Vendo pancake grill

[MoonDawg]

        A guy brought this in the other day thinking I might know something about it because there is a foil plate on the rear with the Vendo logo. Does anyone here have any information on it?
        The embossed letters on the door are awesome as well as the graphics. Just thought I would share.

[ajf5577]

That is a great piece. It needs some period packages on the shelves.

[Ross]

Awesome piece.  I did find a sold eBay listing that has a little information on it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950s-Aunt-Jemima-Quaker-Oats-Grill-by-Vendo-Coca-Cola-Advertising-Sign-/331497727236?rmvSB=true&nma=true&si=e4K6HY%252FCqFebc9bcovJ%252BEYSiO98%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[MoonDawg]

        Thanks Ross. It is the very same unit, I can tell by the cracked switch bezel and missing parts.

[Ross]

Here is the Billboard article on the machine.  It doesn't look like it was as successful as they would have liked.  LOL.

https://books.google.com/books?id=QRkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=billboard+1955+quaker+oats+pancake+grill&source=bl&ots=6NqyqV6q42&sig=cBba1lJMAlQAGCxwqryo50yVRiQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjro4v4h6rKAhUmrKYKHXIEBwUQ6AEIJTAB#v=onepage&q=billboard%201955%20quaker%20oats%20pancake%20grill&f=false

[sodahunter]

Neat piece for sure.

[Ross]

The embossed door really adds to it.

[MCarter]

That is Cool !! Add that to the list.

[hacksaw707]

Thanks for sharing, very cool

[ajf5577]

Now we know a value range for something like this.
There were three people bidding on eBay. Two people duked it out all week on eBay, trying to stay on top the entire time, then at the end neither of them ended up with it.