10 Extremely Strange '70s Kitchen Gadgets From The Twilight Zone
Carly Tennes
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12/02/2024
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No matter what strange and specific unitaskers you may run across at your local Target — looking at you, weirdly aesthetic peanut butter stirrer — none will be as bizarre as those invented in the '70s. Just take a look at this cookie gun, electric knife, and inexplicably wood-paneled Crock-Pot.
From bun warmers to talking appliances, here are 10 extremely strange '70s kitchen gadgets from the Twilight Zone.
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1. Peanut Butter Maker
Courtesy of Reddit user BionicPelvis“1975 Peanut Butter Maker, complete with circa 1975 peanut butter residue.” -
2. Electric Can Opener
Courtesy of Reddit user moby323“The GE electric can opener, helping Grandma open cans since 1969.” -
3. Plug-In Bun Warmer
Courtesy of ANTIQUE PAPER SHOP on eBayNot to be confused with midwestern moms’ nicknames for heated car seats, this gadget made sure your hot dog buns were nice and warm. Also a fire hazard. -
4. The Deluxe Woodgrain Crock-Pot
Courtesy of Revelare Kitchens on FacebookIn the ‘70s, not even our slow cookers were immune from the rise of the wood paneling craze. -
5. Electric Knife
Courtesy of Soft ElectronicsThe only thing better than a kitchen knife? A kitchen knife that’s basically a chainsaw. -
6. The Super Shooter
Courtesy of Christmas-Cookies.comEver wish you could fire your Christmas cookies out of a gun? Look no further than the Super Shooter Electric Foodgun … and our memories of deviled eggs past. -
7. The Mouli-Julienne 5 Disc Slicer Shredder
Courtesy of Newt Ewe on eBayThis old-school grater walked so those cheesy TikTok uni-taskers could run. -
8. Electric Fondue Pot
Courtesy of an unknown Reddit user“My grandma in law gave us her fondue pot (circa 1970).” -
9. Talking Refrigerator
Courtesy of ReminisceEver wish your refrigerator could talk? No? Well, then this Frigidaire refrigerator with a built-in radio and cassette player is probably not your jam. -
10. The Presto Hot Dogger
Courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on FacebookNo grill? No problem. The Presto Hot Dogger offered a nice, albeit plastic-twinged and ozone-scented alternative to properly cooking your franks.
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Peanut Butter Maker
“1975 Peanut Butter Maker, complete with circa 1975 peanut butter residue.”
“1975 Peanut Butter Maker, complete with circa 1975 peanut butter residue.”
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