13 WEIRDEST Home Appliances From The 1970s, Nobody Wants Back!

13 WEIRDEST Home Appliances From The 1970s, Nobody Wants Back!
Discover the "13 WEIRDEST Home Appliances From The 1970s, Nobody Wants Back!" This video explores bizarre and wacky home gadgets from the 1970s that didn't stand the test of time. From odd kitchen contraptions to peculiar household devices, these quirky relics of the past are sure to amuse and bewilder!
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[@suralos]

I miss the original Hot Air Popcorn Pumper. While there are still hit air popcorn poppers being made, they quality just seems to get worse.

[@Thomasnmi]

Cheap ones are pretty bad

[@thePrisoner1000]

Plus cheaper than microwave popcorn bags and more environmentally better.

[@countrygirl5579]

I still have my mom's original one.❤

[@girlymel2323]

My 97-year-old grandfather uses an electric can opener. I will say they are really great for elderly people and people with arthritis.

[@MichaelW969]

A few of these still have a place in the kitchen, and the electric can opener is one of them. Now that chicken rotisserie monstrosity was HUGE and not practical for most kitchens.

[@NightBazaar]

3:03 I bought this popcorn popper in the late-70s or early-80s and still use it. It even has a metal tray at the top to melt butter. While microwave or stovetop popcorn is handy, it's also loaded with all sorts of additives. Mine makes a large bowlful of just air heated popcorn that can be salted and buttered to taste.

[@katerbiller04]

I agree. I still have an air popper and use it because the microwave bags always leave so many unpopped, greasy kernels.

[@CosmicLab167]

These poppers are 10X healthier than the microwave variety

[@AgentAlisha]

Same here. Young KZbints be like 👆

[@johnmacdonald3070]

Stovetop is just kernels u put in a bit of oil to pop with a lid!! Actually, thats the tastiest, cheapest way to have popcorn 🍿!!

[@NightBazaar]

@@johnmacdonald3070 With hot air poppers, no messy oil is needed. Plus, it takes more time to heat up a stove than a hot air popper.

[@enigma9971]

Microwave popcorn wasn't commercially available to consumers until 1981. A simple Google search revealed this.

[@keepsmilin468]

And popcorn poppers were around before the 70s. They were metal pots with an electric heating element under the bottom. Some people also used them to heat soup in dorms and even took them on vacations and snuck them into motel rooms to be able to warm up a can of something to eat.😂

[@tn83255]

Normal people didn't have microwaves until '82 or later. We couldn't use a microwave to make popcorn in the '70s

[@BadgerDevil]

Microwaves were available in 1946, and a lot of people probably didn't have one, but yes, they were available.

[@catpaladin1]

And they were expensive back then. At least mine was. I never had the Amanda Radar Range but i think that was one of the first ones. Mine was MGA or something like that

[@orionwesley]

I still use a Salad Shooter to grate cheese. Easiest thing ever.

[@rogertemple7193]

I'm 59 years old now i was a kid in the 1970's and I remember all of these appliances as my parents and kinfolk had them some of them i wished we had back today but I really enjoy watching these blasts from the past and as Bob Hope always said Thanks for the memories.🇺🇲📺📻📺📻🇺🇲

[@martybee6701]

Did the meat slicer ever take off in USA. ? While working in Poland I noticed every family had one - motorized with a circular blade like butchers have for slicing ham etc. They're not big in UK but I'm surprised they're not.

[@dreibel]

I worked in hardware stores in Canada for 38 years, and I can tell you, we sold a lot of popcorn machines. A LOT. The beauty of the air popper was that you can make a bowl without the added fat of the oil, and as long as you didn't put butter on it, it wouldn't go stale or rancid if you couldn't finish it immediately. There are also devices which allow you to pop the popcorn in the microwave without using a bag.

