Sunbeam Multi-Cooker Frypan
date: label: date made
content: ca 1972
name: label: maker
content: Sunbeam Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: Electric frying pan/wok.
label: Description
content: A. Cast aluminum, Teflon coated, square-shaped pan with rounded corners; pale yellow exterior, black interior; heating element encased in bottom and covered with black metal; wide flat bar handles of black plastic at sides double as stand. Plug attachment on side, black bent metal casing, two silver metal prongs. Top of plug attachment has sticker attached, black printed on silver: “BACON—340 FISH—380/CAKE—300 FRIES—320/CHILI—225 HAM—340/CHOPS—360 LIVER—360/EGGS—300 STEAK—420”. Bottom of pan is stamped: “CAUTION/TO AVOID CONTACT BETWEEN HOT PAN BOTTOM/AND TABLE TOP—ALWAYS ATTACH HANDLE ASSEMBLY TO FRYPAN BEFORE USING/1250 WATTS 120 VOLTS A C ONLY/COMPLETELY IMMERSIBLE/USE WITH WALL OR BASE/RECEPTACLE ONLY”; Plug attachment is stamped: “SW/SUNBEAM CORPORATION.CHICAGO USA/SERVICE NO. FP-BD/USE ONLY SUNBEAM/TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING/PLUGS WITH THIS APPLIANCE/UL/R/LISTED 425A”. Dust/dirt over all surfaces.
label: Description
content: B. Tall cover, yellow exterior, with open/close vent holes at top; black plastic bar finial handle at top, middle, debossed with “Sunbeam” logo in cursive. Molded plastic grip handle at front, black.
label: Description
content: C. Detachable, black rubber power cord with “Sunbeam HEAT CONTROL” dial. Bottom embossed: “Sunbeam/HEAT CONTROL/MODEL RC/CAUTION/DO NOT IMMERSE/IN ANY LIQUID/1550 W 120 V AC ONLY/SUNBEAM CORP./CHICAGO, U.S.A./SERVICE NO. RC-C”
label: Description
content: Also includes recipe booklet, “Sunbeam Portable Electric Cookery” and instruction leaflet, copyright 1972.
label: Description
content: Maker is Sunbeam Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, originally founded in the early 1890s as Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. by John K. Stewart and Thomas J. Clark, primarily manufacturing mechanical horse clippers and sheep shearers. In 1946 Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. became Sunbeam Corporation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: place used
content: United States: Maryland, Bethesda
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anonymous Gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0608.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0608
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0608.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pan, frying electric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (cord material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (handles material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (cord material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 5/8 in x 15 3/4 in x 11 5/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 40.005 cm x 29.5275 cm