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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.🇺🇲📺📻📺📻🇺🇲

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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✌️

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

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. 👍😁

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

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.

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

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.

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.

We now have air-fryers to dehydrate foods.

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

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

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.

We loved our Salad Shooter ❤😊❤

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

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.

I still use an electronic can opener

Because microwave popcorn is nasty

I still have a popcorn maker.

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

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

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

I liked the popcorn popper

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!

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

I loved our ice crusher. I used it daily because I put the ice in tea, soda, water, and even milk to keep drinks ice cold..

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 😂

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🇺🇸 🤗

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

hot air poppers are still plenty easy to get as well as food dehydrators

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

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

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

Stores still sell food dehydrators .

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

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.

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

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

Loved them ALL

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.

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..........

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..

I don't know, I have a commercial popcorn popper. Sure beats eating microwave popcorn.

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

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

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.

Salad Shooter should have been Cheese Shooter 😊❤

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.

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.

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- "

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

I want a hotdog toaster. LOL

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.

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

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

a lot of these items come out in the 80ds

They still make the hot dog toaster

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

I want the hot air popcorn popper it was great

Funny it is a best seller on Amazon at this time

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

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

People still use food dehydrator's

Microwave popcorn smells nasty, fry in hamburger grease , it tastes like hamburger, fry in coconut oil, it is sweet

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.