[@cheriluzvillanueva]

electric slicer and shredder is still pretty popular in korea and other asian countries. It never stopped being popular specially in korea coz they have dishes like bibimbap and many other meals that require a lot of slicing and shredding. They use it on the daily. I think one of the reasons why a lot of these kitchen processors fell out of popularity in America is primarily because a lot of people stopped cooking, and the popularity of fastfood chains in america skyrocketed. America popularized cheaper fastfood chains and many popular restaurants resulting into its people having less need to cook at home with their busy working lives.

[@davidsandy5917]

Don't hate me for this comment. Looking at the salad shooter, I think about the Snoopy Snow Cone Maker. It is pretty much the same design. If you have one and you like it, that it wonderful. If everyone liked the same thing, the world would be pretty boring.

[@AgentAlisha]

Me, too! I love my "🎵Snoopy Snowcone Machine 🎶" of 40 years and use it w my "Littles". Makes a great cocktail!

[@johnmacdonald3070]

My brother had a snoopy snow machine!!! Was great!!!

[@katerbiller04]

Good greif🤦‍♂️ The fact that every product that you highlighted in this video is still available in one form or another, makes your title ridiculous.

[@bethanyhanna9464]

I still use most of these things.🤣 I LOVE my hotdog toaster, my wide slice toaster doesn't properly toast the buns, and I'm not willing to stick hotdogs into it to even try. 🤣 We fondu annually during the holidays. I love my classic popcorn cart popper, and my air popper. I don't have the patience to pop it on the stove. I do love microwave popcorn too, but classic popped is better. My brother used his dehydrator so much that he went through at least a dozen of them. He was a big camper drying his own jerky and fruits saved him a fortune. I love my pasta makers. My brother lived alone, and used his Showtime Rotissary oven more than his real one. He could make a juicy chicken, ribs, or roast then eat on it for a week, changing it up as leftovers. Sandwhes, salads, hotdishes, whatever he felt like making. He was also a big salad sh**ter. He didn't like slicing manually. We're not a fan of Soda Streams then or now. We had the electric can opener with knife sharpener growing up. It worked AMAZINGLY for 20 years. When it needed replacing, we've never found one that could do the same. My parents developed renal failure. Our ice crusher became a life saver. They were limited in their allowed fluid intake. Sucking on crushed ice made it easier to hold to their restrictions, and soothed mouth sores that are a common side effect of renal failure. Again, Fondu is a family holiday tradition. We have a wonderful battery operated sharpener that we use on certain knives, and stones we use on others. We used to use our electric wok when our kids were young. We just use our regular wok now that we're empty nesters. 🤣 We aren't big fans of the slicer/shredder. The Salad Sh**ter is the only one that stuck for us.

[@yourfavoritefrog]

I'm with you here ! I'm still using the electric can opener, the fondue kit is always a big success with guests because it's fun to use, and my sister -in-law has a big electric wok that she regularly uses. I had a manual soda stream for a while , now I have a more sophisticated version. But those appliances are must-haves if you cook regularly.

[@a1orski]

But they worked so good in the infomercials. Ron Popeil was a master salesman. Give it up for the dude. Hey, he sold spray paint as a cure for baldness!

[@BacktheBlue60]

My favorite was Ron Popiels pocket fisherman. But there were so many things to choose from. I wonder if he invented Mr Microphone 🎤 😊

[@kelvinh8327]

The popcorn machine is readily available in Australian discount stores, as is the food dehydrator. In fact, high-end dehydrators are available to dehydrate fruits, veges, meat, and homemade dog treats. Salad shredders are still available, as are soda streams, with supplies available at supermarkets and electric ice-crushers are a feature of most high-end refrigerators. How soon before coffee-pod machines fall out of favour as a too-expensive way to have a cup of Joe?

[@larrylaffer3246]

Well Keurig-Style machines are less popular in people's homes lately. At least I've seen them less frequently than I used to. They're mainly popular now in places like churches, offices, and auto repair shops as it allows people to make a flavor of coffee they want to brew at will and instead of requiring someone to continuously freshen up a pot of joe. The only real maintenance it needs is someone to clean it out occasionally and to refill the reservoir when it gets empty.

