norgeway
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Electric skillet!
Pork Chops...In my new 1958 West Bend
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Looks good!
I have a pot roast currently going in my Farberware electric skillet!
House smells rather wonderful right right now.
Just hope it will be done by 5:30.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
I have a pot roast currently going in my Farberware electric skillet!
House smells rather wonderful right right now.
Just hope it will be done by 5:30.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
DEEE - lish!
That skillet is a real beauty!
That skillet is a real beauty!
norgeway
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It!
Heats evenly and seems to hold a very accurate temp, this was its maiden voyage!!LOL!
Heats evenly and seems to hold a very accurate temp, this was its maiden voyage!!LOL!
Sorry. Couldn't resist. With your kind permission and my apologies. . .
norgeway
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West Bend!
No, believe it or not, Its all aluminum, it just has been taken care of and is still polished!
No, believe it or not, Its all aluminum, it just has been taken care of and is still polished!
polkanut
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Hans is correct. West Bend's bread & butter over the years was, and continues to be, aluminum ware. Even my circa 1970 West Bend Country Kettle is a very heavy aluminum. It's so heavy you'd think it was stainlees steel, but it's not. Is your skillet completely immersible, minus the control?
Thanks for the shot of the cover. I remember the steam vent being under the cover knob on a WB skillet in a neighbor's house. I was like effing R2D2 when I walked into a kitchen, I had everything visible to the human eye memorized, cataloged and evaluated, even as a youngster.
oldskool
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Looks Terrific
I love the skillet and what's being cooked! Something about comfort food, just makes the heart feel good!
Congratulations on a great find!
John
I love the skillet and what's being cooked! Something about comfort food, just makes the heart feel good!
Congratulations on a great find!
John
i like electric skillets as well-very handy-mostly I use them for pancakes and french toast.Have a Farberware and a Sunbeam-the Sunbeam was found at a yard sale.Its old and somewhat well used-but works fine.
polkanut
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I have a vintage Sunbeam skillet that our own dear Kelly "Mixfinder" gifted to me, and it makes the best pineapple upside-down cake, among other things. Perfect, even heat at all times. I love that it is completely immersible, and therefore safe to put in the dishwasher. Comes out sparkling everytime.
I have four Sunbeam mixers I bought from Kelly-they are great-they get more use than my Viking mixer.Sunbeams make such nice CREAMY mashed potatoes!And he provided some attachments and manuals for the machines-They get some use,too.Thank You Kelly!My Sunbeam fix has been fullfilled.The Sunbeams my Grandmother,Mother, and Stepmother are long gone.The Sunbeams do so well in making batters and similar things.
Electric Wonder
I enjoy frying, grilling, steaming and braising in anything that is thermostatically controlled. The griddle that Hans pictured makes breakfast a snap, no more guess work and everything is browned perfectly. Like Tom's mom I hate grease speckles on the range so I always set the frying pan next to the sink or sometimes even in the sink making cleaning up a breeze. If the pan is heavy enough a Sensitemp burner can function much the same but you're back to cleaning the range. I like the new Sunbeam frying pans (60s) that had the tilt and fry leg and a racheting clip on the lid to cantelever over the pan as a splatter shield.
Thank you for the kind words. I love to share and its especially fun if the receiver has been looking for a special something for awhile. I am the one who gets the most fun out of.
My in laws had a full set of West Bend cookware that was aluminum exterior with a squat or slightly round posture, copper tone lids and a stainless liner. In the 70's West Bend made cookware with colored exteriors with decal graphics and stainless liners. They also had a West Bend electric griddle and my father in law was famous for sour dough pancakes. The bulk of West Bend business and the reputation for even heat was based on aluminum but some stainless snuck in here and there through the years. Toastmaster made a frying pan that looked very similar to Hans with a stainless liner and shell sandwiched on aluminum. Did West Bend make the Toastmaster Electric line?
I enjoy frying, grilling, steaming and braising in anything that is thermostatically controlled. The griddle that Hans pictured makes breakfast a snap, no more guess work and everything is browned perfectly. Like Tom's mom I hate grease speckles on the range so I always set the frying pan next to the sink or sometimes even in the sink making cleaning up a breeze. If the pan is heavy enough a Sensitemp burner can function much the same but you're back to cleaning the range. I like the new Sunbeam frying pans (60s) that had the tilt and fry leg and a racheting clip on the lid to cantelever over the pan as a splatter shield.
Thank you for the kind words. I love to share and its especially fun if the receiver has been looking for a special something for awhile. I am the one who gets the most fun out of.
My in laws had a full set of West Bend cookware that was aluminum exterior with a squat or slightly round posture, copper tone lids and a stainless liner. In the 70's West Bend made cookware with colored exteriors with decal graphics and stainless liners. They also had a West Bend electric griddle and my father in law was famous for sour dough pancakes. The bulk of West Bend business and the reputation for even heat was based on aluminum but some stainless snuck in here and there through the years. Toastmaster made a frying pan that looked very similar to Hans with a stainless liner and shell sandwiched on aluminum. Did West Bend make the Toastmaster Electric line?
norgeway
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KELLY?????
What are the pancakes you are frying???
What are the pancakes you are frying???
classiccaprice
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I have the same west bend! Great skillet!
polkanut
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I posted this in the Sunbeam thread, but will post it here also. The Sunbeam skillet that Kelly gifted to me has a tilt leg, and a racheting clip so the cover can act as a splatter shield. We had an avocado GE skillet that had these features, but my wife tossed it when the non-stick coating wore off. I posted on here quite some time ago that I was looking for another skillet with the same features, and a few days later I found a surprise on my front stoop!
