I married in 1976 and received this as a gift from my in-laws. I had no idea about the ice cream maker, but I do have all the pieces you have shown except the juicer. I have more buttons across the bottom on mine and mine is "Avocado Green!" When I pull it out, my grown children roll on the floor with laughter! "You still have that old thing? I can't believe that thing still works!" I remind them of how many loaves of banana nut bread they have eaten and how many peanut butter shakes it has made etc. I will tell you this Kevin, it has lasted longer than that marriage did! Work horse and conversation piece!
I have the complete setup. I can’t give it up even though I don’t use it anymore. It’s one of the best all in one that is still working today. They don’t make appliances as good today.
I got married in 1968 and my mom got me a Oster kitchen center with the following attachments-food processor, ice cream maker, meat grinder, sausage stuffer, blender, and three glass bowls, one large and two small. I’ve made a lot of bread using the dough hook and loved it.
I have a friend who bought one back in the very early 80s. Not married with children yet and working full time. Still needed to save to buy it. It was very expensive, but she still has it. So a very wise purchase.
I have one and absolutely love it, plus all the attachments (most of which I've used). Honestly it's the best mixer I've ever owned. Makes delicious homemade bread as well. It's all around a fun appliance to own and use 🙂
Hi John - thanks for letting me know! I've heard it does a good job with bread - I'm going to track down the dough hooks for this machine and try it out. Thanks for sharing your experience!
@@cavalcadeoffood I definitely recommend the recipe for stuffed Italian bread. (it's in the manual). Kind of a rolled bread with butter and herbs mixed with butter. It's fabulous
@@johnting673 Would you be willing to share the recipe for that? I don't have any of the books or manuals for mine and I have had a hard time finding things online for it.
Thank you for your presentation and taking the time to fly solo. I don't have the all-in-one. I have both an Oster blender and food processor that I received as wedding gifts in 1989. They both still work wonderfully.
That is petty cool, but like you said, "a whole lot of plastic", and so many attachments to store. Now you know you have to do the ice cream. Everyone will be looking for it.
I had one of these til last year. The motor was broke. It was a very handy thing to have. Having a small kitchen made it alittle hard to store and use. Had it for over 20 years. Thank you for this video!
What a nice presentation of a vintage appliance that could “do everything “ a cook could want to do in the kitchen. I’m going to be watching for you to make ice cream with the ice cream maker attachment sometime soon. ❤🎉
In the 1950s and beyond there was this contraption called the NuTone Food Center with a power unit that was installed in your countertop. My uncle, a gadget guru if there ever was one, had one in his 1957 house that never changed. It did a lot of the same things--mixed, sharpened knives, blended, grated, juiced, food processed, etc. The bowl had a tube in the middle and the beater connected though the tube and sat down in the bowl, which turned. My aunt was no cook, so it sat largely unused. Thanks for showing us the Oster. The bowl looks a lot like a Sunbeam bowl. You can try one of those and see if it fits.
Hi Jonathan - I've seen a number of those built in NuTone machines. You needed a cupboard just for all the attachments - it performed a lot of tasks. They had very good heavy-duty motors in them. By the time this Oster was made, Sunbeam and Oster were the same company, so I'm guessing the bowls would be interchangeable. Thanks!
I would like to see the "10 minute ice cream" video. I wonder if it really is 10 minutes. You would need a whole section of pantry for the kitchen appliance. It is pretty cool.
Hi sufingsurf - I think I'll try making some ice cream with this thing in the summer. It would be fun to try. Yes, with all the attachments, it takes up a lot of space. Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood I can't wait to see the ice cream video this summer! I have an old Osterizer Pulsematic Blender from the 1980's and I think it will outlive me!
I have the complete Oster Regency Kitchen Center with ice crusher, pasta maker, ice cream maker, meat grinder, mixer, blender, salad maker/slicer, food processor. Mine comes with the two stainless steel bowls. My Kitchen Center is still in use. Absolutely love my Kitchen Center.😍
I bought mine new in 77 along with many accessories including the ice crusher, a large size unit for processing (similar to other brands), the ice creamer, a glass and plastic blender jar and the smaller coffee grinder jars, a crinkle cutter blade, an extra thick cutter (along with the standard 4pc set), 2 blade storage racks, 3 different dough hook designed pieces, both glass bowls, a dust cover and more. Love it. Still use it almost every day - still going strong; a real work-horse. We use the french-fry cutter and the shredder blades the most of the salad unit. The meat grinder has both large and small grinding interchangeable blades, along with a wrench for tightening the connector. There is also a unit for making various size and shapes of homemade pasta noodles. It all cleans up very quick and easy. Ice cream is wonderful - you'll enjoy it. And to use the juicer, the collar is not removable, you have to use the bottom half of the salad maker base (the shute top is a separate unit). If I could attach a picture for you I would. I have lived in 6 states since it was purchased and it packs and moves easily - never broke. Kudos to Oster for making a quality product. AND by-the-way, kudos to you too for showcasing this outstanding vintage appliance. I love your show and your store! Wish I lived closer to you so I could shop there.
