Duncan Hines FReezer - FREE or its going to be scrapped if not claimed

[ovrphil]

The seller who sold me the Frigidaire contacted me today and asked if I would be interested in this Duncan Hines freezer, otherwise they are going to scrap it. I can't take it presently. Would anyone be interested?
I can put you in contact with him.

I've never seen one of these, ever. I asked about the working condition - will update as soon as I hear from him.

Phil

 

[tomturbomatic]

Fro you younger members

Duncan Hines was a food critic who went big time. He gave ratings to restaurants and, for a while, even had his own brand of food and a chain of restaurants. I vaguely remember my father mentioning one day that there had been a small kitchen fire at the Duncan Hines Restaurant in Ottawa, Illinois. I remember ads for his products in shelter mags from the 50s, especially the cake mixes back when they were known as box mix cakes. There was also a line of cookware with his name. He might have been the first to do that. I wonder if the freezer was part of a freezer plan with choice frozen foods to fill it.

I also remember a slightly oversized postcard with a poor soul sitting sort of lopsided on a curb with flies buzzing around him in front of a dive with the caption, "This Place Recommended by Drunken Hines."

 

[tomturbomatic]

For you younger members

Duncan Hines was a food critic who went big time. He gave ratings to restaurants and, for a while, even had his own brand of food and a chain of restaurants. I vaguely remember my father mentioning one day that there had been a small kitchen fire at the Duncan Hines Restaurant in Ottawa, Illinois. I remember ads for his products in shelter mags from the 50s, especially the cake mixes back when they were known as box mix cakes. There was also a line of cookware with his name. He might have been the first to do that. I wonder if the freezer was part of a freezer plan with choice frozen foods to fill it.

I also remember a slightly oversized postcard with a poor soul sitting sort of lopsided on a curb with flies buzzing around him in front of a dive with the caption, "This Place Recommended by Drunken Hines."

You will recognize the Sanders in the article as Colonel Sanders.

http://https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hines

 

[tomturbomatic]

A little info about the cookware.

http://https//www.justcollecting.com/miscellania/vintage-duncan-hines-cookware

 

[ovrphil]

Attic full of infomation

I'm always impressed with the attic full of info some of you members have stored in your heads. I only remember the boxed cake mixes which my mom and other neighbors or friends of my mom used in the 50's and 60's.

Tom ,that postcard was top-quality satire. Duncan Hines restaurant ratings were fair game for darts. I never knew a Duncan Hines Restaurant existed - no one in our family circle mentioned Duncan Hines, just the cake mixes. I have seen some cookware at the thrift shops, but declined to grabe any as they weren't anything special I needed or wanted.

UPDATE - the condition of this freezer is unknown. I wish my contact had better
information, so...if it's unknown, it's probably not working?

Tom - I read the links, thanks! I've seen some pots and pans, Duncan Hines - probably Regal Ware.
[this post was last edited: 10/8/2015-10:08]

 

[philr]

I didn't know that there were Duncan Hines freezers! I have some Duncan Hines cookware that Paul gave me, I didn't know much about it either. I thought it was promotional stuff you could buy when buying Duncan Hines cakes or something like that!

Thanks Tom for the information! And I had seen a picture of Sanders Court and Cafe but didn't know much about it! https://flic.kr/p/aWzMU6

 

As a Canadian, I'm more familiar with the later years from his career when he sold his US franchises but kept the Canadian one (and he did participate to the French and English advertising campaigns until the end of his life).  

 

[rp2813]

Wasn't there a connection between DH and the Jet-O-Mat percolator?

 

[philr]

The knob on the top looks similar!

 

[tomturbomatic]

NOBODY I have ever talked with about the Jet-O-Matic has had a good word to say about the coffee they perked, but you are right, his name, among others, was on the perks. I have seen them with Amway labels, too and figured that they had totally gone over to the dark side. I think a similar coffeemaker was available through Saladmaster. I remember a friend who bought a whole load of Saladmaster getting the coffee maker maybe as a "free" gift. She said it was so wonderful that you could even make tea in it. I asked what was wrong with boiling water and pouring it over the tea, but then reconsidered because she had a gas stove in that apartment and even listening to that Saladmaster thing whistle and fart was better than the fumes from that stove.

UPDATE: I just checked eBay and they are the same with the name Saladmaster Jet-O-Matic.

 

[rp2813]

Yeah, I didn't use the Jet-O-Mat.  It was a thrift store find and I gave it to someone who would, and he thought it did OK, noise and all.

 

He has since discovered the superior brew rendered by an early issue Norelco 10 automatic drip machine (in less than half the time it takes with a percolator), and am pretty sure he's a convert.

 

[pulltostart]

My Duncan Hines

My cookware, purchased in the mid 1980's I'm thinking; which would have made them of the Regal variety.  The mixing bowls are not DH..

 

lawrence

 

[tennblondie78]

Duncan Hines was actually born here and is buried here in Bowling Green, KY. We have a Duncan Hines festival every year as well as a Duncan Hines exhibit at the Kentucky Museum.

 

[wayupnorth]

I do remember the cake mixes and the tv ads (So moistfully good, you'll always come back for more) with that frosting swirl. Actually, they were quite good.

 

[roto204]

and am pretty sure he's a convert.

Damned right he is.

The Jet-O-Mat is a perfectly serviceable percolator. The noise is precious--one time we had a fridge that had the habit of sighing when the compressor kicked off, and the direct-drive Maytag dishwasher that sounded like an air compressor when it ran. ("The direct drives were quiet"--my butt. You could confidently affix a "Whisper-Quiet" label to a BOL D&M after that thing.)

With the symphony of odd noises, our neighbor, who had stopped by, announced that it sounded like some kind of deviant appliance orgy in the kitchen.

David finds it makes better hot tea than coffee. Compared to the Norelco, that's faint praise.

 

[launderess]

Here's Me Thinking Duncan Hines Only Made Cake Mixes

Along with frostings.....

Just goes to show what being a child of the 1970's does to one's mind. *LOL*

 

[mom11]

Where is this located?

I'd be interested if it is close to Michigan.

 

[ovrphil]

Mom11:

It's just a few miles from me here in Alhparetta, GA.