Why did the Griswold Manufacturing Company sell its waffle irons with two different bases – a high (tall) base and a low base?
I’ve seen this theorized here and there before, and the theories all made sense, but here it is right from the mouth of Griswold’s marketing department in 1921!
“The Griswold Heart-Star Waffle Iron No. 18 with low frame … is for use on coal and wood ranges, and the high frame No. 118 is for oil, gas, or gasoline. Where gas pressure is low use No. 18 with low frame. No. 18 low pattern with aluminum pans can be used over electricity.”
There you have it!
