Crawford stove

Post by **CIcch95** » Mon. Apr. 03, 2023 3:11 pm

Hello. New member, first post. This stove was left in my new house. So, I came to the experts! What can you tell me about (by looking at it!)

Thanks!

Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Mon. Apr. 03, 2023 3:18 pm

Its heavy. What you gonna do with it ?

Turn it into a welding table ? Bzzz Bzzzz Splatty Splat

Post by **waytomany?s** » Mon. Apr. 03, 2023 3:48 pm

How about some pictures of the insides?

Post by **waytomany?s** » Mon. Apr. 03, 2023 3:48 pm

How about some pictures of the insides?

Post by **Sunny Boy** » Mon. Apr. 03, 2023 4:51 pm

Welcome CL.

Home Comfort were one of the better kitchen stoves known as "ranges". Could be just a wood stove, or wood and coal depending on what type grates it has. We'd need pix of inside the firebox to know.

If it's set up to just be a wood stove trying to burn coal in it won't work well. If it's set up for coal, it can also burn wood.

The first few pages of this Cookin With Coal thread will tell you how kitchen ranges work. The rest of the thread will answer questions you didn't even think of yet.

Cookin' With Coal

Paul

Post by **CIcch95** » Tue. Apr. 04, 2023 2:03 pm

Sunny Boy wrote: ↑Mon. Apr. 03, 2023 4:51 pm Welcome CL.

Home Comfort were one of the better kitchen stoves known as "ranges". Could be just a wood stove, or wood and coal depending on what type grates it has. We'd need pix of inside the firebox to know.

If it's set up to just be a wood stove trying to burn coal in it won't work well. If it's set up for coal, it can also burn wood.

The first few pages of this Cookin With Coal thread will tell you how kitchen ranges work. The rest of the thread will answer questions you didn't even think of yet.

Cookin' With Coal

Paul

Great. Thanks. I will have to get some pics of the inside.

-Rick

Post by **Hoytman** » Sun. May. 07, 2023 12:03 pm

They always show up, ask questions, then leave. If they not knew how good a forum this place is.

Post by **stovehospital** » Mon. Jul. 10, 2023 5:49 pm

The Home model is top of the line. They are a fairly complicated stove to restore . One example is the control for Bake/ Kindle. Most stoves have a 2 top 3 piece lever system of some sort. The Home Crawford has about 8 or 9 pieces in this unit. The upside is that no air is allowed to enter the stove when you go from Bake to Kindle or back. It is also the only stove that has the gears for the grates in a dedicated box that is not part of the stove itself. Crawford had a way of doing things differently from other companies.

The Home is a great stove and well worth restoration

Post by **CIcch95** » Wed. Oct. 11, 2023 9:53 am

Sorry for the delay. It has been a busy few months. Here are some more pics. Any further info woudl be great. I think I am going to sell the stove. What do you think the value may be in this condition? Thanks.

Post by **Hoytman** » Wed. Oct. 11, 2023 2:13 pm

Show us pictures of the grates. Where's Freetown Fred at asking this person where they're from? What is you often say, Fred??

I like the looks of this range, but I wish it had more shelves.

Post by **Sunny Boy** » Wed. Oct. 11, 2023 3:22 pm

Yup. Condition of the grates is important because they are the heart of any stove. And type of grates is even more critical to a range.

Paul

Post by **CIcch95** » Wed. Oct. 11, 2023 3:45 pm

I'll get some pics of the grates. I am in Northeast CT!

Post by **CIcch95** » Thu. Oct. 12, 2023 7:58 am

Here is the grate. There is only 1.

Post by **Hoytman** » Fri. Oct. 13, 2023 9:23 am

That looks like a homemade grate to me and is useless for coal.

Post by **waytomany?s** » Fri. Oct. 13, 2023 10:36 am

CIcch95 wrote: ↑Thu. Oct. 12, 2023 7:58 am Here is the grate. There is only 1.

Is this in the firebox? It looks like it is in the oven.

Crawford stove

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