Odd Mirro Matic pressure cooker!

[norgeway]

As usual...Donald found this in a thrift store in Greensboro, I about fell out when he held it up for me to see!! Has anyone ever seen a Mirro Matic with a copper colored lid, I dont think it has ever been used! 4/56 date on the bottom.

 

[toploader55]

My Grandmother...

Had one like that model but not in Copper.

 

[polkanut]

My grandma had the same model as Eddie's grandmother.  Lots of great meals were had from it.

 

[petek]

Never seen one either,... and made on my birthday too.

 

[rp2813]

Interesting hybrid with older style pot & lid but newer style handles.  Never seen copper topped either.  Nice find.  Does it have the multi-pressure weight?

 

[circlew]

My mom had a Mirro-Matic that was all natural aluminum. The pot was that shape, but the handles were the older style. That one's quite attractive.

 

[whirlcool]

We have that style but no copper lid. Our's was made in 1961. We bought it new, unused on the Bay. It really does a great job.

I wonder if this was a special edition of some sort?

 

[norgeway]

Mirro timeline...

The first Mirro Matic was introduced shortly after WW2, in late 45 or early 46, this has square handles screwed into an aluminum piece that was riveted to the pot, about 1948 or 1949 the handles that are on my cooker were introduced, this did away with rivets onto the pot, then about 1958, a little different handle was introduced, instead of the top handle ending in a smooth point, the handle now turned up slightly at the end and was squared off, all of these cookers were model 394, and you can no longer get the gaskets for them...I buy them anytime I see them, usually at old hardware stores and occasionally at estate sales.

 

[rp2813]

Hans,  I found this gasket via the 2nd hit of a Google search. 

http://www.pressurecooker-canner.com/mi98ga4.html