More Than Appliances That Record The Household Now They Offer A “Sabbath Oven Setting”

Last week I had to replace the 10 year old electric cooking range in the kitchen due to an electrical issue, luckily no fire, just lots of smoke. Home Depot was having their annual Labor Day appliance sale so I ventured out to purchase a new range. After getting over sticker shock, (the price was triple what I paid for a range 10 years ago) I found an UnSmart one with out air fry or convection in the oven and not connectable to the internet. Just a regular ole range with a self-cleaning feature for the oven with five burners; four for cooking, one for keeping food warm. Since they no longer provide a printed hard copy owners manual, I went on General Electric’s website to review the manual. Unbeknownst to me and no feature on the range indicating the feature is a “Sabbath Setting” for the oven. It is activated by pressing and holding certain features that reveals the additional feature! Immediately I thought that must be for “certain religions”. How and why in the heck was that feature added in an almost clandestine way, yet not advertised?

… because (((they))) control everything … down to the settings on your appliances. That includes ovens, dishwashers, refrigerators and lamps.

The GE range I bought more than 20 years ago had this feature. Edit: It was described in the manual as well, not hidden.

… amazing how long we have not been in control of our own country. In 2006 (((they))) comprised roughly 2 % of the USAIPAC population. For what % of the general population who were purchasing appliances was that “feature” a “need”? I doubt many appliance sales were lost prior to appliances having that “feature”. Suely prior to that appliance “feature” (((they))) could afford a Shabbos Goy to come by and activate the necessary electrical circuits.

I worked for GE Appliances for 41 years. I made ranges for 23 of those. The Sabbath feature has been around, as stated above, for over 20 years. It was a marketed feature when introduced on the on the Speed Cook Oven, introduced in 2003, that had a microwave assist in the oven cavity. Alton Brown had one of these ovens on his “Good Eats” Show. He mentioned this feature on his show if my memory doesn’t fail me. So, it was not hidden at the time. This feature pretty much made its way into other models as the years have gone by.

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I’ve never heard of feature. New to me. I’ve had an electric range with programmable start and stop oven baking. Perhaps that was included…

I suppose with the Sunday family dinner tradition the feature’s name Sabbath, makes sense. My new range has “Warm” feature for keeping the oven at 170 degrees. When turning on the oven the temp starts at 350. My old range started at 350 degrees and required pushing a negative sign to decrease to 170…Same, but different…