I have one of the original electromatics with the white base and the black plastic handles & legs. It came with both the skillet and the 4 qt dutch oven. I have managed to find three of the new wood grain ones like this and a lot of Corning Ware with the baby smooth bottom. Several years ago during the winter, John took my mid-50s Frigidaire 30" range up to Robert and, while I had all of the stoves downstairs, I used the Corning electromatic for boiling pasta and other short operations until we put my other stove in place and the Corning cooker performed beautifully. The dutch oven makes great soup. The secret to the performance is that heat is passing between two like materials so efficiency is not lost by having materials with differing rates of heat transfer. The heating elements are like ribbons underneath the heater surface so the heat is very even, which is important because pyroceram does not spread heat worth a d...
