Deep well stove element. How was it used?

[washerboy]

I thought deep wells were cool

My grandmother and all my aunts had them. But every time I'd peek under the lid it was always the same thing; either green beans or turnip greens....seriously!!!..lol

 

[mikael3]

The thought of green beans and turnip greens really takes me back to my childhood.  It seems like we had green beans every day, what we picked fresh in the summer or what we canned for the winter.  I don’t remember getting tired of them.  Turnip greens are a different matter.  I didn’t like them then and I don’t like them now.  I like mustard greens, and my grandmother often made them for me—but turnip greens were more common.

 

[steve340]

Here is a GE Deep fryer unit

I bought this thinking it would fit my Hotpoint but the angle of my control panel is different than a GE.

 

[rp2813]

I'll bet somebody here has a GE stove that deep fryer element would fit.

 

The deep well unit on my mom's '49 Westinghouse had the open coil/clay block heating unit, which she considered basically useless for anything but slow cookery.  I think the most common things it was used for were soups and sauces, both of which were started in the deep well pot on top of a surface unit, then dropped into the deep well to simmer slowly over a period of hours.  For pasta sauce, this freed up the large burner for boiling the water once the sauce was ready.  Even though it could be used as a steamer quite effectively, never once did I witness that.

 

[michmom]

GE Deep Fryer Unit - Steve340

@steve340

Yes, I've have a 1958 GE with the Deep Well Fryer socket.
I would be interested in purchasing it from you.

 

[michmom]

Thanks to Steve340!!
The deep well fryer fits like a glove!
So glad to have it.

 

[mattl]

Wow, neat.

I've long been on the look out for the deepwell pressure cooker insert for my Frigidaire range, they are very rare.

 

[michmom]

Oops, I've learned a little my Stratoliner is a 1954!

@matt

The only place I've ever seen the pressure cooker top is in an old GE ad film on you tube. Would love to have one of those too! But I feel so fortunate to get the deep fryer. It's so nice I don't want to use it and get it oily.