Vintage Litton MinuteMaster at a nearby church

[timmy73]

Hello, this it my first post. I currently dont own any vintage kitchen/laundry appliances (due to being a random teenager), but I do find them to be cool, especially stuff from the 70s. Speaking of which, there is a big old Litton Minutemaster microwave in a church near me. By old, I wanna say maybe early 70s? Regardless its quite a beast. It is absolutely huge, and weighs about 60 pounds. It has a mechanical dial. Can any of yall tell me some more about it? Also, if its rare, let me know! I might be able to obtain it from them in exchange for a new microwave, and I am sure I could find a use for it somewhere (You can never have too many microwave ovens!) Also worth noting that the kitchen its in is full of other vintage appliances, such as a GE in-wall stove thing, also from the 70s.

So yeah! There are lots of vintage appliances in the family (Theres an avocado green GE stove from the late 60s in my aunt's garage collecting dust-might use that when I get my own house someday!) so yeah. Anyway, let me know about that microwave!

 

[appnut]

I looked at photo examples online. The ones I saw are very similar to the Litton microwave my parents bought in spring 1974. It's a 600 to 650 watt microwave. These are a beast and built like tanks. My parents used it every day and it was used to cook foods in, not just reheat or boil water. And popcorn was never put in it. It was still going strong when they moved into a retirement apartment May 2002 or 2003. They needed a smaller microwave in their new apartment. I bought my own Litton microwave summer 1978 and it lasted me until 1993 or 1994. It was used more intensely that my parents. My old Litton is by far the best, most-even cooking microwave I've ever owned.

 

[DADoES]

 
Aunt Rita got a MemoryMatic in '77 or '78.

 

[timmy73]

Wow, cool story! Sounds like its made with quality!