[@AgentAlisha]

Plus fill the garbage dumps w little plastic cups?

[@krazydreamer]

Bagged microwave popcorn was not available until the 1980s, but the flavor was far inferior to the Stir Crazy popcorn appliance my mom made popcorn in all the time. She used a Stir Crazy until well into the 2010s.

[@herbcraven7146]

Maybe nostalgia is clouding my memory, but neither air poppers nor microwave popcorn ever tasted as good as when my mom used to make TV Time popcorn on the stove in the early seventies. I can still hear the sound of her shaking that big heavy Cory stainless steel pan on the burner as the kernels popped and rang the lid like a bell.

[@race_to_the_bottom7331]

Pop corn in a heavy pot on the stove. Use corn oil. Cover with a splatter screen to allow steam to escape.

[@luisreyes1963]

I'll bet 50 years from now, people will wax nostalgic over air fryers. 🍖

[@johnmacdonald3070]

We probably all be extinct by then!!

[@leedoss6905]

I know a lot of people that use dehydrators. Especially for chili peppers in a humid area.

[@pattibennett8774]

I have a fig tree. The fruit ripens in a New York second and spoils just as fast. I put it in the dehydrator and eat figs that I've grown well into winter. I also use it for chili peppers. Ghost peppers, habenero, Thai dragons are all thin walled and great for the dehydrator. I have two and use them. Also they don't "suck" moisture out of the food, they work by blowing a stream of warm air up through the appliance, drying the food that way. Who writes this s**t?

[@tedalbert212]

Although the person that narrated this video said most of these items were "weird", they were a daily part of peoples lifestyle as we grew up in those times, I recognize most of those items and we as a family used almost every one, except for the electric wok and the ice shredder, I think this person called these things weird because he did not see how useful they were to use.

[@JazzDogTraveler]

Besides, the commentator acts as if no kitchen had a pantry, cupboards, or cabinets to store the appliances when not in use. It is as if once the appliance was in the kitchen it had to sit on the counter, forever. I mother had most of these appliances, used them for decades, and they NEVER sat on a counter unless they were being used. The commentator's use of hyperbole is lazy and careless journalism, at best.

[@herbcraven7146]

I have no recollection of the hot dog toaster from the 70s. What I do remember was the Presto Hot Dogger, which didn't work like a toaster, you know, with heating elements and all that; nor did it warm buns. What it did do was literally plug your hot dogs into MAINS VOLTAGE and electrocute them. They tasted weird, and it was fire hazard since there was no timer or safety cut-out device of any kind. THAT deserves to be swept into the dustbin of history. The hot dog toaster seems like a work of genius by comparison.

[@megachonk9440]

The biggest failing of the hot dog toaster is that it doesn't actually work. It incinerates the bun while barely warming the sausage. Which really should be pretty obvious if you think about it. You'd almost need to dump mains current through the wiener to cook it quickly enough to be ready when the bun was nice and toasted (although you'd still burn the edges of the bun, as shown in the video).

[@BELCAN57]

We had a hot dogger . it used to electrocute the hot dogs within one minute. I agree, they tasted funny.

[@BretHammond1967]

“Super fluis?” And many of these products are modern with a filter applied. I promise you there was no hot dog toaster commercial in the 70s featuring an actor with a tattoo, let alone modern three prong outlets.

[@MegaVirgostar]

Agreed. Most of these things are late 80s, early 90s at the earliest.

[@cherylbishop7657]

I still love and use my showtime rotisserie a lot. I have 2 now the big one & the smaller one. GOD BLESS

[@MichaelW969]

Food dehydraters still exist and people, especially who hike/camp a lot, use them all the time. Good video though, that rotisserie oven was massive. Lol

[@JB-kg5gz]

Yep. As a gardener, I grow several things that I dry with my old dehydrator, like herbs for kitchen use and for teas. I use this every year.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Food dehydrators still exist today for the usage of making beef jerky. A similar device; vacuum sealer, exists to seal up special packages for meats.

