All gas stove?

[YoungOne]

I grew up with an old gas stove that had pilot lights and dials. When my mom upgraded she got a stove with the click-start non-pilot (pezo?). I cannot find anything like that when looking. Everything plugs into the darn wall. Does anybody know of a manufacturer who still makes the no-electricity needed versions of gas stoves? I have tried several googles and found nothing.

[LisaInN.Idaho]

When we first moved here we used a vintage range like what you are describing that we found in a very cool vintage stove place in Phoenix. Are you near Phoenix?

[YoungOne]

currently living in phoenix looking to furnish the new place and I hate the idea of getting a gas stove that still requires electricity. The newest ones (Lowes) all have emergency shutoff valves that REQUIRE a 120V outlet.

[LisaInN.Idaho]

Though we live on solar power, I got eventually got a gas/propane range that has an electronic spark ignition, though I can also light it with a match. It doesn't have a glow bar which was the big thing we didn't want. It seems to me that the lowest end ranges (Home Depot and Lowes)didn't plug in but were all gas. I wanted selfcleaning which is where the choices really narrowed down to the one stove I have.

[haypoint]

How about getting the kind with the "click-click-click" but just not plug it in and use a match to light it? No elect. needed and not burning up your gas with a non-stop pilot.

[LisaInN.Idaho]

The place we found our old range was called Stoveworks I think. You can buy refurbished or unrefurbished stoves from a very nice old guy who loves old ranges. Ours was a 1940's gas apartment sized range that was refurbished and we paid a couple of hundred dollars for. The beautiful old ones are much more expensive. Ours did look very good in the cabin, but ultimately it wasn't big enough.
edited to add: Found the number for 805 Stoveworks in Phoenix, AZ - 602.258.6991.

[NWoods_Hippie]

I have a reasonably new Crosley Stove, (5 years old I think) NON-Electric with two pilot lights on the range top and one in the oven. It stays lit when the power goes out which is why I didn't want one of the electric start kind, with those you can't light the oven when the power is out, however you can still light the range top on most brands.

I did a Google search on Crosley Range and didn't come up with much, mostly parts dealers. This is a pretty bare bones stove, no bells and whistles, timers or other fancy stuff, but I like it better than the VERY expensive Electric start gas stove I had before!!

Margie

[busybee870]

I ordered a match light oven thermostat , so theres no running pilot, and no worry about it blowing out, and saves gas, and i disconnected my pilot lines to the top burners, theres a valve on them you can close as well. so its match light too. I save on the overpriced propane, and have to light the top and bottom with a match when I need it.

[Rockin'B]

Originally Posted by YoungOne

currently living in phoenix looking to furnish the new place and I hate the idea of getting a gas stove that still requires electricity. The newest ones (Lowes) all have emergency shutoff valves that REQUIRE a 120V outlet.

That's odd. Ours has the electric but it's basically to run the light bulb in the oven and the starter spark. If the power goes out we still start it with a match. No big deal....


ETA: it's of recent vintage too. Just a couple years old.

[MaryNY]

Try Lehman's website:

www.Lehmans.com

MaryNY

[anniew]

I have a kenmore (sears) that I bought just prior to Y2K. It has no electric, and the top and oven light with a pilot. It does not use much gas for the pilots. I may have had to special order it. Can't remember.
Ann

[vicker]

I live off grid and was surprised this fall when we began to look for a new gas stove. ALL of them require electric to light the oven. I finally found one that the burners, and the oven can be lit by match. PREMIER Gas stoves. They can be ordered at Lowes.
http://www.premierrange.com/
They have several models that will work
Do your homework though, because on many only the tops can be lit, and not the oven.

[ET1 SS]

Our stove uses any gas. We had been using NG, but moved and we now use propane in it.

Works great too!

Matches are needed everytime. But we like it.

[Wolf mom]

There's a couple good used appliance dealers in N. Phoenix. One, if I remember correctly is on Cave Creek Rd. around Bell. I'd check there.

What part of Phoenix? I used to live near Paradise Valley Mall...
OMG a Mallie...

[wheeezil]

should be able to find a 1950s stove on craiglist or recycler .com

[frazzlehead]

I got mine last year ... It's a Crosley, and the burners and oven are on pilot lights all the time. Once in awhile they go out, and I relight with a match.

It's awesome: takes zero electricity at all - which is great since I'm on solar.

Mine must be fairly new ... let me see if I can get a model number for you ...

Aha! gas range WT-TOD

Interestingly enough, the service number says "Maytag" - 1-800-688-1120; Maytag Apploiances Sales Company, ATTN CAIR Center, PO Box 2370, Cleveland TN 37320-2370

Note that my instructions refer to some models WITH electric hookup and some without. Mine's the "bottom of the line model" - i.e. without.

[canfossi]

I'm off the grid and the stove I have we can turn the gas on and light the burner with a match, it's a new stove. There is a plug but can still light it without plugging the cord into the wall. Check with a gas stove supplier, they should have waht your lookign for. Hope this helps, Chris

[tyusclan]

Our local ACE hardware can order one. I can't remember the brand but the price was around $350 when I checked about 2 yrs. ago and it was a plain, no frills gas stove with pilot lights. No electricity needed. tyusclan momma

[farminghandyman]

the premier models that Vicker posted about, are nice and are in the upper quality of residential units, they are not cheap junk, (they in my opinion are similar to the higher end that the local home depot carries).
The grates are heavy cast, the grill if you get the option, (sets over two burners), is a heavy aluminum unit, ours, has the grates so the top is level, and the burners are sealed, no more spills under the top of the stove, My wife loves hers,
I suggest the models that have different Btu rating on the burners, we have the 6 burner unit and like the power burner and the simmer burner, we have the electronic light unit but the oven and the burners all can be lit with a match if no power,
to change from LP to NG or vise versa is a orifice change, in the burners (supplied), and there is a item to switch on the regulator if I remember correctly,

[ET1 SS]

In our stove the burners are heavy cast iron, there is a carburetor where the gas flows into them and mixes with air. The orifice is inside of that and is adjustable. When changing from one kind of gas to another, you light one burner, turn it all the way up, and the orifice can be adjusted to raise or lower the amount of gas flow into the burner; so if the flames are too high you can bring them down, or if they are too low you can raise them. also at the carburetor, is a sliding cover that allows air to mix with the gas, as it goes into the bottom of each burner, opening it or closing it, adjusts how much air mixes with the gas, and changes the colour of the flame.