fired up.
spider__ t1_iuac53m wrote
I used to have an overhead grill, personally i loved it as it made it much easier to monitor the food.
spider__ t1_iuac81e wrote
A grill or broiler if you are American.
jow97 t1_iuacdqz wrote
Aaaah pros AND cons
cool_chrissie t1_iuaeimc wrote
I had to do a double take when I saw this.
Denadiss t1_iuafdbi wrote
Yea bit on the nose
Aporkalypse_Sow t1_iualqv8 wrote
Everyone made quality stuff for like 20-30 years, and that was it. You get one generation of quality made goods, but then the labor becomes more expensive and everything starts going downhill to keep the profit margins up.
Helens_Moaning_Hand t1_iub52cw wrote
It’s called New World Conquest? Talk about British imperialism.
YesWayMmmKay t1_iubgnsa wrote
I want my next oven to be the Manifest Destiny brand deluxe Trail of Tears model!
imalittlefrenchpress t1_iubkyu3 wrote
I want to see the inside! Does the oven door swing open to the side, or open down?
forkcat211 t1_iubmb7c wrote
Yes, love my Dualit toaster and that you can get parts to repair it, if needed
PoochieNPinchy t1_iubouyh wrote
Guessing you got a Temporary Dispatch Note https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2olq7m
elephantime t1_iubtwcj wrote
Hope you can afford to turn it on this winter.
sparklingtuna t1_iuc3xb2 wrote
There’s a reason these aren’t used anymore.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/449144
Between 1963 and 1975 the annual number of suicides in England and Wales showed a sudden, unexpected decline from 5,714 to 3,693 at a time when suicide continued to increase in most other European countries. This appears to be the result of the progressive removal of carbon monoxide from the public gas supply. Accounting for more than 40 percent of suicides in 1963, suicide by domestic gas was all but eliminated by 1975.
Tokogogoloshe t1_iuch5er wrote
Do you still have gas in the UK?
limpymcforskin t1_iuchwuh wrote
Really no need for gas in the vast majority of Cali. Heat pumps are much more efficient and can easily run year around there.
9100 t1_iucsx8l wrote
Depending on who is doing the cert it's either going to not get tested (I see loads that pass every year but really shouldn't and have glaringly obvious visual faults) or they do the tests but don't understand the results so just pass everything anyway.
So just because there is a certificate doesn't mean that you can be 100% sure it is 100% safe, and besides, that would only apply on the day of the test, there could be a fault develops in the intervening year between the certs.
I would rather have the CO detector than just hope that it's fine. If it's a rental (which I would assume it is if it needs a cert every year) then I would always put a CO in every room with a gas appliance to be on the safe side anyway for what they cost.
9100 t1_iuct0rl wrote
We call these high level grills, not overhead.
evenstevens280 t1_iucz2vw wrote
Who's we
9100 t1_iud0fbh wrote
People that call them high level grills. Never heard them called anything else tbh.
2oldsoulsinanewworld t1_iud8i3u wrote
True but for cooking, hot water heating and clothes drying I thought gas was the way to go for overall minimal environmental impact. I may not be properly informed as things may have changed with with more recent technology. Plus the last I heard California still having rolling Brown and blackouts and they're pushing to make everything all electric and it just doesn't seem feasible on the timeline that they are going for.
ConnorGoFuckYourself t1_iudb6l7 wrote
+1 for having a CO monitor just to make sure.
The house I now live in was owned by boiler/gas engineer in the late 80-through to 2002, he obviously worked on the house himself.
He had a gas fire installed, the surround for the flue is made of MDF, there was duct tape sealing the joint half way up in a bedroom. The gas supply pipe running through the house is(was) unsupported for a span of 13 foot, with multiple solder joints and a 90 degree angle on that span.
This is beyond shoddy/dangerous work by DIY standards, let alone a boiler/gas engineer!
After we moved in we found out from the people living next door (in the other half of the Semi detached house) that he did the boiler work and servicing for the people living there at the time. The young family (2 parents and 2 kids) were all found dead from CO poisoning, wrapped in blankets on the sofa as they'd thought they had the flu.
So rather wary of gas/boilers now and mention it whenever we have service engineers in, just to remind them that fucking up can have real world consequences.
We have multiple CO monitors around the house, don't risk your/your families life for the sake of a few quid for the monitors.
limpymcforskin t1_iue0hxe wrote
Look Into Rheem hybrid hot water heaters. I have one and it's a 50 gallon and with two people in the home it costs about 100 bucks a year to run. Much cheaper than natural gas. As for dryers I'm not sure.
Also gas cooking is the most inefficient type of cooking there is. With gas it's estimated only around 70% of the energy is transferred to the pan itself. With induction it's in the 90+% range.
Also no vents needed for either of those
Plantsteachme t1_iuehplp wrote
So on top of the shoddy gas work, the property is haunted.
2oldsoulsinanewworld t1_iufivr3 wrote
I'll have to check that out thanks for the info.
Not_Oscar_Muffin t1_iufne96 wrote
And they you re-connected it and removed the tag.
Right...?
SierraDespair t1_iuiuox0 wrote
Why is it called a salamander?
spaghettigoose t1_iuj28by wrote
Not really sure, but I'd guess it's because the fire is the bottom similar to the re/orange belly of a salamander. Or possibly because the food goes under similar to the you find salamanders under things? It's just what I've always heard them called in the restaurant industry, but is plenty or weird jargon there.
NotGiven68 t1_iu9hnjj wrote
Back in the days Britain made quality goods.