New Old Crock Pot - 1930s?

[crevicetool]

You may be right. I know in some cases too, that when the electric companies finally got around running wires to your house - they often sold (or tried to sell) these to the brand new customers minutes after having electric service. I read the history of NESCO (roasters) and they mention selling door to door in this manner. You wonder if the followed the line crew around.

Congratulations Madam - you now have electricity. Now you need something to plug into it!

 

[tlee618]

That's really neat Rick, Amazing the condition of the Universal label.  One cool day you will have to try a pot of homemade soup in it and let us know how it does.  

 

Terry

 

[toggleswitch]

The burners were coiled elements in clay, and I presume very inefficient compared to more modern sealed coils. Burner settings were "Low" "Medium" and "Fast."

Not sure what you mean by "inefficient". Electricity is (nearly) 100% efficient "AT POINT OF USE" in converting energy to heat.

The biggest deal with these was the open coils (think toaster wire, but curly) sitting in a clay trough was crazy dangerous with metal pots.

 

[jamiel]

In the 00s, teens, early 20s half of the challenge for the electric companies was creating base demand at all hours of the day...imagine life without all those wonder-workers...you just turned on the lights at night...you cooked with gas, ironed with sadirons, heated with coal...hence the electric companies developing their "home service" departments. Detroit Edison has some interesting old ads out there touting electric stoves (since Detroit was the stove capital of the country in the late 1800s there was still an industry here)