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kimball455

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Saw this electric fry pan at the thrift store for only $15. I have a few in my collection and as this is oil filled thought it would be unique to have. As I said the price was $15. When I searched the web I was rather shocked by the price $349 for a new one. Think I got a deal and it works perfectly. Used it last weekend to poach quenelles and they were perfect.
Harry

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Oil is an ideal thermal transfer fluid. At work all of our high pressure/vacuum reaction vessels are heated by an oil jacket. The boiling point of oil under pressure is very high and it had a very high thermal capacity so it is ideal as a thermal transfer fluid. Also, it will heat evenly and you will have less recovery time from the thermal shock of putting cold food in the pan so it should brown quicker too.
 
I have a set of Oil Filled Cooking Ware made by Lifetime.
They are wonderful for cooking once you get the hang of using them. Very well built.
Great find you have there Harry!
Brent
 
I have the Webalco version. They were made by West Bend and sold under various names like Salad Master etc. If you hold it up and tilt it you can sort of hear the oil sloshing around inside. Very even, but take a little while longer to heat up. You got a great deal.
 
Using the oil filled fry pan

The only thing I noticed was it took a slightly longer to heat up. Other than that I did not see any difference. Really steady temperature and great heat distribution.
Harry
 
Hi Tom,
To mirror what Petek said...
They take a little while longer to heat up, however the heat is very even and consistent. A nice feature - it keeps it's temp without any heat source for quite awhile.
 
What a great deal!

Stainless steel pot are prone to uneven heating. That is why you see higher quality pots having other material bonded or plyed to the bottom. Aluminum unfortuantely can melt if left on high heat, empty, for too long, especially if placed on a high BTU burner, like that of commercial or semi-commercial cook tops. Copper works well too but needs to be 1/16 thick to utilize its heat distributing properties as well. Having an oil filled core was thought to be a less expensive way of obtaining even heating. A stainless steel electric skillet is a very nice find in deed. One has to appreciate the ease in cleaning of stainless over aluminum as well as the durability too. The skillet, if kept clean on all surfaces, will stay new looking for decades!
 
nice find

I, too, am not familiar with Americraft Kitchencraft electric skillet. I'm always impressed with people find here. Saladmaster and Webalco, and Lifetime - when were these skillets made?
 
These type of electric pans and their matching cookware sets were often sold by independent distributors at expo's, spring and summer home shows, state fairs. The distributor might have a storefront in one of the larger cities of a region sort of thing and may also have sold some other equally non-common thing like Rexair Rainbow vacs or Compact Vacs, or "air purifiers" type stuff. Which might also be shown at those same venues.
 
Saladmaster in addition to everything PeteK posted was also sold thru the dinner party plan. Invite friends over for dinner. Of course the goal was sets of cookware would be sold. Saladmaster in the past did a demonstration of how the pots with domed covers could be stacked to cook a whole meal on one stove burner. I doubt that would fly today. The pots were actually stacked with no support other than gravity a great way to accidentally scald/burn someone. Check any of the auction sites vintage saladmaster goes for a king's ransom. alr
 
I recently sat through a demonstration for Saladmaster at the Home show. Very impressive, but the price, ekk-god. I did not pay that much for my first three cars all put together. Ekk-god. $7,995.
 
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

SEVEN THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS!?!?!?

For that kind of money, it not only should cook everything perfectly, it should do it without human intervention, handle the grocery shopping, clean itself and darn your socks in its spare time!
 
Good price on Ebay.
But for the homeshow price you get a slow cooker and a salad maker grater. FREE!

But I kid you not on the price, I tried to swipe a price list, but I was stopped at the door. Now you can buy the "Welfare" set for $2,995, and you can lay-away for 12 months. But the Gormet set is indeed $7,995.

I will have to say the dutch oven thing was super cool. He showed how you could stack like three different pans on top of one another using just one burner and they would cook everything at the same time. I was very impressed with the cookware. But It is a rule the cookware shouldn't cost more than the stove, and certainly not more than the car.
 
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