Brand anyone?

[appliguy]

According to my research there were two Universal appliance

The one owned by Landers Frary and Clark survived until 1965 when it was bought by General Electric's Housewares division and it made small appliances. The other Universal Appliance Company was owned by Cribbon and Sexton and they made major appliances and were eventually merged with Waste King and I believe later on with Thermador. PAT COFEY

 

[crevicetool]

Thanks for the welcome, and thanks for all the interesting look back at the history of this brand! You kids are SO smart!

Rick

 

[pulsator-power]

Hi, can you repost the POD? I missed it
Thanks

 

[andrewinorlando]

Mom's 1969 Waste King dishwasher was badged "Waste King Universal Stainless Steel Dishwasher Dryer". All Stainless inside, with tower wash for the second rack. It lasted all of one year, then slowly rotted from the inside out after it stopped working. Her next one, a 1978 Waste King with two level wash lasted 12 years. The original Waste Kings had plastisol interiors at one point, before they became stainless.

 

[appnut]

Andrew, the 1969 lasted one year. Then the 1978 one. What did your mom do between 1970 & 1978?

 

[appnut]

original Waste Kings had plastisol interiors at one point

Our 1959/1960 had plastinol interior. I believe the very first version of these from like 1957 or 1958 had a porcelain interior. I'm not sure about that. There is someone around here who has one of two of these hidden, but I've never seen them, just heard about them. And I believe they had porcelain interiors.

 

[andrewinorlando]

She washed dishes by hand for 7 years until I bought her a new one for her birthday. After it stopped working, you could get it to start up once in a while, so it would get used every now and then, but it sounded like a cheap garbage disposal. It didn't wash well at all, so unless you pre-rinsed everything, and scraped anything that was stuck on, it really didn't clean the dishes, so there was no point in even trying. The noise it made was god-awful (bad motor and pump assembly). Was a big giant waste of money. The one I bought her in 1978 was actually a very good dishwasher with the steam feature. It cleaned very well, not just dishes, but pots and pans too. Was always very pleased with that machine. After that died, she got a KitchenAid. Mom is long gone, but the KA is still going.