Hi Wanda - thanks so much for sharing your experience with the Oster Kitchen Center! It sounds like you have gotten a lot of use out of yours over the years and it has held up very well. I noticed the wrench with the grinder attachment, and I thought it might be for tightening it down. Thanks so much for watching - glad you enjoyed the video! PS - I don't have a store, it is just a personal collection. Thanks!
I had one up until two years ago and loved it! My kids bought me a Kitchenaid for Xmas and I didnt want to tell them I rather have my old one. I sold it and really miss it :( You can still buy most of the attachments on ebay last I looked
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream! Yes Kevin, great idea on a video using this Oster to make a cold treat for this upcoming hot summer. Also, you did a great job all by yourself, nice going. Have a great afternoon.
Hi Kevin, what a fun demonstration of this Oster Kitchen Center, I remember friends mothers with these when I was younger and for the most part they sat on the counter seldom used, I think they are quite the contraption and function alright. I have had to resist collecting one for myself. Thank you Kevin for this video.
Hi Brett - yes, these take up a lot of room. An interesting idea to have an all-in-one appliance, but if you already had a mixer and blender you liked, you probably wouldn't get one of these. Thanks!
Great job, Kevin! I adore all kitchen appliances. If you only knew how many mixers and food processors I have, you'd surely bet I'm in business. HA Thanks for sharing the Oster Kitchen Center. It's awesome.
I bought the entire kitchen center on eBay and just made chocolate ice cream yesterday for the first time. It's so easy and fast and it's delish! I also use it almost every week to knead my bread dough, it's fabulous and done in 10 min. I've used to small containers to make baby food and to grind coffee. This made me discover that most glass containers have a standard opening size, so now I use a tall mason jar to make smoothies, so I can drink from that instead of pouring from the blender into a proper glass (it's like a nutri-bullet!). Use the citrus juicer all the time. Tried the pasta maker but didn't do so well on that one (I welcome tips!). Have used the food processor also. Don't use the slicer so much but it works great also. Love this appliance and having just one motor for everything; it's a major space saver and just plain fun. I also love that it's still working decades later! 🎉
Hi acsribeiro - thanks for letting me know about your Kitchen Center! I'm anxious to try the ice cream maker! These machines really do everything. Thanks!
Dad ordered the blender thru Sears in avocado green to match the kitchen. Was a great kitchen tool. Lasted years! In regards to the ice cream churner, you have to make that vid. It may churn it in 10 minutes, but doesn't include freezer time. When you make that vid, bet you both Ralph & Maryann jump at the chance to be cameraman 😂. Enjoyed the vid. Thank you for sharing this.
Hi Sallie! I haven't read through the ice cream instructions yet, but there has to be a catch to the 10-minute claim - you're probably right about the freezer time! You can bet we will all want to sample the finished product! Thanks!
I think it is a great idea. It keeps customer loyalty thats for sure so its brilliant from a marketing point of view. Most Osters have a very strong motor. I'd love to see you nake ice cream with it.
Looks exactly like the model we bought for my mother in law in the late 80's. It came with the attachments shredder and the blender, meat grinder and glass bowls. She mostly used it for dough for perogies. The recipe book had the best banana bread. That I still make today, mmm which reminds me I haven't made that since the winter.
Thanks for sharing this, Kevin. I don't remember this appliance at all. My family seems to have been loyal to KitchenAid when I was a kid. I bought my own KitchenAid about 25 years ago and it's still going strong. I've collected a few of the attachments, too, including the ice cream maker. But more often than not I use a simple $25 hand mixer when I want to bake a cake while the KitchenAid gathers dust. It's really all you need to get the job done. 😅
Hi Russ - funny how many appliances end up in the back of a cabinet somewhere and don't get used much. Yes, a good hand mixer is a great tool for many mixing jobs. Thanks!
When this came out I HAD to have it- it was EVERYTHING and more. It was about $100 which was a lot for us at the time, but we managed to save and get one. Now I have a Bosch Universal mixer with all of the gadgets because I wore my Oster out.
I had one of the earlier ones that I gave to my sister. My husband bought me a new one in the early 90s. I LOVED the salad shooter for making soup. When it broke, (I think the switch was bad) I went on ebay and bought 2 more. Some people were intimidated by all the parts so it was easy to find unused ones online. I still prefer it and my 1979 Mixmaster to my kitchenaid. I only use the kitchen aid for bread baking and I usually don't even use it for that. The icecream maker was the first thing to break. I love the mixers that the bowl turns. I'm not sure if you can find them anymore.
Hi aleb - thanks for sharing your story about your Oster! Sounds like you really enjoy using it! There are a lot of parts to it, so maybe people didn't have room for storage, but it sure does a lot of things. Thanks!
I used to want one of these many years ago, they seemed so cool back in the day. I’ve since seen them here and there at thrift stores, but they’re too bulky for me(says the woman who has 3 stand mixers, 2 food processors and 2 blenders, lol!).
