E-1310 Electromatic Table Range Booklet - Scanned

Compliments of Trent, in Idaho. A scanned copy of the E-1310 Electromatic Table Range booklet.

Thanks Trent!

The PDF embedding from Google Drive is not the best method of sharing information (it does strange things to PDF documents) but I thought it would be nice if people could at least peruse the document before deciding to download it....  You may download the PDF --> here <--  so you can view it in Adobe or other PDF viewer. (Which makes it look MUCH more normal)



Where is your Corning Ware??
~~

A Tale of Two Skillets - Corningware Electromatic Skillets

So I thought it might be fun to talk about the Electromatic skillets.  Notice I pluralized skillets.  Cause there were 2 versions.  Actually there were 3, but the first 2 are pretty much the same so I guess this is really a Tale of 2 1/2 Skillets.

The Electromatic Skillet was first released in 1962 along with Corning's first automatic percolator (P-23-EP).  The  Electric Warming Trays (P-49 and P-54) would be released about a year or two later.

This P-12-ES originally came with your choice of a Black Trefoil or Cornflower P-16-B skillet with a flatter bottom than the standard Corning Ware (Similar to the solid white cookware that was available with the "Counter that Cooks" range) known as a P-22-B.  These "Hot Plates" were made of Pyroceram covering a ribbon element that reached 425 degrees.

Since Corning tends to think of "everything" they even offered cooking temperature suggestions down the side.

This thermostatically controlled cooking was a big success.  To me, the leg/handle assembly side is strikingly similar in its 60's modern design to the legs on the Farberware Open Hearth Grill. Ah, Bakelite at it's finest.

There only downfall is that their use is restricted to only Corning Ware products. (no metal pots, please)

Later, around 1966, other patterns became available...  The Platinum Filigree Gift line added a P-86 Dutch Oven, the 1969 began the "Floral Bouquet" P-22 Skillet run; as all three editions were available, for a short amount of time.  Plain/Just White was added as well.

A PDF version of the Use & Care booklet from 1963 can be found -->Here<--

In 1972 along with the release of the "A" series Corning Ware, the Electromatic skillet got a slight update (v1.5).  The original version (seen above) was still in production, but the black handles did not extend quite as far over the cooking surface, leaving a slightly larger area between the handles so the new straighter sided "A" series skillets would fit.  These modified versions can be identified by the model number of the base being suffixed by a "-N" as in P-12-ES-N.  For these newer model bases, the A-22-B fits between the black handles.  (I wish I had one of these slightly newer models, but I do not)  Spice o' Life, Cornflower, All White and 3rd edition Floral Bouquet were the available as patterns.

By 1973 there was a new comer to the Electromatic line.  The E-1310 Electromatic Table Range.

It's styling was "NEW" and definitely different from the previous model, though it performed the same functions.  Th E-1310 was basically a small version of the "Counter that Cooks" drop in cook tops that had been released in the previous decade.  (Yes, in truth there is nothing really "new" about our modern "radiant" cook tops... It's already been done.)  Unlike the older version of the Electromatic skillet, however, this one could handle other cookware not of the Corningware persuasion.  (This was the one my mom had while I was growing up)  Meaning, you could use regular metal pots and pans on it.  In fact, it was even advertized that you could simply cook anywhere with it, including the middle of your dining room table.  It also reached a higher temperature, being 500 degrees instead of the previous model's 425 degrees.

The E-1310 came with a "Just White" A-22-B skillet with A-10-C lid, the only other pattern option I am aware of was Spice o' Life.  Gone was the classic black and white 60's mod leg/handles in lieu of brushed chrome trim and faux wood grain.  But the cooking surface area is larger, so if you are in possession of a P-16-B Chicken Fryer, your back in business with the new model.  Another handy change was that the cord was removable...

The P-12-ES & -N had a permanent cord that made storage a bit of an exercise in creative cord wrapping.

The P-12-ES-N and the E-1310 were both available for a short time before the P-12-ES-N was pulled from the market in favor of the newer E-1310.  Alas, even with the improvements to this "Table Range", all Electromatics were removed from the market in 1976, including the warming tray and the percolators.

I absolutely love my P-12-ES, and use it as my slow cooker, with my P-34-B 4 quart Dutch oven.  But I will always have a soft spot for the later Table Range (E-1310).  That is the one mom had when I was a kid and she used it religiously for making Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo.  YUM! 

Thanks to Trent, I have received a scan of the E1310 Electromatic Table Range booklet.  I have loaded the PDF file  to Google Drive

Where is your Corningware??
~~

About Town With Corningware - The French Connection

The Spice o' Life.

That quintessential 70's pattern in shades of Burnt Orange, Avocado Green, Harvest Gold and Brown.  It's almost as synonymous with Corningware as the Blue Cornflower is.  It's taken me awhile to get photographs of all these pieces, and there still may be some missing, but I think I got it pretty well covered. (please excuse the myriad of lighting issues that I could not fix... Remember, these are all in thrift stores and taken with the camera on my phone)

The Spice o' Life pattern (1972-1988) was produced in two different ways.....

Plain.....

And the "French" version....

Translations:

Shallot

Rosemary

Parsley

Marjoram

Sage

Some pieces had multiple French words....

The Doubles 

(Parsley & Sage)

 

  

(Shallot and Marjoram)

(Shallot and Sage)

The Triple 

(Shallot, Marjoram, Rosemary)

The Tea Pot

The Coffee Pot (the tea kettle neck was lengthened slightly so a plastic cone could be used for "pour over drip")

Please note, that almost every single piece above has a slight variation to the actual pattern.  The majority feature 2 tomatoes in the center of the design (Brown and Red), while other feature a Tomato & an Artichoke, or a Tomato & a Bell Pepper or an Artichoke & a Bell Pepper or, in one case, just an artichoke.  It is unclear at this time how many variations of this pattern were made, and on which pieces said variations were available on.  For more information on this pattern, please visit "Corelle Corner"

Be that as it may, this pattern was SO popular that the line of "coordinates" was produced with French words on them....



Sugar

Creamer

Salt and Pepper

Oil Cruet

Vinegar Cruet

There was a Mustard (Moutardier) bottle as well as a Ketchup bottle, though the ketchup bottle said "Sauce de Tomate" which is tomato sauce, not ketchup.  The French word for ketchup is, well, "Ketchup".  Evidently, that was disappointingly "not French" enough for the designers, so Tomato Sauce it is....  LOL

I have not found either of these pieces in a thrift store yet.

Update (5/27/2013):  Correction... I just found a Mustard pump bottle at the Salvation Army on 122nd.

Still looking for the elusive Sauce of Tomato, though....


Where is your Corningware??
~~