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Unfortunately the monster hits of the '80s have been airplayed to death. That's why I listen to college radio, where the selection is much more diverse. There's actually a show on a local college station that plays '80s songs you won't hear on commercial radio, like Real Life's "Send Me An...

In the spirit of the season I've been binge-watching horror movies. Figured I'd share a few titles that might be of interest to appliance lovers In The Stepford Wives (original version, please), Katharine Ross's kitchen has metal cabinets and a KitchenAid sink/dishwasher from the '50s. The...

Hi, all! Been looking through Google Images at pics of vintage mobile home interiors and wondered if anyone here knows what kind of appliances these beauties were equipped with originally. All I can determine is that Preway wall ovens must have been common at one point. Any info/pics would be...

I use an automatic perc daily. It's a Universal Coffeematic, circa 1955 if the ad in my old Ladies' Home Journal is to be believed. Awesome coffee, and it stands up to hard use.

I do most of my cooking in either a 10" Wagner 1891 iron skillet or an 8" Lodge iron skillet. My big 6-quart pot is American Stainless Kitchens Pluramelt, about which I can find little info. If the photo attaches properly, this is the pot filled with Jewish cabbage soup.

In the Lehigh Valley... ...the big supermarkets are Weis, Giant, and Redner's. Weis is expensive, Giant is hard to navigate (IMHO), and Redner's customer service is awful. That is why I'm a proud Wegmans shopper! When I was a kid we shopped at a store called Anthony's, which became T.J...

I was at a junk sale in Kutztown over the weekend and came across a Caloric 16 refrigerator! I knew Raytheon owned both the Caloric and Amana brands but never saw a fridge with this particular badge. No pics, but it had the straight chrome handles of a '60s Amana on the L-shaped back plates of a...

Looks delicious! If I may ask, where did you do your marketing? I don't recognize the M logo on the package.

Recently saw the 1986 film 'Night, Mother. Starts with Sissy Spacek using a 1970s Kenmore washer and dryer with the controls on little boxes projecting from the back panels. Most of the movie takes place in the all-gold, all-Sears kitchen, which includes a '71 Lady K dishwasher. If you like...

Looks excellent, gonna have to try it :)

Last night I was making a cheese sauce in my double boiler (as per Peg Bracken) when it struck me that I'm the only person I know who even has such a device! And I think this is a shame, because they are genuinely useful. I don't have a digital camera, but my DB is vintage Flint Ware. My...

Worst... My mom had a very touchy GE smooth-top from '96. I don't care for smooth-tops as a rule. In college I got a very bad shock from an early-'70s BOL Whirlpool. Burner socket needed replacing. Had an apartment with a 20-inch Sunray electric. Top elements were okay, but oven ran 75...

I know there is a White-Westinghouse front-loader on their site. Looks like the a circa 1999 Frigidaire, very basic controls, of the sort that got some good reviews on this site. Haven't used one myself so can't speak from personal experience.

I have a '60s reprint of The Betty Furness Westinghouse Cookbook. Betty admits in the forward that a lot of the recipes are courtesy of Westinghouse home economist Julia Kiene. Betty was on hand for name value and glamour!

This is truly awesome. I just wonder about replacement parts (gaskets, etc.).

Thanks for the info, everybody! I actually got the Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook for Christmas, which led me to get the cooker. There are a lot of recipes in there I want to try soon. FYI, my chili was really good! I made it with beef (normally I use turkey), and I swear the long cooking...

Ok, I kid. I'm actually a crackpot with a Sears Simmer-On II slow cooker! No pics, but it's brown gingham (!) with a white glass lining, and it's working on a pot of chili back home as I type this. I believe it's a Hamilton Beach with a Sears label, but I could be wrong. Since I'm kind of a...

I have a 20-inch Brown gas range in my apartment. Love it, love it, love it!

When I was growing up ('80s-'90s) I knew a lot of people with older appliances, but oddly enough no one had avocado. Coppertone was the choice for ranges, so much so that in my mind "stove" still equals "rusty brown." My mother had a coppertone GE range (rotary controls), while my aunt's was a...

Grew up with this workhorse! My mother bought this washer in 1983, and as far as I know it's still chugging away.