The line between "dutiful multitasker" and "jack of all trades; master of none" is razor thin. Everybody loves the idea of one appliance that can do it all, but so often it seems to be the case that an appliance which tries to do everything, manages to do nothing particularly well. 😉
Hello Kevin! Goodness! Wow, I'm sooooo impressed with that all-in-one appliance!!! I've made homemade ice cream, and it really is fun to do! Vanilla peach was one of my favorites :) Thanks so much for sharing! I enjoy your videos!
@@cavalcadeoffood it will be a great video for those that don’t know how.I have 3 girls,we make a lot of ice cream with our kitchenaid!the flavor possibilities are endless!
A funtastic review, Kevin! As for perhaps not knowing exactly how various attachments fit, that reflects one of the things that I enjoy most about COF videos -- they're a slice of real life that we're allowed to be a part of. And for that, I thank you 😊❤
I love this kitchen center I have one and use it all the time for everything and it's not that hard to switch out the blender for the mixe or the grinder. Sorry I just don't think it that much work to switch it the parts for all that I can do with it I love it.
I just bought a basket case Oster Kitchen Center yesterday at the thrift store. It came in bags with 2 incomplete meat grinders, food processor, beaters, and mixing arm. I need the motor base now.
Hi Mike - I see these frequently. Hopefully you'll find the missing parts to make an entire machine. That's the trouble with appliances with too many parts, they always get separated. Thanks!
It is really cool to see the french fries pop out with the food processor blade. They are sliced along the width so they will not be super long. Also, they are not straight, but slightly curved because of the spinning motion of the blade. I like to leave the peels on mine.
Have had my Oster Center since the late 70's. Many, Many, Many hours of use right up until this day. Think I'll bring the ice cream maker back out for my grandkids...it was the highlight of my son's week to make a different flavor every week! I can remember having crushed ice before refrigerators started doing it. It's my go to for coleslaw. Can remember a long time ago using pint jars, or 1/2 pints, with the blender blade screwed on to make baby food. In all these years I have barely had the need for another counter appliance, except a toaster and can opener (didn't know they came with one of those!) And it is all stored in one drawer very conveniently. Don't know what I'll do when the base dies....give up cooking and baking I guess 😂
Hi Sue - sounds like you have gotten a lot of great use out of your Kitchen Center! Thanks for letting me know! Hopefully it will keep going for many years to come!
Thanks for showing Kevin. I had the same Oster model and I loved it!! Like you said, a lot of plastic. Some of the components were cracking and showing their age. Now I have a Kitchen Aide mixer which is metal and not plastic.
Hi Karen - I've found that on a number of appliances, the plastic gets brittle over time and sometimes there is some cracks, etc. The metal units are good forever!
11:07 You do NOT have to take that housing off, and it does not come off. You needed to re-orient the attachment so that the tabs on the base fit into the notches on the attachment. It looks to me like you might have just needed to invert it 90 degrees.
Currently listening to the 101 Strings episode of the Cavalcade Radio Hour... starring the ever dynamic KP Gerrard!! 😊😊 You'll have to explain the origin of that moniker. Does Ralph have a stage name too? Very interesting show... very relaxing.
I think I’m a little in denial that an appliance I bought new is considered vintage LOL. I graduated from college in 1981, and my first purchases were a used car, a microwave, and an Oster Kitchen Center. My Kitchen center looks just like yours - push buttons, almond color. I mostly used the mixer (once in a while for bread dough), and the salad shooter. Some years later I bought a pasta maker attachment but that only got used 1 times because as it processed I could tell the motor was working too hard and started to smell like it was overheating. I didn’t experiment with trying again out of concern of risk for damaging the motor.
Hi ehynes - thanks for sharing your Oster Kitchen Center story! Sounds like you have the same model. Yes, all the things we grew up with are now "vintage" or some youngsters even call them "antique!"
Very interesting to know! Oster and Sunbeam were the same company at one time, so I can see how they might use one brand name or the other depending on the market. Thanks!!
Kevin, great job on the video! This was so interesting. Thanks for demonstrating the features. Summer is almost here, and I’m so excited! I’ll be making some homemade ice cream, too, hopefully, with some older electric machines I have collected. I now have 3! One year I made 2 different flavors at one time for my son’s birthday.
The food processer attachment looked like an air popcorn popper from the same era! Yes, everything went plastic in the 70's. To me, it seemed to start in '67 with the GM dashboards (car guy here) The appliances of the 50's/60's were more robust and built to last! I miss Ralph! Enjoyed as always
Hi allenwayne - I can see how the food processor looks like an old air popper! The use of plastic really increased during the 70's and continues to this day. I remember some cars when I was a kid that had metal dashboards! Thanks!
Hi Kevin i really dont know when those were made but i have a ton of them and parts that i will be very glad to share with you, that thing needs some work, when they are right its darn near silent. ill hook you up with a bunch of stuff
Hi Simone! Nice to know your mom has one and it's still working well! I picked this up at a rummage sale a couple months ago for around twenty dollars. Thanks!
