Beacon Ware

[wishtoBakeforall0513]

I inherited a set of BEACON WARE sheet pand from my Grandma. Oh that woman could bake! I remember her telling me a story about the pans, but I cannot f8nd a shred of information on the history of who manufactured them or anything. Does anyone here know? I have attached a pic of the back of her pans. Thank you for reading. 

[AlaMoi]

sigh....

 

found this pot with a bottom stamp - much info has been obliterated.

however comma and so forth, it cites "National Sanitation Foundation"

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which may could possibly sorta' provide some help on the company

. .  . nsf.org

[wishtoBakeforall0513]

I tried looking in nsf.org, however that is an expansive site. Holy moley. I was not prepared for how much information is located there. I looked briefly, however without proper credentials nor reason to register with them, I could not see if they had any information such as the manufacturer's history. I did find on another site, an auctioneer's site, that the former company was called "Lincoln Wear Ever." So now I am going to see if I can find their history. 😊

[gfweb]

7 minutes ago, wishtoBakeforall0513 said:

I tried looking in nsf.org, however that is an expansive site. Holy moley. I was not prepared for how much information is located there. I looked briefly, however without proper credentials nor reason to register with them, I could not see if they had any information such as the manufacturer's history. I did find on another site, an auctioneer's site, that the former company was called "Lincoln Wear Ever." So now I am going to see if I can find their history. 😊

 Lincoln wearever was bought by Volrath IIRC.  I have a single Lincoln pan and its great.

[wishtoBakeforall0513]

Oh cool! Thank you so much! Do you know where I can find out information about their history? My Grandma had told me something about the manufacturer making war needed items, like many other manufacturing companies, but I cannot remember much else of the story and am hoping reading the manufacturer's history will jog my memory. Thanks again! I love these pans of hers. They work like a horse and wash up like a dream. 

[weinoo]

6 minutes ago, wishtoBakeforall0513 said:

Oh cool! Thank you so much! Do you know where I can find out information about their history?

 

You can start here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WearEver_Cookware

 

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WearEver Cookware can trace its origins back to 1888 when Charles Martin Hall, a young inventor from Oberlin, Ohio discovered an inexpensive way to smelt aluminum by perfecting the electrochemical reduction process that extracted aluminum from bauxite ore. Seeking to fund his continued exploration of this new process Hall eventually partnered with Alfred E. Hunt, a metallurgist in charge of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, raising $20,000 with the help of investors and eventually forming the Pittsburgh Reduction Company which would later come to be known as the Aluminum Company of America

 

https://vollrathcompany.com/our-company/history

 

 

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. In 2009, Vollrath acquired three companies:

• Luxine in Malibu, California to increase their capabilities in the emerging field of induction technology.
• Anvil in Asheville, NC, to branch into countertop cooking equipment.^[24]
• Lincoln Smallwares to expand its cookware, bakeware and manual food processor offerings including the Wear-Ever and Redco brands.^[25]

 

 

[weinoo]

21 minutes ago, gfweb said:

I have a single Lincoln pan and its great.

 

Indeed - pretty much classic restaurant cookware.  I have a few.

[weinoo]

16 hours ago, wishtoBakeforall0513 said:

I tried looking in nsf.org,

 

As an aside, the National Safety Foundation would have nothing to do with the manufacturing of the pan, but would show that the pan passed certain standards; standards that were most likely necessary in order for the pan to be used in a restaurant setting.

[Laurentius]

18 hours ago, weinoo said:

You can start here

There seems to be some confusion.  The Vollrath entry relates that Vollrath purchased the Lincoln WearEver brand from Lincoln Smallwares in 2009.  Whereas WearEver is said to be in ownership of Groupe SEB (also owns All-Clad).