Alcazar ranges and heaters were sold only through stove merchants in cities such as
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Boston, Portland,
and Kansas City. The Milwaukee location operated on Cleveland Avenue between
1910-1938. These products were designed for the "lady of the house" and were often
referred to as a "housekeeper's delight". Alcazar ranges burned coal or wood, and
gas, "separately or both at once" and were advertised as a money saver by using coal
or wood in the winters to warm the kitchen and adjacent areas and by using gas in
the summer to keep the kitchen area cool. Alcazar manufactured these kitchen ranges
in a variety of sizes and styles.
Alcazar also manufactured a line of ranges designed with an automatic heat regulator
for gas only. With the automatic heat regulator any desired degree of heat could be
maintained in the oven for various kinds of baking and cooking. The regulator could
be set either before or after the gas was lighted. When the indicator was set at the
desired temperature the oven temperature remained at that point. These "gas ranges"
also came in a variety of designs. Alcazar heaters called "oaks" were advertised as
"not just ordinary heaters". These heaters were made of cold-rolled boiler steel,
the joints properly flanged and put together so as to be airtight. Alcazar claimed
that nothing had been overlooked when making their heaters.