Mum gave me hers when she moved into a retirement center. I don't have the juicer or can opener and as a vegetarian I don't have much use for the meat grinder, but I use all the rest of it. Carrot cake? No problem - it takes five minutes, max. We buy Parmesan cheese and grate it ourselves. Smoothies? Coming right up. The only drawback I've ever found is that you can't use the mixer away from the base.
Hi Mark! I'm wondering if your mom had a NuTone kitchen center - those were built into the counter and had all kinds of attachments. They were quite the modern kitchen appliance and had really strong motors. Thanks for the bowl offer - I'm going to check in my store room first and see if I might have one tucked away. Thanks!
I have this unit with all the standard attachments .. my unit is pristine /a gift in the very early 80’s .. use now and again, but do not have counter space -- so a pain to take out at times…. my mixer and bowl does not make any noise .. I suggest you have the wrong bowl for your mixer .. these are available on kijiji, or amazon or even at oster ….
Thank you for getting back to me - surprised as this is the first time … stainless steel bowls are available … rather than glass- i know some of the older units (mine is a senior) but must have come out after the glass bowls … i still use and like it - actually just used to day to shred cheese ..a grater attachment would be a nice option which is why am looking for a more modern unit …
@@cavalcadeoffood I recently acquired one and it’s a work of art! An American made and I learned about the engineer who designed this and other stuff for Wearever appliances at that time, very interesting. Someday, when I’m done with it and no longer have the space for it, I’ll donate it to your collection/museum 😊
Hi Kevin how are you I still have my moms oyster beehive blender And I have the oyster blender with the square based motor like the one you are showing I didn’t get the center I do remember those oyster kitchen center s well
Love this! My family had the blender and I still have it but the motor is burning up. I did not know that there was a Kitchen Center because we had the large Kitchenaid that was bigger and better. My blender is the Harvest Gold one.
I married in 1976 and received this as a gift from my in-laws. I had no idea about the ice cream maker, but I do have all the pieces you have shown except the juicer. I have more buttons across the bottom on mine and mine is "Avocado Green!" When I pull it out, my grown children roll on the floor with laughter! "You still have that old thing? I can't believe that thing still works!" I remind them of how many loaves of banana nut bread they have eaten and how many peanut butter shakes it has made etc. I will tell you this Kevin, it has lasted longer than that marriage did! Work horse and conversation piece!
I have the complete setup. I can’t give it up even though I don’t use it anymore. It’s one of the best all in one that is still working today. They don’t make appliances as good today.
Hi Barbara - don't give it up! You won't find anything new that is made better than these vintage appliances. Thanks!
I bought one on marketplace and replaced my 400.00 kitchenaid with it. It is a work horse. Absolutely love it!!
I agree - have had mine since the very early 80’s / mom’s gift to me
I have my dad’s. It’s Harvest Gold. I didn’t know there was an Ice cream Maker Accessory ! I may have to hunt one down! 😃
I got married in 1968 and my mom got me a Oster kitchen center with the following attachments-food processor, ice cream maker, meat grinder, sausage stuffer, blender, and three glass bowls, one large and two small. I’ve made a lot of bread using the dough hook and loved it.
Hi Gloria! Sounds like you got a lot of good use out of your Kitchen Center! Thanks!
I have a friend who bought one back in the very early 80s. Not married with children yet and working full time. Still needed to save to buy it. It was very expensive, but she still has it. So a very wise purchase.
Hi Dawn - sounds like it was worth the purchase if she is still using it. Thanks!
I have one and absolutely love it, plus all the attachments (most of which I've used). Honestly it's the best mixer I've ever owned. Makes delicious homemade bread as well. It's all around a fun appliance to own and use
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Hi John - thanks for letting me know! I've heard it does a good job with bread - I'm going to track down the dough hooks for this machine and try it out. Thanks for sharing your experience!
@@cavalcadeoffood I definitely recommend the recipe for stuffed Italian bread. (it's in the manual). Kind of a rolled bread with butter and herbs mixed with butter. It's fabulous
I just got one for $6. Disappointed that it's not a real food processor (that blender doesn't count)
@@johnting673 Would you be willing to share the recipe for that? I don't have any of the books or manuals for mine and I have had a hard time finding things online for it.
Thank you for your presentation and taking the time to fly solo. I don't have the all-in-one. I have both an Oster blender and food processor that I received as wedding gifts in 1989. They both still work wonderfully.
Thanks, CC! You have two great appliances with your Oster blender and food processor. Glad they are still performing!
WOW! That contraption did everything! Very impressive.
Hi bbushor - it was designed to handle a lot of tasks in the kitchen. Thanks!
That is petty cool, but like you said, "a whole lot of plastic", and so many attachments to store. Now you know you have to do the ice cream. Everyone will be looking for it.
Hi Scooter - I'll look forward to trying out the ice cream attachment! It will be a fun video to do for the summer!
I had one of these til last year. The motor was broke. It was a very handy thing to have. Having a small kitchen made it alittle hard to store and use. Had it for over 20 years. Thank you for this video!
