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[yogitunes]

Got a Hoover Blender ... model 8961 ... 600 watts ... 6 Speed ... Avocado ... paid 10.00 for it

I never knew they made small appliances like this, just the TwinTubs, and Vacuums

has a plastic jar, seems to be missing a spatula that fits in the top of the lid, but a heavy metal cutting blade assembly.....

 

[xraytech]

Oh too bad you were unaware of Hoovers offerings, in addition to that blender they had an array or irons, an electric skillet, tri-pan skillet, toasters, toaster oven/broilers, fondue pots, can openers, coffee percolators, hand mixer, electric knive, crepe maker, mini fridges, shoe polishers, hair dryers.

Hoover had a large array of small electrics in the 60's-mid 70's I have most of their smalls, just missing a few items.

 

Anyways great find Martin, The Hoover blender is a great machine.

 

Hoover, Great Appliances Around The House....Around The World

 

[polkanut]

I found a Hoover stainless steel electric skillet at an estate sale last year for $2.50, and gifted it to our friends daughters family and they've fallen in love with it.  It has detachable legs, and a tilt leg for draining off excess liquids while cooking.  Hoover skillets go for big bucks on fleabay.  Good eye Martin!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Was Hoover the company that made the blender with the spatula in the lid where the little round plug usually is for adding stuff? Seems like it was late 60s or early 70s. The spatula had a long blade. It terminated above the blades, but it was in a flexible mounting so that it could be rotated around the sides of the container to push stuff back into the vortex without having to stop the thing. Never saw it in use, but remember pictures; don't think they were from crazy appliance dreams. I could see many disadvantages to it. Not only was it on a pivot so that you could not do an even scrape down of the sides, but also, most blender operations are so brief that it would not be on long enough for the user to be trying to maneuver the spatula round. Before the Cuisinart, I used to use the blender for water chopping cabbage and carrots for coleslaw, but there was only a couple seconds difference between slaw and juice. Isn't raw cabbage juice one of those equivalents of digestive dynamite?

I love the Hoover fondue pot for keeping a quantity of gravy warm in a buffet.

 

[jim]

Hoover Smalls

At one time I owned a Hoover aluminium electric skillet. It had a nice high domed/squared lid, and a warming tray that slid out from underneath the heating elements. Not very deep, but enough height to hold bacon wile cooking pancakes. The sides of this tray fit into both of the removable feet/legs. So you could put this in the diswasher (although I never did - I liked the seasoning that the pan developed over time.) Gave it away to a friend who I think may still have it. A fine functioning unit.

 

[circlew]

From what I remember, Hoover got into the small appliance business when they purchased the Knapp-Monarch Co.

 

[appliguy]

Hoover was well into selling smalls before they purchased Kn

Hoover was selling Steam and Dry Irons, a Percolator, a Portable Mixer, in the 1950's and added things like Can Openers, Hairdryers, and Electric Knives in the early to mid 1960's all before purchasing Knapp Monarch/Nesco., PAT COFFEY

 

[circlew]

Thanks for the correction Pat. Also, I wasn't aware of their ownership of Nesco.

 

[mistereric]

Damn thats a sweet blender!

 

[petek]

Some of the Hoover small appliances were outsourced from other manufacturers and not acutally made by Hoover themselves,like the can opener for example.

 

[appliguy]

Circle W

Knapp Monarch bought Nesco in 1960. The Hoover small appliance offered in the staes was the dry iron that was introduced in 1948. I believe that was followed in 1953 by the steam iron.....not sure after that.....

PeteK

I know at least some of the can openers were made by Rival

The 60's and 70's coffee pots were made by Presto

Hoover fans were rebadged Knapp Monarch fans

a couple of the Hoover blenders were Knapp Monarch Liquidizer clones

and the fry pans were made by Nesco

Hoover got out of t he small appliance business in 1977

PAT COFFEY