More Oster stuff: Tomorrows antiques today

[petek]

I can't seem to walk on by without buying these things. Fortunately they're still not uncommon and you can pick them up for $3-$5 at most flea markets and better yet they still work. I already had a Harvest Gold Oster Touch a matic can opener with knife sharpener. Recently I found another Toch a matic with Ice crusher, and best of all the MIB never opened Touch a matic with citrus juicer which I probably will leave in the box unopened. Might make a good swap item later lol.
That's the ice crusher model on top of the citrus juicer in box.

 

[petek]

Anyone ever have one of these Oster Super Pot versa cookers? Has a removeable Oster temperature probe so it can go in the dishwasher. And it's in a nice bright orange.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Before I graduated, I worked part time in housewares and remember the Oster super pots and giant griddles as well as the West Bend electric Dutch Oven and 12" round electric skilets with Teflon interiors and porcelain exteriors in red, harvest and avocado. Very nice looking, but Teflon is not forever. I have the 4 members of the Farberware family of detachable heat control portables. Does anyone remember the Hoover electric fondue pot? It consisted of a small cast aluminum electric skillet, maybe 8 inches in diameter, a red enameled cover for the skillet, detachable heat control and a red enamel exterior, Teflon interior aluminum fondue pot that sat in the electric skillet base. The two handles nested together and there was a top for the fondue pot, but you never, never, ever covered the oil while it was heating or hot because if any moisture was forced out of the oil as it heated and condensed on the cover and dripped back into the now even hotter oil, it would cause a steam explosion which would throw the hot oil all over. Very bad that. I bought it new in the 70s and mostly used it to keep gravy warm on a buffet. Small kitchen equipment is fascinating. I have way too much of it, but just have to save things from past decades that are outstanding in one way or another.

 

[scott55405]

Every time I see an orange appliance, I think of my late aunt on my dad's side, who had her kitchen all done in orange accents. She would have loved that pot, and the orange KA mixer they make now. She had an orange rotary dial wall phone that I was particularly fond of. I remember that if you were calling someone from the same (small) town, you only had to dial the last 4 digits of their number, like at work.

We had one of those Oster can openers for years. Seems to be less and less cans that require an opener all the time, but these were always particularly cool, since they were often paired with something other than the usual knife sharpener most brands offered, not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Kevinpreston3]

Pete excellent...

The nice thing is how these colors seem to mix and match. Look how nice the orange pot is next to your blender.

Scott...I love orange too. Our Denver house had orange formica countertops, white cabinets, and the tile on the wall behind the stove was white with orange, yellow and red tiles scattered through it. Talk about a bright kitchen, it was nice.

 

[veg-o-matic]

I haven't seen a Super Pot in years. I kind of remember the little cartoon guy who advertised it; superhero wearing a cape and costume. Think he had a big nose. Come to think of it, didn't he look a lot like that Budweiser guy with the bullet-head?

veg

 

[toggleswitch]

HMMM

DETOUR!

You mentioned your newer stove "still" has an outlet on it, and

WHOOP there it is!

Is that a Kitchen Aid brand? Interesting that each surface element has an inidcator light, I think on this side of the Great Lakes there is one per two units with that brand and WP, of course.

Now, back to our prior course.

 

[petek]

It is a Kitchenaid Superba Selectra,, how's that for as many names as one can give a stove, thermal/convection too..lol
Has two of those outlets, one on each side. Are you sure the US models don't have outlets?

BTW on my thrifting today I came across a Caloric ME stove..
microwave/electric.. obvsiously top of the line, self cleaning, digital mechanical clock etc. looked to be from the 70's.. I thought GE was the only one who had a combo microwave stove back then with their Versatronic.

 

[Versatronic]

More Oster Stuff

I'm kind of new around here. I noticed that you guys were talking about oster stuff. I have found some really cool oster stuff over the years. And it's true, you can usually get the stuff for practically nothing at a flea market. Below I am posting two oyster objects, both found unused. One's a coffee maker and one a "hot beverage maker". 1966. Look at that elegant, yet space age styling.

 

[toggleswitch]

Nope.

The ME's were popular here for about five minutes.

No outlets, I swear. Cross my heart and hope to die.

 

[petek]

I like that coffee pot and beverage pot, do you know if they came in other colors as well, it might have the color of the contents 'stamped' on the box top which could mean they came in different colors, like my can opener does.

 

[Versatronic]

Yes, they did

Actually, these two are different colors, the one on the left is white. The one on the right is "almond" and there was also a light green.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Pete, I have the Amana version of the Caloric ME range. It is quite a performer. Not only are the surface units nice and flat, they are fast, too. The oven is really neat. I put a pound cake in, set the delay timer, set the microwave power level and microwave timer and let 'er rip. Perfect 80 minute poundcake in 40 minutes and in a cast aluminum Bundt pan. The delay timer allows the poundcake to bake with just heat for 35 minutes, then starts the zapper for the last 5 minutes. Bell rings, I break a piece of angel hair in half to check for doneness and it is almost always either ready for just needing a couple of minutes more in the oven. Not to be gauche, but did the place want a lot for the stove? Was it white? My only complaint is that the oven is not as well insulated as a GE or Westinghouse self cleaner.

 

[petek]

Tom, no they didn't want a lot for it.. $25...it was white and had a sort of faux woodgrain strip near the top edge of the control panel which was severly worn/scraped. The revolving digital clock was on the left side,,then the surface unit and oven dials, then two small dials one above the other for the microwave timer and lastly on the right a dial to turn the mw on I think. The price sticker said it works,, the old guys that clean up and fix the stuff before they put it out usually test things, they may not have tested to see if the mw feature worked though,, possibly not even realizing what it was.