What a nice presentation of a vintage appliance that could “do everything “ a cook could want to do in the kitchen. I’m going to be watching for you to make ice cream with the ice cream maker attachment sometime soon. ❤🎉
Thanks, Shirley! The ice cream making will be a good one for the summertime!
In the 1950s and beyond there was this contraption called the NuTone Food Center with a power unit that was installed in your countertop. My uncle, a gadget guru if there ever was one, had one in his 1957 house that never changed. It did a lot of the same things--mixed, sharpened knives, blended, grated, juiced, food processed, etc. The bowl had a tube in the middle and the beater connected though the tube and sat down in the bowl, which turned. My aunt was no cook, so it sat largely unused. Thanks for showing us the Oster. The bowl looks a lot like a Sunbeam bowl. You can try one of those and see if it fits.
Hi Jonathan - I've seen a number of those built in NuTone machines. You needed a cupboard just for all the attachments - it performed a lot of tasks. They had very good heavy-duty motors in them. By the time this Oster was made, Sunbeam and Oster were the same company, so I'm guessing the bowls would be interchangeable. Thanks!
I almost bought a house once that had one of those in the counters. I don't think it came with any of the tools though.
I would like to see the "10 minute ice cream" video. I wonder if it really is 10 minutes. You would need a whole section of pantry for the kitchen appliance. It is pretty cool.
Hi sufingsurf - I think I'll try making some ice cream with this thing in the summer. It would be fun to try. Yes, with all the attachments, it takes up a lot of space. Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood I can't wait to see the ice cream video this summer! I have an old Osterizer Pulsematic Blender from the 1980's and I think it will outlive me!
I have the complete Oster Regency Kitchen Center with ice crusher, pasta maker, ice cream maker, meat grinder, mixer, blender, salad maker/slicer, food processor. Mine comes with the two stainless steel bowls. My Kitchen Center is still in use. Absolutely love my Kitchen Center.😍
So glad to know you're Kitchen Center is still going and being used! Enjoy!
Love your channel and all your vintage things.
Thanks, dioozzy!
I bought mine new in 77 along with many accessories including the ice crusher, a large size unit for processing (similar to other brands), the ice creamer, a glass and plastic blender jar and the smaller coffee grinder jars, a crinkle cutter blade, an extra thick cutter (along with the standard 4pc set), 2 blade storage racks, 3 different dough hook designed pieces, both glass bowls, a dust cover and more. Love it. Still use it almost every day - still going strong; a real work-horse. We use the french-fry cutter and the shredder blades the most of the salad unit. The meat grinder has both large and small grinding interchangeable blades, along with a wrench for tightening the connector. There is also a unit for making various size and shapes of homemade pasta noodles. It all cleans up very quick and easy. Ice cream is wonderful - you'll enjoy it. And to use the juicer, the collar is not removable, you have to use the bottom half of the salad maker base (the shute top is a separate unit). If I could attach a picture for you I would. I have lived in 6 states since it was purchased and it packs and moves easily - never broke. Kudos to Oster for making a quality product. AND by-the-way, kudos to you too for showcasing this outstanding vintage appliance. I love your show and your store! Wish I lived closer to you so I could shop there.
Hi Wanda - thanks so much for sharing your experience with the Oster Kitchen Center! It sounds like you have gotten a lot of use out of yours over the years and it has held up very well. I noticed the wrench with the grinder attachment, and I thought it might be for tightening it down. Thanks so much for watching - glad you enjoyed the video! PS - I don't have a store, it is just a personal collection. Thanks!
I had one up until two years ago and loved it! My kids bought me a Kitchenaid for Xmas and I didnt want to tell them I rather have my old one. I sold it and really miss it :( You can still buy most of the attachments on ebay last I looked
Hi - I see these often at sales and online. I think they made quite a few of these when they were in production. Thanks!
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream! Yes Kevin, great idea on a video using this Oster to make a cold treat for this upcoming hot summer. Also, you did a great job all by yourself, nice going. Have a great afternoon.
Thanks, dvdv! I think it would be fun to try out that ice cream maker this summer!
Another great video, thanks Kevin!
You're welcome, micamp! Thanks for watching!
I like how those beaters are positioned better than the ones on my newer stand mixer. They would get the sides. What a versatile thing. 👏👍
This appliance does it all! Thanks!
Hi Kevin, what a fun demonstration of this Oster Kitchen Center, I remember friends mothers with these when I was younger and for the most part they sat on the counter seldom used, I think they are quite the contraption and function alright. I have had to resist collecting one for myself. Thank you Kevin for this video.
Hi Brett - yes, these take up a lot of room. An interesting idea to have an all-in-one appliance, but if you already had a mixer and blender you liked, you probably wouldn't get one of these. Thanks!
Had you turned the juicer base with the spout facing the bowl, it would have seated correctly on the motor.
Thanks, Russ. I couldn't figure out how that attachment went on, but I knew it must fit some kind of way.
@@cavalcadeoffood I was struggling for you to just turn the base 90 degrees
Great job, Kevin! I adore all kitchen appliances. If you only knew how many mixers and food processors I have, you'd surely bet I'm in business. HA Thanks for sharing the Oster Kitchen Center. It's awesome.
