That's why I LOVE estate sales. Was going to visit some today but had to wait for the UPS man.
NEW OLD STOCK! Gotta love it.
What I like to do is then take the ADDRESS from the appliance book and do a GOOGLE-EARTH to it. It's stupid fun to see if the factory is still there.
I once looked up a radio manufacturer from the 1930s and found that their factory was in the middle of a nearby hotel's parking lot!
Love it Robert! Brand new!
Mom had a deep fryer, but only used it a few times. She said that the price of the oil made it to costly to use, plus it was hard to clean. When cleaned out their house to sell in 1998, we found the deep fryer on a shelf in the basement. Think it went to the Goodwill store with some other stuff.
I agree with what Jeff said...you always find the best stuff up there, I'm envious! Never have I seen anything vintage and boxed at an estate sale down here...at least not as of yet.
This makes your what, 4th or 5th NIB appliance you've found over the years? ;-)
My grandmother gave us a deepfryer when I was a kid. We lived on a farm and butchered our own pigs. Mom used lard for frying, that was a by product of the pig. On fry nights we would first make dougnuts, then Pronto Pups (corn dogs) and finish with french fries, because potatoes are supposed to absorb the impurities of the grease. In later years, onion rings were added to the mix. At Christmas time we used it to make Rosettes. It was no wonder I grew up as a morbidly obese child.
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Memories....
We've not had rosettes in years. I believe I have my Grandma's rosette irons in the basement.
My Fry-Baby is too small. Perhaps use Sunbeam Frymaster.
Nice find there Robert! It amazes me how so many appliances back in those days pulled so much power, yet did not have grounded plugs. Also how amazing how unsafe some of those heat/cooking appliances could be by today's standards. My vintage Wearever "Ovenette" when in use at not only becomes so hot the lid singes oven mits (even the black knob on top designed for lifting the cover), but the cord as well. Can imagine many a housewife and probably a wee child got some nasty burns from these appliances.
Personally like to keep vintage MIB chrome appliances un-used for as long as possible. Once they see regular action, especially cookers despite regular careful attention they start to soil and stain.
and Remember "Crisco is Now So Digestible You Can Serve Fried Food Seven Nits a Week!
Yes this is fun. Over the years I do find the occasional MIB item and this find was $8. Austin this is probably the 15th or so MIB item I found over the past 12 years. While I almost never use my MIB items, this one being an off brand (not a Sunbeam) I probably will use and try. After a typical work week of tomatoes and fat free cottage cheese, I'm ready for some deep fried food by Friday night. While there is no date anywhere on the stuff that came with it I would date this early to mid 1950's. Pete good catch, the Presto pamphlet was mixed in there with the rest of the items in the envelope for some reason.