A few customers have had difficulty installing the spring when replacing the tea kettle cap and trigger. To help, we created this handy graphic that shows the orientation o the spring and how to tension it. You can also find the full installation instructions and our cleaning tips on the Tea Kettle page.
I am not sure why (I prefer black), but people seem to be willing to pay a lot for colored vintage Revere Ware Bakelite parts. Here is a large batch of colored handles for your viewing pleasure.
In our cleaning guide, we recommend against using steel wool to scrub stainless steel pans. The problem is that bits of the steel wool filaments can get embedded in the cookware stainless steel and promote rust.
However, we discovered a new scrubbing pad recently made of stainless steel, the Scotch-Brite stainless steel scrubbing pads.
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Scotch-Brite green scrubbers are our favorite tools for cleaning the inside of stainless steel pans, as they can easily remove food and hard water buildup, and leave the inside with a nice dull polish, (which it will end up with from metal utensils anyways). The stainless steel scrubbers look useful for dealing with the harder burnt on crud.
As a reminder, never use an abrasive scrubber (either of the two above) on the outside of a stainless steel pan, as it will dull the finish. To clean the outside, use a nylon scrubber to clean and Bar Keepers Friend to polish (as well as a good copper cleaner to polish the copper bottom). If you have burnt on food on the outside of the pan, use one of the techniques in our cleaning guide to get it off without harsh scrubbers.
Our 2-screw handles fit Revere Ware cookware made since the early 1940’s. However, from 1939 to the early 1940’s Revere Ware briefly used a type of handle that was somewhat different, but looked very similar. These handles had 2 screw holes near the pan side of the handle, and another screw that went through the hold where the hanging hook goes. They look like this:
Unfortunately, because of the limited number of pieces that have this type of handle, we don’t sell a replacement. However, from time to time (like the ones above) they do appear on eBay.
The key is to save a search on eBay like “Revere Ware handle) such that it will email you new matches.
For the less patient, we have a guide to adapting our handles to this style of cookware.
For the more ambitions, you could grind down the metal spline to get a perfect fit.
We sell quite a few of the Revere Ware vintage pressure cooker gaskets.
Occasionally, we get complaints that the gaskets don’t seal properly. Here is a checklist of things to try before you consider returning the gasket to us.
Is the gasket installed correctly
Due to how they are manufactures, the gaskets come to us inside out, and that is how we ship them. Inside out means the notched side, which matches up with the lip in the lid, is on the inside (but needs to be on the outside). So the first step is to make sure the gasket is right-side out.
It is essential that the notch in the gasket site below the lip of the lid. Here are some useful graphics:
(Note that if you are having trouble getting the gasket installed, and it seems almost too big, try soaking it in some hot water to make it more pliable.)
Is the pressure cooker warped
If your pressure cooker is warped, the top can be out of round. This will cause steam to escape in certain spots around the rim of the lid.
Use a ruler or tape measure to measure across the top of the pressure cooker pot as close to across the center as you can. Measure in a few different spots. Each measurement should be exactly the same. If it is off, even by as little as 1/8 of an inch, your pressure cooker is warped and likely won’t seal well.
Note that as silicone ages, it swells. Old gaskets can sometimes work on a warped pressure cooker while a new one won’t. Your old gasket might be hiding the problem that isn’t apparent until you try a new gasket.
Is the gasket defective
Closely inspect the parts of the gasket that come into contact with the lid. Are there some injection molding artifacts hanging off of it? If so, try to gently pull them off. Are there any divots in the gasket? If so, this is a defect and could cause leaking. Let us know and we will replace it.
Has the latch metal bent?
The lid has a metal hook piece at the front underside of the handle. If this metal has gotten bent outward, it won’t apply enough downward pressure on the lid and thus the gasket. This could cause leaking. These pictures show this latch metal:
If you press the two handles together and the leak stops, this could be the problem. We’ve never tried it, but presumably you can try to bend it back down so the lid sits tighter when latched.
None of the above is true but it still leaks
If it is correctly positioned, your pressure cooker is not warped, and the gasket is not defective, there are still a couple of things you can try.
The first is to apply a thin coat of vegetable oil to the gasket before you put it in the lid. Oil will cause the gasket to swell slightly.
Second, you can try some silicone lubricant, like this type from Amazon.com.
The product listing does seem to indicate that this lubricant is food grade.
Reader Don has the following suggestion:
I found some stuff that I use in one of my hobbies that makes cleaning the copper bottoms of pans effortless and it lasts for a long time see it here.
I used it by accident when I was cleaning my minerals and when I moved the pan away to get more room i was almost blinded when I lifted it off the counter in my shop.
2 things if you try this 1) use lots of cold water to rinse, if you think it’s enough do it 5 times more! 2) after you do this barkeepers friend is all my wife ever uses to keep “her”pans clean
The claim that it will never tarnish again is an interesting one. We’ve ordered some to see how well it works.
It is amazing to find original Revere Ware from the vintage period in new condition; it is simply stunning. Today we found this new percolator for sale on eBay.
We’ve tried on several occasions to fix a warped skillet, with little success. However, we recently came across an article that talked about heating and pounding out a warped pan.
The technique is to heat them up, put a 2×4 long enough to go from edge to edge of the pan on to the crowned side, and beat the heck out of it — all over it’s entire length, while revolving it so the entire pan surface gets its share of whacking.
If the pan is warped so the crown is on the outside, you have to rest the lip of the pan on a flat surface, so that the handle doesn’t touch the surface; a stair step is good. If the pan is warped so the crown is inside, you have to cut the 2×4 to fit — as closely as you can but without making a big deal out of it.
Just keep reheating the pan and keep on whacking ’til you get bored. The flattening will hold longer if you do both the inside and outside, but you can get most of the goodness if you only flattened the crowned side.
If anyone tries this, please let us know if it works.
Is anyone really enough of a fan of Revere Ware to wear this tie pin?
Plenty of our parts are available on eBay, as we recently mentioned. Most appear to be parts that were likely obtained through us, or through our store front on Amazon.com, and are simply being resold (at a higher price). So we aren’t totally shocked that other people are selling our parts.
But we recently found a site that lists all our parts, at substantially higher prices
They list a lot of other kitchen related items as well.
Given that we don’t currently sell wholesale, and those are clearly our stock pictures, it seems unlikely that they are fulfilling from inventory. That leaves a couple of options.
Our first thought is that it is a completely fake store and they will just harvest your credit card number and keep your money.
Our second thought is that, it is just a storefront sitting on top of Amazon.com fulfillment. If they simply order the parts through Amazon and have it directly shipped to the end-customer, they don’t have to carry inventory for any of the items they are listing. So far, we haven’t been brave enough to try purchasing something to see if it arrives in an Amazon box. But if someone is willing to try, we’ve love to see what happens.
The store looks pretty fake, as do the reviews. It all looks as if someone tried to make it look like a legitimate store, but didn’t quite succeed.
Their contact page lists a German address and an emails: [email protected]. When I go to the tsc-retail page, it is a fancy presentation with text overlay talking about bringing the world closer together through retail … and the video shorts are of Seattle. Hmm.
In any event, just a word of caution: We are the only folks that make these Revere Ware replacement parts presently. We sell them through this site, and on Amazon.com. The items we’ve seen for sale on eBay appear to be legitimate second market items. But I would stay away form any other outlets (and the prices are much higher anyways).