Hi Valli! I totally understand your love for kitchen appliances!!
Same with me blender. Two hand mixer s plus a stand mixer which was my moms
I like these reviews
Thanks, Susan! Glad you enjoy them!
I bought the entire kitchen center on eBay and just made chocolate ice cream yesterday for the first time. It's so easy and fast and it's delish! I also use it almost every week to knead my bread dough, it's fabulous and done in 10 min. I've used to small containers to make baby food and to grind coffee. This made me discover that most glass containers have a standard opening size, so now I use a tall mason jar to make smoothies, so I can drink from that instead of pouring from the blender into a proper glass (it's like a nutri-bullet!). Use the citrus juicer all the time. Tried the pasta maker but didn't do so well on that one (I welcome tips!). Have used the food processor also. Don't use the slicer so much but it works great also. Love this appliance and having just one motor for everything; it's a major space saver and just plain fun. I also love that it's still working decades later! 🎉
Hi acsribeiro - thanks for letting me know about your Kitchen Center! I'm anxious to try the ice cream maker! These machines really do everything. Thanks!
Dad ordered the blender thru Sears in avocado green to match the kitchen. Was a great kitchen tool. Lasted years! In regards to the ice cream churner, you have to make that vid. It may churn it in 10 minutes, but doesn't include freezer time. When you make that vid, bet you both Ralph & Maryann jump at the chance to be cameraman 😂. Enjoyed the vid. Thank you for sharing this.
Hi Sallie! I haven't read through the ice cream instructions yet, but there has to be a catch to the 10-minute claim - you're probably right about the freezer time! You can bet we will all want to sample the finished product! Thanks!
I think it is a great idea. It keeps customer loyalty thats for sure so its brilliant from a marketing point of view. Most Osters have a very strong motor. I'd love to see you nake ice cream with it.
Hi Tucker - I'm going to try the ice cream maker out during the summer. Thanks!
Looks exactly like the model we bought for my mother in law in the late 80's. It came with the attachments shredder and the blender, meat grinder and glass bowls. She mostly used it for dough for perogies.
The recipe book had the best banana bread. That I still make today, mmm which reminds me I haven't made that since the winter.
Thanks, deebee! I'll have to look at that banana bread recipe!
Thanks for sharing this, Kevin. I don't remember this appliance at all. My family seems to have been loyal to KitchenAid when I was a kid. I bought my own KitchenAid about 25 years ago and it's still going strong. I've collected a few of the attachments, too, including the ice cream maker. But more often than not I use a simple $25 hand mixer when I want to bake a cake while the KitchenAid gathers dust. It's really all you need to get the job done. 😅
Hi Russ - funny how many appliances end up in the back of a cabinet somewhere and don't get used much. Yes, a good hand mixer is a great tool for many mixing jobs. Thanks!
When this came out I HAD to have it- it was EVERYTHING and more. It was about $100 which was a lot for us at the time, but we managed to save and get one. Now I have a Bosch Universal mixer with all of the gadgets because I wore my Oster out.
Hi Sharon! Thanks for sharing that story! There was nothing else like this at the time - glad you got one!
OMG ... I used to give complete Kitchen Centers as wedding gifts. 40+years later there are some still going...
What a great gift to receive! I'm sure some of them are still going strong! Thanks!
Good job on the single handed vid!
Thanks, Mike!
I had one of the earlier ones that I gave to my sister. My husband bought me a new one in the early 90s. I LOVED the salad shooter for making soup. When it broke, (I think the switch was bad) I went on ebay and bought 2 more. Some people were intimidated by all the parts so it was easy to find unused ones online. I still prefer it and my 1979 Mixmaster to my kitchenaid. I only use the kitchen aid for bread baking and I usually don't even use it for that. The icecream maker was the first thing to break. I love the mixers that the bowl turns. I'm not sure if you can find them anymore.
Hi aleb - thanks for sharing your story about your Oster! Sounds like you really enjoy using it! There are a lot of parts to it, so maybe people didn't have room for storage, but it sure does a lot of things. Thanks!
Oster kitchen center, that's very cool
Thanks, Jason!
I used to want one of these many years ago, they seemed so cool back in the day. I’ve since seen them here and there at thrift stores, but they’re too bulky for me(says the woman who has 3 stand mixers, 2 food processors and 2 blenders, lol!).
Hi Cynthia! LOL! Sounds like one more appliance would be alright! LOL!
Bought mine in 1982
..Still using the blender!
Hi Paula - glad yours is still going!
My mother had this set!
Thanks, Amber!
Great video man!!!
Thanks for watching!
The line between "dutiful multitasker" and "jack of all trades; master of none" is razor thin. Everybody loves the idea of one appliance that can do it all, but so often it seems to be the case that an appliance which tries to do everything, manages to do nothing particularly well. 😉
Hi marcberm - that is very true. I suspect this probably did an OK job as a mixer and blender, I'm not sure about the other duties. Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood Everybody's gotta be good at something! We grew up with a multitasker that was only ever good at being a food processor. 😀
Hello Kevin! Goodness! Wow, I'm sooooo impressed with that all-in-one appliance!!! I've made homemade ice cream, and it really is fun to do! Vanilla peach was one of my favorites :) Thanks so much for sharing! I enjoy your videos!