[@lisapop5219]

I can't imagine going back before the vacuum sealer. It's saved thousands of dollars on meats for the freezer. Same with vegetables.

[@syn67501]

I love my dehydrator and air popper. I still use both regularly

[@deniseherud]

the OG salad shooter is the bomb! it slices or shreds and cleans up easily--plus i don't worry about hacking a finger off! And my H went out and scored a retro hot air popcorn popper--the slim one that doesn't use oil..best purchase ever! use your organic non-gmo popcorn, no oil, little sea salt if you want--and you have a healthy treat. Just bc something is old doesn't mean you throw it away✌️

[@davidsandy5917]

I had an air popper. It worked pretty well, I just didn't use it all that much. One thing that I liked about it was that it would melt your butter for you while popping.

[@davidsandy5917]

Do not ever throw away anything just because it is old. Some of the older designs are far better than anything done today. Some of the designs of today are just taking old designs and adding window dressing.

[@JazzDogTraveler]

The Hot Air Popcorn Popper was a necessity for healthier popcorn. Seriously. Some folks want to enjoy their popcorn without oil or carcinogenic coatings hiding inside a microwave popcorn bag.

[@race_to_the_bottom7331]

It tastes like styrofoam.

[@scarpfish]

The utility value of just about any kitchen appliance is inversely proportional to how specialized and fancy it is. Microwaves, refrigerators, toasters and drip coffee makers have withstood the test of time for a reason and the less gadgety and more straightforward they are, the better.

[@amybrown9539]

Still I have a salad shooter and I still love it!

[@JohnWebb-zn6yh]

The hot air popcorn Maker was practical. Even in the late 70s, microwaves. Were like buying a Rolls Royce and putting one in your kitchen. Plus, microwave bags of popcorn weren't common until the 80s.

[@davidsandy5917]

I love fondue but don't need a dedicated fondue pot. Any double boiler will work. The key is not in the pot, it is in using the right ingredients in making the sauce.

[@shirleyz7400]

I’ve had my salad shooter since the late 70’s & I still use it. It works perfectly. I use a lot of cheese so I use it mainly for that. It saves me time & these day..aches from my hands. 👍😁

[@user-py4kh1ho4t]

I love my salad shooter and was so pleased to inherit my Mom's. She actually was on her second. Easier to slice larger amounts of veggies and grate carrots & cheese. Not weird at all..

[@JustM2024]

Before the microwave - Jiffy pop on the stove was easy, delicious & no clean up required

[@remley8877]

Big Lots actually still sells the hotdog toaster. A friend of mine actually bought one last October and it works great, but it's very difficult to clean.

[@francesmaurer185]

We loved our Salad Shooter ❤😊❤

[@jasonbean2764]

I always liked the idea of the Salad Shooter.:)

[@JaneDoe-ov1hb]

My mom had a Salad Shooter when I was a kid and I enjoyed using it too! Miss it🙁

[@joanna4289]

We now have air-fryers to dehydrate foods.

[@laurettakhundmiri2144]

I liked the popcorn popper

[@MusicByAllonaMayost]

I still have a popcorn maker.

[@Thomasnmi]

Because microwave popcorn is nasty

[@princesskristan]

My family had a popcorn popper in the 90s, and it was fun as a kid. We ended up tossing it because the wiring was getting messed up

[@catpaladin1]

I gave my fondue pot to my friends when I moved across country. They were borrowing it often and I didn’t use it except with them 😂

[@CHFFN]

I have the hotdog thing and as a history major and a film studies co major mostly in classical Hollywood films and film noir I love this!

[@henriettacollins2048]

I still use an electronic can opener

[@mikegehre570]

I still have the rotisserie you featured. Easy to set up and use. Most parts dishwasher safe. As good as Costco chicken

[@susanraeder9140]

The Salad Shooter will be back with easier clean up, more blades, and it will be wireless.

[@user-py4kh1ho4t]

I have always wished for a cordless version!

