Meanwhile at the Crossville flea market

[jasonl]

Vintage Corning Ware perks in electric and stove-top flavors.

I almost snagged a neat and unusual Panasonic record player. I might go back next Saturday and take it home with me

 

[jasonl]

By the way, can a stove top corningware perc be used on a electric coil burner stove?

 

[SactoTeddyBear]

Re: Heat Restriction:

Jason and Helen, there is a Star shaped Wire that is supposed to be used on Electric Stove Burners, for most Glass/Pyroceran Coffee and Tea Pots, so they won't break during the processes. I'm not sure as to where you might be able to locate these Wire Stars, but if where you Guys have moved, has any kind of Old Town Store/Shops, they might have or know where to locate them.

You might even check on E-Bay or Craigslist as well, good luck.

Peace and Great Coffee making, also Congratulations on your Relocation, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...

 

[gansky1]

Nice perks, Jason. Have you tried the electric model yet? I always thought that was a great size...

 

[tlee618]

Jason we use to use the stove-top perk on the electric element with no problems. I may be wrong but I don't believe the wire things came with them like they did for the Pyrex perks.

 

[appnut]

Cool Jason!!! Lucky y'all!!!

 

[andrewinorlando]

The wire thingies were for the Pyrex glass pots. We never used them for corning ware pots.

 

[toggleswitch]

COOL!

Glad you new location suits you both and is ineresting in terms of "finds"!

Thanks for posting!

 

[jasonl]

:-(

I tried the Electromatic and it worked fine.

I tried to use the stove top perc. It got hot ok but it never wanted to perc. All the parts are there, it just didn't want to perc for me. Any ideas? How long does it take to start perking?

 

[tlee618]

Jason try leaving the the stove on Hi till you see the first little perk start in the glass, then turn it down to med.low. Take longer than you would think.

 

[andrewinorlando]

The corning ware stovetop pots do take a long time to start perking. Use a higher heat to get them going, then lower it down as soon as it starts perking. Just be careful on a gas stove that the flame doesn't come up the side of the pot. You want a nice even coverage across the entire bottom of the pot. If yours has a snap on lid rather than the screw on lid, be careful not to let it boil as it develops enough pressure inside the pot to blow the lid off - quite messy.

Mine takes a good 10 minutes when it's full to start perking. Pyrex starts perking much faster than Corning Ware.

 

[andrewinorlando]

Jason - if you stovetop pot has a fixed glass insert for the lid, that is, it doesn't screw off, don't put the lid in the dishwasher. It will eat away the epoxy that holds it together and the glass insert will come off. Most of the lids had a screw on glass insert, but the older ones were glued on.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Jason, Pyroceram was developed for rocket nose cones, so it can take most any heat, but those tall Corning stove top perks were very slow to heat, plus they did not completely cover a 6 inch surface unit so heat was wasted from the exposed part and a gas burner could not be turned on all the way so heating capacity was lost that way also. I figured that a Fisher burner like in a laboratory
would have been the best way to heat it. Friends who had a Corning perk finally resorted to bringing water to the boil in the teakettle before pouring it in the Corning pot, lowering the stem and basket then clamping on the lid. After all of that production they could have had drip coffee quicker.