Thanks, Victoria! That vanilla peach ice cream sounds delicious! I'm going to try to make some ice cream this summer.
@@cavalcadeoffood it will be a great video for those that don’t know how.I have 3 girls,we make a lot of ice cream with our kitchenaid!the flavor possibilities are endless!
Brings back memories.
Thanks, Charles - glad it brought back memories!
A funtastic review, Kevin! As for perhaps not knowing exactly how various attachments fit, that reflects one of the things that I enjoy most about COF videos -- they're a slice of real life that we're allowed to be a part of. And for that, I thank you 😊❤
Hi Duane! LOL - we learn as we go here on Cavalcade of Food! I finally figured it out afterwards LOL! Thanks so much!
I love this kitchen center I have one and use it all the time for everything and it's not that hard to switch out the blender for the mixe or the grinder. Sorry I just don't think it that much work to switch it the parts for all that I can do with it I love it.
Wow💩! I still have the power base and mixer..still works! I had the blender, but broke several years ago.
My sister got a new fancy mixer. She gave me hers with all the attachments and I love it as well. Still works great!
Hi Michelle! How nice - you will enjoy using it! Thanks!
I just bought a basket case Oster Kitchen Center yesterday at the thrift store. It came in bags with 2 incomplete meat grinders, food processor, beaters, and mixing arm. I need the motor base now.
Hi Mike - I see these frequently. Hopefully you'll find the missing parts to make an entire machine. That's the trouble with appliances with too many parts, they always get separated. Thanks!
What an incredible gizmo! Again great video! 😊 Thanks!
You're welcome, Judy!
It is really cool to see the french fries pop out with the food processor blade. They are sliced along the width so they will not be super long. Also, they are not straight, but slightly curved because of the spinning motion of the blade. I like to leave the peels on mine.
Hi Mike - glad you are using your Kitchen Center! I've not tried making fries with it. I like to leave the skins on, too! Thanks!
Have had my Oster Center since the late 70's. Many, Many, Many hours of use right up until this day. Think I'll bring the ice cream maker back out for my grandkids...it was the highlight of my son's week to make a different flavor every week! I can remember having crushed ice before refrigerators started doing it. It's my go to for coleslaw. Can remember a long time ago using pint jars, or 1/2 pints, with the blender blade screwed on to make baby food. In all these years I have barely had the need for another counter appliance, except a toaster and can opener (didn't know they came with one of those!) And it is all stored in one drawer very conveniently. Don't know what I'll do when the base dies....give up cooking and baking I guess 😂
Hi Sue - sounds like you have gotten a lot of great use out of your Kitchen Center! Thanks for letting me know! Hopefully it will keep going for many years to come!
Thanks for showing Kevin. I had the same Oster model and I loved it!! Like you said, a lot of plastic. Some of the components were cracking and showing their age. Now I have a Kitchen Aide mixer which is metal and not plastic.
Hi Karen - I've found that on a number of appliances, the plastic gets brittle over time and sometimes there is some cracks, etc. The metal units are good forever!
11:07 You do NOT have to take that housing off, and it does not come off. You needed to re-orient the attachment so that the tabs on the base fit into the notches on the attachment. It looks to me like you might have just needed to invert it 90 degrees.
Swiss Army Blender! ! !
LOL! Great way to think about this machine! Thanks, AM!
Currently listening to the 101 Strings episode of the Cavalcade Radio Hour... starring the ever dynamic KP Gerrard!! 😊😊
You'll have to explain the origin of that moniker. Does Ralph have a stage name too?
Very interesting show... very relaxing.
That is really nifty!
Thanks, CC!
I think I’m a little in denial that an appliance I bought new is considered vintage LOL.
I graduated from college in 1981, and my first purchases were a used car, a microwave, and an Oster Kitchen Center. My Kitchen center looks just like yours - push buttons, almond color. I mostly used the mixer (once in a while for bread dough), and the salad shooter.
Some years later I bought a pasta maker attachment but that only got used 1 times because as it processed I could tell the motor was working too hard and started to smell like it was overheating. I didn’t experiment with trying again out of concern of risk for damaging the motor.
Hi ehynes - thanks for sharing your Oster Kitchen Center story! Sounds like you have the same model. Yes, all the things we grew up with are now "vintage" or some youngsters even call them "antique!"
In Australia, these were and are, known as Sunbeam products.
Very interesting to know! Oster and Sunbeam were the same company at one time, so I can see how they might use one brand name or the other depending on the market. Thanks!!
I had one of these and used it almost daily for about 20 years until the motor burned out.
Hi Barbara - sounds like you got a lot of use out of your Kitchen Center!
Kevin, great job on the video! This was so interesting. Thanks for demonstrating the features. Summer is almost here, and I’m so excited! I’ll be making some homemade ice cream, too, hopefully, with some older electric machines I have collected. I now have 3! One year I made 2 different flavors at one time for my son’s birthday.