[@nafiysamuhammad4208]

My mom still uses the popcorn maker till this day and so do I, my 15 year old son also loves making his popcorn this way versus the microwave.

[@amyliss7567]

Loved them ALL

[@lgold78]

Wrong about the popcorn popper. Many people I know including my family use it regularly.

[@kathleennagwak1761]

I still use the shredder attachment to my kitchenaid. Use it a lot.

[@MikeLutton]

i got a popcorn popper in my home and a light blue aqua Microwave and Toaster

[@thePrisoner1000]

I use a bowl with a lid with vents to make regular popcorn in the microwave, no oil needed and much less expensive than microwave popcorn bags. It works about as well as an sir popper and much less noisy! HAHA

[@SSanf]

Lots of people still dehydrate. But now we have better dehydrators to do it. I love my Excalibur dehydrator.

[@trurayne7196]

I loved my presto salad shooter and I had it in the 90's. Can't find another like it 😢

[@biancagerade4229]

They still sell the hot dog toaster and I gave it as a gift about 5 years ago to my brother who loves hot dogs and the 4th of July🇺🇸 🤗

[@davidsandy5917]

I used to have one that electrocuted the hotdog. The hotdog was impaled on two spikes and house current was sent through the meat. Kinda gruesome and a little dangerous but it did work.

[@kellymeadows353]

The hotdog toaster and popcorn popper seems like they would be popular with college students back them. I had one of those food dehydrators that I never used…… My husband got many years out of the salad shooter

[@christopherbean2100]

Ronco came out with the "Veg-o-Matic," in 1963. However, it was not a salad "shooter," but more of a rudimentary food processor. The "Salad Shooter," was released in 1988, not in the 70's. I took me literally 2 minutes of internet searching to gather these facts. As a child of the 70s, I can tell you it was the era of the fondue pot, the Presto Hot Dogger and hot air pop corn poppers. The real break-out star of the show was the Crock Pot though. The crock pot was a game changer and I remember my mom and the next door neighbor lady losing their minds, excited about dinner being ready when they got home from work thanks to the crock pot.

[@christopherbean2100]

Oh, and the crock pot came out in 1971, just like me! ;)

[@RayrayMCrews]

Ok I'm 36 but I didn't know they made ice crushers.

[@DenWell-SeedsOfChaos]

My stepmom used an electric wok every week and it was my chore to clean the monster. It was really difficult and I hated it.

[@davidsandy5917]

To clean a real wok, you just get it hot and rinse it with water, then wipe the surface. Takes less than a minute.

[@DenWell-SeedsOfChaos]

This was in the 80's but the wok was from the 70's. Same for the mini blinds which I had to clean all 4 sets of in the living room when I got into trouble, which was regularly... 😈

[@DenWell-SeedsOfChaos]

@@davidsandy5917 I know, I have that kind now and I love it! Simply is sometimes better!

[@user-py4kh1ho4t]

I had that red West Bend electric wok & it still is used at least once weekly & cleans easily.

[@davidsandy5917]

A common theme in all of these appliances, and why some have not survived is that they are not used regularly. Either because they are for special occasions or because there are other simpler alternatives. A lot of these could be replaced simply by learning some knife skills. In the case of the crushed ice maker, I make crushed ice for cocktails just by tapping the cube with the back of a spoon. If I am mixing drinks, there is the added bonus of showing off my bartender skills.

[@Jacqueline_R]

I miss the popcorn makers❤

[@mikeywid4954]

We had a Ronco rotisserie oven and they were indeed a genuine pain in the neck to clean. We ended up giving it to a family member. Looks good on paper but..........

[@beckycaughel7557]

My mom used her dehydrator a lot She also used her soda stream a lot though not from the 70s this would’ve been from the 2000s.

