HOOVER FONDUE?

[drewz]

WHO KNEW?

Hoover fans better hurry New Too!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOOVER-USA-...all_Kitchen_Appliances_US&hash=item257b80abca

 

[retropia]

That's pretty cool! I never knew Hoover made small kitchen appliances like this.

 

[launderess]

Hoover Branded But Not Made By

I shouldn't wonder.

Hoover slapped it's brand name on many large and small appliances rather than produce them in house. From agitator washing machines and large tumble dryers and so on.

Fondue was a huge fad back in the 1970's through 1980's. Every hostess or Queen of the Cul de Sac hauled those fondue pots of various brands and construction for any social event. Dinner, cocktail, Tupperware parties and on .

Like so many crazes the fondue arrived on the shores of USA from the old country. In French, Germany and cultures there had long been a tradition of dipping bits of bread into melted cheese or something into chocolate. Hot fondues were and are still very popular at buffets and so forth served at European ski resorts.

 

[rockland1]

Hoover

Hoover wanted to become a BIG name in small appliances. Never happened.

 

[launderess]

By The 1960's Through 1980's Small Appliance

Market was so crowded and not just from the big boys like American brands such as GE,Sunbeam,Eureka,WestBend,and so forth. You started to see Asian (mainly Japanese) and European players such as Panasonic, Braun, Krups, Moulinex amoung others enter the field.

What is odd when you read Hoover's spares and service manuals you'd think they did actually produce these items.

 

[retromania]

Fondue!!!

We had one. Given to my mother as a gift. It was a West Bend. Used Sterno (sp?). The year was 1970. It was used once. Went on a shelf and then sold some years later at our landmark yard sale of 1977.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Great find!

Hoover partnered with Nesco to produce many small appliances. We sold a blender of theirs at Rich's. It had a spatula in the middle of the cover where most have the little removable part for adding things like oil to egg yolks for mayonaise. It was in a soft plastic mounting so that it could be swiveled to reach the sides of the jar during blending operations and, yes, it was short enough that it could not come in contact with the blades. Hoover marketed steam irons for years. We have seen posts here about their electric skillets and coffee makers.

I have a Hoover Fondue in red without the design on the fondue pan lid AND a separate red cover for the skillet base. I used the fondue pot in buffet service to keep gravy (my favorite beverage) warm. The pot is not red on the bottom, but shows the concentric rings of spun aluminum.

This is a very good price for the item. It sold for more than that in the 70s.

 

[jamiel]

believe that consumers reports really liked this unit in about 1971 because it wasn't tippy.

 

[tomturbomatic]

The cord came with a little plastic locking loop to anchor it to a table leg to help prevent it from being upset or dragged off the table by movement of a human leg. With its 3 legs, the cast aluminum skillet was very stable. Like a milking stool with 3 legs or the early Blackstone washers which sat on 3 feet (I think I remember) it would have far less chance of being "tippy" or unstable on an uneven surface than something with 4 support points. With three support points, even if it is not level, it will sit firmly as long as all three legs are supported. One of the secrets of the 29" WP-made combo was that the machine had a 5th foot under the rear drum support. It was big and had a large rubber shoe on it. While the machine had 4 leveling feet, it basically was supported on the front two and this one which led to increased stability and gave the machine the ability to rock side to side a bit on the rear leveling legs during spining.

 

[retromania]

Hoover Fry Pan

My Hoover electric skillet that I mentioned in a previous thread is so well made. The QUALITY of the older appliances! One reason I am such a vintage hound!

 

[paulg]

Hoover Crepe Maker

I've got the Hoover Crepe maker...
Saw it at an estate sale (new in box). I'm half French so I'd try to learn how to make crepes.
For crepes and omelets, this thing is the bomb... Easy and perfect.
For fondue, we have a vintage Oster and a new West-Bend.
Our family still fondues occasionally. Fondue is not complete though without Neil Diamond Stones playing on the stereo...

 

[launderess]

Fondue History

Just to put things into persective:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondue

 

[danemodsandy]

A Tip - As In "Been There, Done That"

If you are really going to use a fondue pot for cheese fondue, get one with a non-stick lining.

The fondue tends to scorch on the bottom, and scorched-on cheese is a substance so durable, I wonder that NASA didn't consider it for space shuttle tiles.

 

[foraloysius]

I prefer a stoneware fondue pot (caquelon) for cheese fondue. To clean it you put it in the microwave for a short moment and then clean it out with bread. After that I put it in the dishwasher and it will get totally clean.