crispin:
What we found is that restored 600’s or 1060’s are $4,000/deck and $1,000 for shipping.
Anybody know why these oven prices have gone up so substantially in the past 3 years? Three years ago I got my 1060 double-stack for $10,000 delivered. Researching for a new store, I found the same company is now selling them for $16,000. A 60% increase in 3 years!?
On topic, both of the 1060’s we received had problems. One had to be completely replaced (at Blodgett’s expense).
The metal bar on the door hinge on both of them warped when heated for the first time. They curved outward so much that one of the ovens had the door stuck SHUT with no chance of getting it opened. As we got busier in our first few weeks, we could no longer run on one oven. So Blodgett gave us the OK to do whatever necessary to get it open. We opened it with a crowbar, breaking the hinge wheel off in the process.
That made it work, but only on one hinge. Blodgett eventually replaced that entire oven. However, it took them a year to get it done and the problem happened 30 minutes after the first light.
Blodgett said it was a known issue, and the new oven didn’t have any sign of problems. I’m guessing they had a bad batch of steel make its way to the hinges.
The other oven’s hinges seemed to work their way back into shape and were OK.
Besides that, the large door spring broke on both of them after only 10 months or so. That is a dangerous situation, as the door comes FLYING open without that spring on there. Repair on one of those took a month, though that’s more the fault of the warranty shop here.
Both ovens also needed stones replaced after less than six months. Three of them developed sags and then eventually cracked.
In Blodgett’s defense, both ovens have been running perfectly for almost 2 years now
