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.❤

[@Gymboyree]

I love mine

[@RonSch123]

The hot air popcorn maker was awesome. I'd buy one again.

[@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.

[@sherrihaight2724]

Yes!!!! A lot of infomercial stuff look silly until you realize there's a non healthy problem it's for.

[@davidahart2476]

I recently purchased a manual can opener with a hand crank, makes opening cans much easier, I also have a tool that gives me more leverage when opening cans with pull tabs.

[@karenkalordy8312]

I don't open very many cans, but when I do I use the electric can opener mounted under one of my cabinets.

[@joyr36]

I still use an electric can opener. I also have an electric jar opener that I love.

[@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.

[@GigaTechWolf]

My guess is its Appliances THEY dont want

[@jamesrabe]

And they're using MODERN versions of them! So silly.

[@KorithStoneheart]

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.😂

[@dawnelder9046]

And we did not get our first microwave until 1984. Saved for a year. Big purchase for us. But did not have a popcorn maker either. Did it in a regular pot on the stove.

[@johnrigler8858]

I preferred using Jiffy Pop until microwave popcorn caught on!

[@Dragonette666]

my mom won a microwave from a drawing at a store. I'd say it was around 1981 or so , they were starting to become more common at the time. You ad to take TV dinners out of the tray to cool them in the microwave back then , they still had the tin trays

[@distraughtminds847]

​@@johnrigler8858microwave popcorn is trash. It tastes terrible. Pot on the stove is all you need.

[@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.

[@dawnelder9046]

I had one after I got my first microwave. It worked great, but after a few decades the one foot broke off.

[@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.

[@plain_me]

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.

[@plain_me]

Yep! Shake- shake- shake, Rest on the heat, Shake-shake-shake, Rest on the heat. That's how ya' do it on the stove top

[@orionwesley]

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

[@supersuperwendy]

Me too!!

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

That's brilliant! Thank you 😊

[@captaintrips2980]

Nothing brought your cat or dog running to the kitchen faster than the sound of an electric can opener.

[@MFiction60]

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

[@marilynmcmahon5932]

The magic treat

[@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.

[@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

[@dawnelder9046]

My one uncle had one it the 70s. It was massive with dials. First one I ever saw. He still has it at his cabin.

[@FetishUnreal]

I brought lunch to high school a time or two and walked to a home ed classroom to use their microwave ( I’m class of 2004 ) and forgot how HUGE microwaves used to be when I was a kid !

[@BenLapke]

My wife’s parents had one in the ‘70s.

[@syn67501]

I love my dehydrator and air popper. I still use both 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 🎤 😊

[@kathiecrocker1118]

But wait, there's more...

[@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?

[@Qtiepie781]

I find it weird too - people with gardens absolutely use food dehydrators.. they're not weird, this show is weird

[@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.

[@jrnfw4060]

@@lisapop5219 Vegetables required blanching before freezing.

[@lisapop5219]

@jrnfw4060 are you saying currently or previously?

[@jrnfw4060]

@@lisapop5219 I was recalling my parents having to blanch fresh vegetables before they could freeze them. I think that fresh veggies still have to be blanched prior to freezing. Of course, frozen veggies purchased in a store have already gone through the necessary processes and can be put directly into the home freezer.

[@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.

[@dreibel]

The Stir Crazy is still available for sale, and is still quite popular.

[@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.

[@plain_me]

Plus fill the garbage dumps w little plastic cups?

[@michellebarnes2511]

They are readily available in the USA too! Most of these appliances are still available. Most people I know have electric can openers. I hate manual ones.

[@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.

[@plain_me]

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!!!

[@jrnfw4060]

Nothing wrong with your comment. We've just learned something, those of us who are unfamiliar with that device. Thanks for the info.

[@meemo32086]

The one that you hand cranked?

[@marycollins1024]

Mine wasn’t the snoopy one… it was a Mr Snowman… made great shaved ice.

[@happyshipton4449]

Haha. I just put a batch of strawberries in my dehydrator. I love mine.

[@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.

[@bc5441]

Super flewis, or super flouis

[@kennixox262]

Three prong outlets were mandated in homes about 1960.

[@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.

[@luisreyes1963]

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

[@johnmacdonald3070]

We probably all be extinct by then!!

[@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.

[@jkbunnylove9197]

Your research leaves a lot to be desired! A lot of these "gagets" are still extremely popular. 😂😂

[@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.

[@cherylbishop7657]

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

[@jrnfw4060]

Kitchens are generally bigger, today, and can accommodate larger appliances better. In addition to the traditional L-shaped countertops, many kitchens also have a center island that provides a lot more space and work surface, and also extra cabinet space beneath them.

[@cherylbishop7657]

@@jrnfw4060 Hi ,ironically we are living in a 22ft rv on land we got last year. Sadly it will be 2 or so years before we see that. One step at a time and one day at a time. But before GOD SENT US HERE, IN GA . WE wore out two showtime. The first month here I found our biggest one, and then the little one. Love them. Can't wait for a real kitchen again. GOD BLESS YA'LL

[@SSanf]

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

[@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.

