I picked this up on eprey a couple of months ago. Really got a great deal on it. So far most of its duties were making coffee or boiling water for tea. I recently tried to to cook something on it and it works pretty well. A little hard to simmer but if you anticipate it you can get along quite well. I am very satified with it. The only thing I have done so far is unclog the jets and thowdown a little polish on it. Would anyone wager a guess on a year of production on these??
these were not made to be stoves and that you can get anything out of it at all is amazing. These were made to be chafing dishes or used at a banquet table for on the spot cooking. yours might be the cooker variaity as you can actuall get it to boil water. They have been made for about as long as there has been the company something over a hundred years iirc, so just when yours was made, is anybodies guess. lance
Well Lance i got 3 of them and two work good for boiling water wide open only one will not run wide open it over heats plus their is two type burner the odd one is the one that over heats comes out the prime pump gets to burning but no blow up yet.Nice stove to make toast on just put on the top.
There is no Frickin Way!! these were not designed for chafing!!! they would incinerate (burn the crap) out of anything. I would like to see the source you got your info from Lance. They have two settings ON and Alky Blowtorch ON There is no low heat simmer.
I'll have to browse through the catalog archives and see if I can find anything similar to this. I've always thought they were, for lack of a better word, cute.
Hey, Guys, I agree with SplitBus that these were not meant for chaffing dish duty, or at least not exclusively for that. The only Landers, Frary, and Clark stove that I have, is huge compared to the one shown in this thread, however! Not only large, it's quite robust, and has a top-mounted fuel tank, and cast iron burner and flame spreader. I'll wager that it's a "stove", and not a chafing dish!! 8) In fact, cast into the top of the stove are the words, "Universal Alchohol Stove #110". Yep, it's a stove, alright! I'll take photos a little later, and post them. Never fired it up, or at least not that I can remember! Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
Hey, Guys, Here's my own Landers, Frary, & Clark, which is the "Universal Alcohol Stove #110". The maker's mark. And, the model mark. The large, cast iron burner. And, from underneath, which also shows the cast iron priming pan. Both burner and priming pan are very large and heavily built. Now, I have not tried to clean this Old Timer, since the day I bought him, and he is really dirty, especially seen in the priming pan. So, I know that, if this pan is that dirty, the inside of the fuel tube, tank, and burner, are also very probably in need of a good cleaning. I'm also sure this stove probably has a wick/strainer, which I would guarantee is needy. But, having said that, this stove fired right up, after priming, and besides burner dirty on "high", it's far better than I'd thought it might be!! The simmer. Medium flame. And, on high. This old stove is quite large, very heavy, and extremely well-built. I have no real idea of it's age, but I'm guessing, maybe from the 1920's. Could be later, of course. Once fully alight, the cast iron parts get very hot, and I would bet that this Old Timer might work very well. Later, I'll do a few tests and see. Thanks for checking out this old LF&C! Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
Hey, Richard, Many thanks! He's a neat old guy, and I surely wish I knew more about him. Maybe someday more info about the full line of LF&C stoves will be found. Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
Doc that is a hefty LF&C I love it. I wonder why they did Alky? When most of the rest of the world was kero or gas. Great looking stove
i can only say i have a LF&C and it is a chafing dish with adjustable valve burner. Okay i didn't look at your stove all that close and only went by the name and my assoication with it. give me thirty lashes with a wet noodle or a cat-o-nine if you wish. lance
