hot plate question

[C. B. Williams]

Griswold hot plates/ stoves were made with both round and star (6 pointed) burners. Does anybody know the approx. dates of each? which was earlier? thanks, C B

[John_Myers]

        C.B. I think at least part of the time both were available and it was up to the customer. Trying to remember which catalogue had lots of info on that. It might be in #55 that Chuck Wafford reprinted several years ago. Copy I have was falling apart and I put it away somewhere just can't remember where.
         That is one catalogue that needs to be reprinted again. Anybody have one they could look in.

[John Knapp]

Might be a nice idea for WAGS to reprint it, like the new one we just did on Wagner.    I will look into it.
John

[Paul Beer]

John, Grand idea!!
I'm not sure which one the # 55 is but I have the one Dave put out which he dates as 1940 -42 and it has the selection of burners which are basically " round" and "star", 3 styles of each with the series of stove pn's that each will fit.
  Well, you made me really go look. Catalog 45 reprinted by Larry and Sue Foxx, which has a note on it that  nearly all of the items in it were discontinued prior to 1915, lists just 3 burners. They are described as " drilled cap", " sawed cap" and " the tangent arm one-piece drilled burner" .
   Then we have Catalog 47, printed by LW Book Sales, circa 1918 which has 4 pages of burners primarily all either " drilled" or " sawed". No stars.
    So it seems the round drilled burner was around long before the star burner which, according to the books I have, must have shown up sometime between 1918 and 1940.
     And thanks for your question as it really screwed up my coffee time this morning. LOL

[C. B. Williams]

I want a nice 2 burner, and trying to get more info. Is the star shape or the round burner the best? I have a single burner that is still in the box, never been assembled. C B

[Paul Beer]

CB, I don't think there is much difference for the type of cooking we do on these two burners. The one I have is a star and seems to do just fine. However the propane ones we use for out side for the big pots all seem to have the round drilled type as do most of the gas water heaters I've seen. So based on this maybe the round one puts out more heat.

[John Knapp]

CB...  To answer your question,  I have both style burners on stoves and IMO the star burner gives you a wider heat pattern than the round one does.  The round burners have a more concentrated heat pattern.  They also made a #690 Star Giant burner that fits most stoves.  That info is out of the 1940-42 catalog.  Catalog #47 also has a whole bunch of stove stuff in it too.
John

[C. B. Williams]

Thanks John, I had suspected that. Just wasn't sure. I have a home made out door propane cooker from a brake drum and a star water heater burner, which are hard to find. These things will heat up a really big pot of oil quickly.  Now the search is on.