[@jrnfw4060]

No need to use asterisks. Shooter isn't a dirty word.

[@JBCool0729]

I have a Salad Shooter Pro and I use for slicing potatoes for making them on skillet and I love it. I never used it for anything else. By the way I did not buy it in 70's

[@pennybechtold3524]

@JBCool729. Me too.

[@karenoconnor4180]

Food dehydrators are a big thing now 🤷‍♀️

[@Nancy-px7hn]

I love my Showtime Rotisserie Oven. The meats turn out juicy, succulent, and browned on the outside. Yes, it has to be cleaned after use but it is well worth it.

[@curtisanderson9062]

I remember those popcorn popper that had the rod in bottom that spins the corn. and the top used as a bowl. These poppers did a good job at popping corn. We used our almost every night. Thanks for doing this, it brought back memories of the simplicity of the 70s.

[@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.

[@annetheurich507]

Had an air popper in college. Loved that thing & finally wore it out.

[@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.

[@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.

[@giniaRed]

Like the popcorn popper. 8 kids in the house, these was and still is a cheaper way and healthier way to enjoy popcorn than microwave

[@sherrihaight2724]

Those popcorn makers with bowl are fantastic. Still around. Used them.

[@sheilaselke4755]

We loved the popcorn and hot dog machines

[@richardwilliams9271]

You cant really say that nobody wants these items back, people said this about Vinyl and Cds but what happened vinyl and cds have made a big comeback

[@JessicaHayes02]

Umm...the electric can opener with knife sharpener is still around. I prefer them to the manual ones actually.

[@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! ;)

[@jrnfw4060]

We have a crock pot, and use it often.

[@mgabrysSF]

01:56 if you’re going to make an old timey clip - don’t wear an Apple-Watch.

[@rdhawke]

I still make popcorn the old fashioned way…in a pot, with peanut oil, on the stove, shaking said pot to keep the popcorn from burning. It comes out perfectly every time.

[@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. 👍😁

[@Rebecca-r7h]

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..

[@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.

[@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!

[@--Skip--]

Is that Mel Brooks photobombing the two guys eating pasta? 😂😂😂 We had the air popcorn maker and still prefer it to microwave popcorn

[@francesmaurer185]

We loved our Salad Shooter ❤😊❤

[@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.

[@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.

[@TruGloryxists]

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

[@jrnfw4060]

Hubby and I had two electric can openers during our marriage. Our first was avocado green, our second harvest gold.They didn't always work well. We never had the ones that were also knife sharpeners. When our last one died, we got rid of it and now we use manual can openers. They don't always work well, either, but they're smaller and easier to store.

[@dawnelder9046]

I own a dehydrator now. Two actually. They works great. You just rotate the shelves. We have 5 apple trees and it gets used every fall. Also used for anything else I have extra of. With food cost being high and freezer space needed for meat, dehydration for future use is ver practical.

[@BingaDee]

We absolutely want the popcorn popper back!! My Mom had one and we used it well into the early 2000's till it broke. The popcorn tastes so much better than microwave popcorn.

[@jrnfw4060]

I've had popcorn poppers over the years, and hubby and I still have one, today. I still use it. Much better than Jiffy-Pop used on the stove top, and microwave popcorn always left kernels either unpopped or burnt. Popcorn poppers are easy to use. Once the kernels are popped, just pour them out into a large bowl and add melted butter or coconut oil, and salt, if desired. These appliances are still popular.

[@JaneDoe-ov1hb]

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

[@TerriKastl-rh5ui]

I still have and use my salad shooter.

[@garyseekford163]

Yep a food dehydrator might have been a little bit better if it had a fan to help circulate the heat around it

[@captaintrips2980]

Some jerky makers have a fan.

[@joyr36]

Microwave popcorn in bags did not come out until the early 1980's. Most households had an electric popcorn popper or used the stovetop kind. My mom used a food dehydrator for fruit for years. Hers always worked fine. I have a rotisserie oven that I use to make chicken. It is the healthiest option and the chicken taste great. I have an air oven that is also a rotisserie oven and a toaster oven. My mom had an ice crusher in the 70's to crush ice to put in my dad's thermos for work. Everyone didn't have an automatic ice maker in their freezer, so metal ice trays were used. The ice cubes were huge. The ice crushers did make a lot of noise. My mom didn't have to wake us up to get ready for school, the ice crusher did it for her.

[@peggyfillmore1971]

Stores still sell food dehydrators .

[@dawnelder9046]

I own two. I can use all 10 shelves on one, or split them up and use both when dehydrating different things that take different temperature or just can not be done at the same time.

[@jasonbean2764]

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

[@tsambikasabineiakovidis7755]

1:53 WHY DOES SHE HAVE AN APPLE WATCH??? 🤣

[@peggyfillmore1971]

Microwaves were expensive and still new back then ,popcorn maker was excellent ,we used the hell out ours when I was a kid.

