The Frigidaire Flaire Imperial

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Our trusty Frigidaire Flair. It came with the house and was used from August, 2002 until the remodel in Fall, 2006. It’s a joy to look at and always prompted comments from visitors.

Cooking with it was a mixed bag. The dual ovens were nice, but neither were large enough to cook more than a medium-sized broiler chicken, much less the Thanksgiving turkey. The slide out burners were also a cool feature, although the front-left one never worked and the front-right had the strange glitch of having only two settings: Off and Extremely High. Great for boiling water and for stir-fry.

The under-cabinet stored pots, pans and baking sheets. Several other “creative” uses of space can be seen in the photo, such as the hanging pan rack, the knife rack, the pot lid rack. The square, basket-ish thing in the middle shelf of the wood cart was the “spice drawer”.

Been living with this setup for about a week now. It’s not so bad really. So far we subsisted on prepared stuff from Wilson Farm and takeout.

The coffee pot and toaster oven by themselves will dim the lights when warming up. And don’t even think about trying to use more than one at a time or the circuit breaker will trip. The fridge is still plugged in in the dining room on the other side of the house.