Hi Anna - glad you liked the video! I'm going to use the attachment on this and try my hand at making some ice cream this summer. Thanks!
The food processer attachment looked like an air popcorn popper from the same era! Yes, everything went plastic in the 70's. To me, it seemed to start in '67 with the GM dashboards (car guy here) The appliances of the 50's/60's were more robust and built to last!
I miss Ralph! Enjoyed as always
Hi allenwayne - I can see how the food processor looks like an old air popper! The use of plastic really increased during the 70's and continues to this day. I remember some cars when I was a kid that had metal dashboards! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood Yep! We had a 64 Plymouth Belvedere that had a steel dash!
Yo lo tengo en uso y es extraordinario una ayuda genial
Hi Kevin i really dont know when those were made but i have a ton of them and parts that i will be very glad to share with you, that thing needs some work, when they are right its darn near silent. ill hook you up with a bunch of stuff
My mom has this one. Still in good working order! She used it mostly for mixer, too. How much do they go for?
Hi Simone! Nice to know your mom has one and it's still working well! I picked this up at a rummage sale a couple months ago for around twenty dollars. Thanks!
Mum gave me hers when she moved into a retirement center. I don't have the juicer or can opener and as a vegetarian I don't have much use for the meat grinder, but I use all the rest of it. Carrot cake? No problem - it takes five minutes, max. We buy Parmesan cheese and grate it ourselves. Smoothies? Coming right up. The only drawback I've ever found is that you can't use the mixer away from the base.
Hi LadyAnne - sounds like you get a lot of good use out of your Kitchen Center! Thanks so much!
@@cavalcadeoffood Absolutely love it. Wouldn't part with it for the world!
Hey Kevin! My mom had a similar one but with the motor built flush into the countertop. I have the small glass bowl still if you want it.
Hi Mark! I'm wondering if your mom had a NuTone kitchen center - those were built into the counter and had all kinds of attachments. They were quite the modern kitchen appliance and had really strong motors. Thanks for the bowl offer - I'm going to check in my store room first and see if I might have one tucked away. Thanks!
Yes the nutone
I don’t suppose you have a video showing how to attach the juicer?
I have this unit with all the standard attachments .. my unit is pristine /a gift in the very early 80’s .. use now and again, but do not have counter space -- so a pain to take out at times…. my mixer and bowl does not make any noise .. I suggest you have the wrong bowl for your mixer .. these are available on kijiji, or amazon or even at oster ….
Hi nanrow - thanks! This is the bowl that came with the unit when I got it, but it could easily be incorrect.
Thank you for getting back to me - surprised as this is the first time … stainless steel bowls are available … rather than glass- i know some of the older units (mine is a senior) but must have come out after the glass bowls … i still use and like it - actually just used to day to shred cheese ..a grater attachment would be a nice option which is why am looking for a more modern unit …
Does anyone know were I can get the pasta booklet from I bought the pasta attachment from eBay and it was missing
How do you get the food processor two main pieces apart? I can't seem to separate mine. Thank you!
Hi Leslie - mine separated fairly easily. Try soaking it in hot soapy water for a few minutes and see if that helps.
Hi, do you have the Wearever Kabob-it? If so, will you do a review on it?
Hi Grace - I don't have one...I don't think I've ever seen one!
@@cavalcadeoffood I recently acquired one and it’s a work of art! An American made and I learned about the engineer who designed this and other stuff for Wearever appliances at that time, very interesting. Someday, when I’m done with it and no longer have the space for it, I’ll donate it to your collection/museum 😊
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Is it possible that I can get the large mixing bowl mine broke
Hi Joanne - I'm sure someone is selling one online somewhere. I would check sites like Ebay and Etsy. Thanks!
Hi Kevin
As far as i know that make was not available in UK.
We had Kenwood
Hi Lauren - thanks for letting me know. I know that Kenwood was popular in the UK and parts of Europe.
I am in the US and have a Delonghi mixer, which is from the same company somehow.
I hade the exact same one but mine was a sunbeam kitchen centter not a oster though
Hi Jamie - Sunbeam and Oster were the same company and they branded some as Sunbeam and others as Oster. Thanks!
Hi Kevin how are you I still have my moms oyster beehive blender
And I have the oyster blender with the square based motor like the one you are showing
I didn’t get the center I do remember those oyster kitchen center s well
Hi Bob! Glad that you have your mom's Oster blender -those were good machines with strong motors in them. They worked very well. Thanks!
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Before showing a product you need to know how to use it first.
Hi Barbara - I agree! Thanks for watching!
I think it’s fun to go through the process with you.
Oh leave him alone Barbara! Give the guy a break! We all need one sometimes.
Love this! My family had the blender and I still have it but the motor is burning up. I did not know that there was a Kitchen Center because we had the large Kitchenaid that was bigger and better. My blender is the Harvest Gold one.
Hi Melissa - that Harvest Gold blender is probably from the 70's! Thanks!