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What is a "radar sandwich"?

While watching a program about the history of the Kentucky State Fair,
a segment on the food kiosks was shown.

During the 1950's, one kiosk featured something called a "radar sandwich",
but the program didn't elaborate as to what it was.

I found a few auction websites that show an art deco-like machine,
which looks like a milkshake maker, but, again, no explanation as to what it does!

Anyone know what a "radar sandwich" is and why it's called that?
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craftwriter | 1 year, 8 months ago
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It’s a sandwich in tube. According to an antiques web site the kestlers Radar Sandwich Maker created a a sandwich in a tube in essence. According to the instruction booklet you place your items in the container, bread, fillings, bread top and cover. It heated the ingredients together and when you popped it out it was a nice neat round stack. Radar is an actual
“ modern” term for heat element cooking, like the amana radar range. This was the precursor to the sandwich maker of our generation. It was a new way to cook and heat sandwiches. It was introduced at the Kentucky fair at a Kiosk booth for new and modern kitchen equipment. Some restaurants were exclusive to these, like a White Castle or Krystal since the equipment was expensive. It was unique to walk around the fair with the radar sandwich. Roast beef, Turkey were the most common meat fillings.
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Antiquesonline website
worthpoint.com
http://books.google.com/books?id=Fh4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&...'s+radar+sandwich+machine&source=bl&ots=2aocHT1wTa&sig=Em3vVv676NWSuDs_2w8kheVxovY&hl=en&ei=TBKoTMGfG4SglAfp_L2tDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=kistler's%20radar%20sandwich%20machine&f=false
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jasonzaws | 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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The best I've been able to discover is that we think you put the sandwich stuff in
the top and it cooked it into a sandwich role and you ate it more like a barrito.

http://www.belmarfoods.com.au

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