Corning Ware Tabletop Smoothtop

[panthera]

from various makers

You can get all of these things either at ARC or the Salvation Army...or new from various makers.
I suggest the original white flat bottom "corn-flower" series - they were sold by the billion and are virtually indestructable, unless you take to them with a wire brush.
The vision wear stuff from the 80's and 90's also works well on these, and the color is nice. I do not like the teflon lined stuff they made towards the end, but that is just me.
Warning: The lids - both of the original and the Vision are NOT glass-ceramic, just pyrex. Put them down on a hot ceramic plate and they will explode.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Actually dear Panther, the Corning pieces with the ground flat bottom for use on their thermostatically controlled heating units are rarer than hen's teeth in the US and prices can reflect that in many markets. The redesigned pans that appeared in the 70s with the"A" prefix, while having flatter bases come no where near to being substitutes for the ground flat bases on the COOK MATES pieces.

Was there any European Corning Ware cookware production? I know that Pyrex was made in England and that ARC-O-ROC (SP?) pyroceram cookware with the round shapes and the detachable handles came from somewhere in Europe.

 

[toggleswitch]

..and it does not glow exept for the *pilot* light!

Acquired one of these Corning tabletop-cooktops recently.

It really is a unique and fabulous piece. So different from today's vitro-ceran!

 

[panthera]

Tom, all over the place

Corning was one of the suppliers to the PXs over here. When the US troops went back to the 'States they all left stuff behind. You can pick up the flat bottomed corning and later generation vision cookware here for a song.
It is not impossible to find in the 'States - you just have to go every single day and be good friends with the folks who sort the stuff. I am not over there too often, but the folks at ARC and Salvation Army already know me as a cheerful and willing translater and volunteer - it helps.

 

[gadgetgary]

Boiling Water

This Corning cooktop will boil water, but takes some time since it is only operating on 110V. I use a chicken fryer pan(deep sides) on top of it to boil corn on the cob(with a touch of milk and sugar in the water). Works perfectly and flawlessly for the corn.

 

[mixfinder]

Cooking In Corning

In 1975 I purchased a new Frigidaire smooth top range with touch pad controls.

I had Farberware cookware and decided to try Corning, which was recommended.

At that time you could buy Corning cookware with a thin metal substance fused to the bottom.

Mine had the Spice of Life decals which co-ordinated with the Avacado Frigidaire Appliances.

The sides of the Corning cookware met the bottom with a more angular and less coved side of the normal Corning casserole.

The pans heated well but the lids were heavy glass and trying to set one askew to allow potatoes and pasta to boil without foaming was impossible, the lid always slid back over the pan forming a seal and hence a boil over.

Likewise, using the glass lid to hold back food while draining cooking water didn't work either as it would always slide back in place over the pan.

When making a sauce that required stirring, I had to be VERY careful not to have the contents hit the corner and go shooting out the pan like a plume.

Later Corning pans were made for the cook top in a round configuration, but by then the Corning Top was long gone.

The new glass top ranges are a dream to clean and care for.

I spent hours keeping the Frigidaire Corning Top range looking like it had never been used.

Kelly