[@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.

[@deevee8220]

If you still make jerky, dry your own fresh fruits and vegetables, etc., then nothing can replace a powered multi-tray food dehydrator. Those old weak ones from Ronson were no good, but the modern ones are amazing. Eat organic with no preservatives? There's only the food dehydrator.

[@sherrihaight2724]

I've got a dehydrator and salad shooter in my kitchen right now.

[@laurettakhundmiri2144]

I liked the popcorn popper

[@artheriford]

Hot dog toaster. George Carlin said that if you nail two things together that have never been nailed together before, some schmuck will buy it. He was right

[@mikegehre570]

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

[@henriettacollins2048]

I still use an electronic can opener

[@shawngabriel7397]

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

[@dragonfirepeach4000]

Lame joke, @shawngabriel7397.

[@TenaB-j2l]

​@dragonfirepeach4000 that was a very old joke that came out when the first salad shooters were made.

[@raymondmartin6737]

The popcorn maker was super-fluous? 😊

[@AnnacolleenEtters]

The popcorn maker was good, for those of us who did not own microwaves. My husband used the popcorn maker, I bought him in 1974, for his 24th, or 25th birthday, when he was my boyfriend, and a law student, until I replaced it with the hot air kind, after we were married. I didn't want a microwave, until my husband gave me one for Christmas, around 1990. I had stove, and an oven. I only used it to defrost meats. The icer crusher was more of a danger, than anything, because of the little fingers, (and sometimes drunk ones!) that would get hurt, when a cube got stuck. It was just easier, to grab a flor sack cloth, put ice in the middle, gather up the sides and whack it, on the sides of a counter a few times.

[@Nancy-px7hn]

The bread maker was great. I used mine to the point that the computer part of it went bonkers. It was from the 90s, I believe.

[@shibolinemress8913]

One of my college friends had a popcorn popper in her dorm room. Back then (early 80's), hotplates and microwaves weren't allowed in dorm rooms. I guess she was allowed to have the popcorn popper, but of course I never asked 😉😊

[@joanl.7543]

I remember a lot of these gadgets from the 80's and 90's. They were advertised to me, and I wasn't watching those types of ads as a kid.

[@BigJeremyBeyer]

Literally every one of these items is still available today. I have the same popcorn make eith the center spin bar and the upside down bowl for a lid, and I like it.

[@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!

[@phuk4549]

A lot of this stuff is still sold and still we are being told how great it is.

[@raymondmartin6737]

Does the Ice Crusher handle Vanilla Ice? It sounded like our kitchen sink disposal does. Ask Leslie Crusher from Star Trek. 😅

[@johngelnaw1243]

Saw a "really cool kitchen items on Amazon" yesterday that featured an electric can opener with a knife sharpener and a bottle opener.

[@raymondmartin6737]

The Hot Dog toaster couldn't accommodate Ball Park hot dogs whoch plumped upon cooking. 😅

[@kennixox262]

back in the 1980's, the holiday season aways started with those Salad Shooter commercials.

[@lepkeb2252]

I have a hot air popcorn maker that I bought within the past few years. Microwave popcorn has a bad texture because after its popped it's overcooked in the microwave. And I'm not the only one who uses a hot air popcorn maker for a healthy snack

[@thistlemoon1]

Dehydrators are still in wide use today. My personal dehydrators are close to 40 years old and still get use every year.

[@CrowsAreMurder]

Like this a lot thumbs up but a great deal of these are really eighties phenomena.

[@joanna4289]

We now have air-fryers to dehydrate foods.

[@raymondmartin6737]

I had clunky relatives in the 1970's. 😅

[@Spokavriel]

Glad I didn't have all of the items though I do admit to having more than half of the list and still using my dehydrator, rotisserie, popcorn popper, and a few others. I kinda wish we could get a new Electric Wok the later designs with the temp controller were not as bad as the original ones. Some kitchens still don't have the best stove position in layout for traditional wok on the burner. and its not practical to redesign the layout just to get the elbow room needed. Hope there weren't too many people who pointed out two of your items on the list were effective repeats.

[@Azphreal]

The 70s soda stream maker may not have had the flavours we have today but it did have the flavours that were available from the shops at the time. Soda was more basic back then.

[@Kris_Kitten]

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

[@maryhindal8812]

I still use my hot air popcorn popper. Using no oil and low calorie is a plus for me. Popcorn also is more fluffy.

[@dianevohwinkel2927]

Rummage sales are great for picking up a hot air popcorn popper....like 3/8 sales we've gotten to.

[@BenLapke]

These inventions might seem goofy in hindsight, but I’ll bet Ronco made a ton of money on them.

[@tammanyfields3583]

Ronco lol I recall they had many dorky products. The glass bottle cutter was an epic fail.

[@lgold78]

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

[@susanraeder9140]

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

[@Rebecca-r7h]

I have always wished for a cordless version!

[@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.