[@cheyenamiget1787]

I have a hot dog toaster and 2 teenage boys. Best $20 I ever spent. My boys agree 💯

[@AgentAlisha]

Well, Uni-taskers are never great, but I can find Many uses for a fondue pot! (We have 2) I use my Kitchenaide mixer attachments regularly. Love making pasta! BUT a Kitchenaide mixer IS a multi-tasker. Stand-alone slicers and graters turn veggies to mush. Gimme a sharp knife, sharpcened by my husband on a good ole' whetstone- "

[@marcuswooldridge]

Ah the popcorn maker...Fond memories of Dad making popcorn before movie night at the old homestead. My brother and I lying down on the floor with my mother to watch Star Wars E5 A New Hope on Satellite T.V and falling asleep halfway through till the award scene.

[@danielcheatham3400]

I will not have a microwave and I hate the popcorn bags that they use. I have one of these popcorn makers with the revolving wire. works great for me

[@michaelthomey8379]

I have owned all the devices shown in this video except the soda maker and the last item (The electric slicer and shredder) .. I still use the knife sharpener and hot air popcorn maker..

[@lreking8929]

I use a Soda Stream to make fizzy water at about 1/3 the cost of canned -- and no cans to recycle, either.

[@francesmaurer185]

Salad Shooter should have been Cheese Shooter 😊❤

[@lindaseibert9097]

I want the hot air popcorn popper it was great

[@shawngabriel7397]

Joke of the day: Question - What do you call a vegetarian with the runs? Answer - Salad Shooter!

[@dragonfirepeach4000]

Lame joke, @shawngabriel7397.

[@davidsandy5917]

A simple mandolin is all you need for slicing. Unless making a ton of food, I don't even bother with my food processor. It is also just fun practicing my knife skills. I feel more involved that way, instead of letting the machine do it.

[@mikenewby3254]

a lot of these items come out in the 80ds

[@ericdonner7199]

I have a hot-air popcorn popper from the 70's with the cup to melt butter while popping an i still use it.

[@DesertRainReads]

Whoa, hey hey now, we had one of those Ronco rotisserie ovens. They actually did live up to their hype and made a fantastic rotisserie chicken. You just needed to make sure you get the right balance on the spit. We used that sucker weekly until we had a housefire that made us lose everything.

[@shemp5858]

They still make the hot dog toaster

[@cheriluzvillanueva]

I want a hotdog toaster. LOL

[@user-oe9kw1ef1d]

Funny it is a best seller on Amazon at this time

[@66cuda]

What is it with kitchen space you go on about, with electric wok, some people don't have a stove and if it had a temp adjustment it could work

[@rivenfae]

People still use food dehydrator's

[@LauraTurner-cy1dv]

I really miss the salad shooter it was great if you wanted somebody to stop annoying you while you were working in the kitchen !

[@phann860]

The road to hell (or bankruptcy) is paved by good ideas. Did I see Mary Tyler Moore in the advert for the fondue thingy. In 20 or more years how many appliances today will be relegated to landfill. The big problem with most of these appliances was the difficulty of cleaning in most cases.

[@monghuni798]

Yes, that was her. I was a clip from her TV show.

[@lonnybush5612]

In 2024. I have an electric can opener. And have seen popcorn makers like the 70s and hot dog toaster in Walmart.

[@catpaladin1]

I just bought a can opener this year. I got tired of asking my father to help me open larger cans 😂

[@chunksyy]

I own a hot air popcorn popper. How else am I going to get black truffle infused popcorn? You have so much more flexibility with them. Also, I would totally buy a hotdog toaster if I could find one. Luckily, I have never looked because I bet I can get one. Maybe it's time.

[@lisapop5219]

Have to completely disagree re the food dehydrator. They are still well used by those who grow and put up food and herbs. We have one that we bought in 1993. It's just for meats. The other is for everything else

[@tomjohn3364]

Some of products are from the 80s and 90s Not the 1970s.

[@shadowgb]

Except for the pasta maker I have had all of these things. I hate my electric can opener.

[@SHO1989]

These are not so much weird as they are a clutter issue. Many of the devices were useful but as mentioned on many of them, counter space is limited. if storage was not an issue, I'd have many of these.

[@aerorider04]

Most of these appliances were either from the 1980s and beyond or some were from decades long before the 1970s Very few were popular or even available in the 1970s As an example, the video compares popcorn makers being an unnecessary item because microwave popcorn was so easy and convenient. Microwave popcorn wasn’t even on the market in the ‘70s and most people didn’t own or even know what a microwave oven was. They didn’t become popular until the ‘80s. Other appliances like the rotisserie oven. These were around back in the 1950s and yes they were big bulky things, that took up a lot of space. You would very often find them at the local thrift store in the 1960s As usual for this Channel, much misinformation and lack of knowledge

[@gratefuldead4605]

I am actually using a food dehydrator as I type this. I have some thc-a trim that I water cured drying in the dehydrator right now.

[@Beautyinthebreakdown.]

I want a hot dog toaster

[@TLS6723]

Rotisserie oven. Just set it and forget it.

[@stevea2588]

Nothing wrong with a popcorn maker. Microwave popcorn isn't good for you. And who wants to stand over a stove popping popcorn and cleaning a pot?

[@davidsandy5917]

Woks cannot ever be electric. Wok cooking needs highly concentrated heat. Just because it is shaped like a wok, doesn't make it a wok. Mine is hand hammered carbon steel and properly seasoned. I have one gas burner that is used just for two purposes, the wok and boiling pasta. It was adjusted to produce the high heat needed for wok cooking and the rapid boiling needed for pasta. It is also occasionally used for lobster but that is the same idea, you need a lot of heat. Even a wok on an electric range cannot produce the heat needed to do it properly.

[@geeky12ful]

I have an electric wok and love it. It heats up to 500 degrees and makes wonderful Chinese food: Kung Pao Chicken or Beef, Cashew Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken. You name it & it will make it!!

[@tall1sobay]

You've got to do better. The Hot Dog "toaster" was not a 70's thing. The Hot Dogger, was and was terrible! Popcorn poppers were everywhere. They'd been around since the 40's. Everyone I knew had one, as it was easier than stovetop and microwave popcorn wasnt a thing until the mid to late 80's. the electric can opener. Again, everyeone had one. I honestly can't think of a home that didn't they were omnipresent.

[@drbluzer]

When I moved out of my parent's house into an apartment in the 1970's , I bought a PRESTO HOT DOGGER , a food dehydrator , and a pizza baker that had a 12" round stoneware . One day I dropped the stoneware and I never found a replacement .My mom came over and instead of impressing her , she criticized me for having " too many appliances" . Her idea of "enough appliances " is an electric can opener , a toaster , a micromave oven , a mixer , and a blender . Any more than that was "too many appliances" . I think she also had an electric knife for cutting Thanksgiving turkeys .

[@user-ip4zf7tk5n]

This video is WAY off, with lots of misleading info.Many of these items did NOT come out in the 1970s, but FAR later. ONE: The salad shooter came out in 1988! TWO: The hot dog toaster as depicted never existed in the 1970s (or 80s either, I'm pretty sure). It's a very modern appliance. And the electric can opener and air popper? They were AWESOME! Moreover, most of us didn't have a microwave oven when we had our FAR HEALTHIER air poppers. Bad vid.

[@eddtemperley2421]

So many words.

[@saraburress4406]

Hiheylikeit

[@gman3109]

Sodastreams were around in the 70s?

[@davidsandy5917]

I always wondered... Where did people get the CO2 for the machine?

[@Thomasnmi]

@@davidsandy5917 CO2 cartridges were available starting in the mid 1950s

[@herbcraven7146]

GenX here. No.

[@bdh70]

No they weren't. The Salad Shooter wasn't introduced until 1988 either. And I was around back then and don't remember the hot dog toaster coming around until the nineties

[@lreking8929]

@@davidsandy5917 I bought my Soda Stream about a year ago. I swap the CO2 cartridges at my regular grocery store (Fry's) or Wal-Mart. Also available through the mail.