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Published October 09, 2008 06:26 pm - DIAMOND, Mo. — Zapping a hot dog used to have a whole different meaning. Just ask Richard Larrison, the owner of a couple of devices designed to “electrocute” hot dogs. Appliances keep collector percolating By Debby Woodin dwoodin@joplinglobe.com DIAMOND, Mo. — Zapping a hot dog used to have a whole different meaning. Just ask Richard Larrison, the owner of a couple of devices designed to “electrocute” hot dogs. “Electrocuted hot dogs are delicious” declares the slogan bolted to an appliance that was once promoted by Oscar Mayer. It, and another hot dog “electrocuter,” are among the more than 3,500 kitchen gadgets housed at Larrison’s World’s Largest Small Appliance Museum, north of Diamond. The museum, which is open to visitors free of charge, has its grand opening today through Sunday, along with a sale and show by small-appliance collectors from around the country. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. The museum is on the north side of JR’s Western Store at the intersection of Missouri Highway 59 and Route FF. Richard Larrison is the “R” in JR’s; his wife is the “J,” he explains. Exhibitors are coming to the museum this week from South Carolina, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Michigan and Ohio. They are some of the members of a national toaster collecting club to which Larrison belongs. Larrison caught the collector bug nearly three decades ago with old electric fans. Soon, though, those became hard to find and expensive. He said he asked a family member what was hot to collect and was told toasters. That led him on a 26-year quest to own all the toasters, waffle makers, coffee pots, razors and other small appliances he can buy. “I’m what you call a preservationist,” he said. “I want to save this for future generations to see yesteryear.” He has some of the oldest wire bread toasters sold, dating to around 1908. They were made by GE, and the model number is D-12. He has several 1960s toasters that are advertised by Magic Maid as being made from “triple jewel chrome.” Even back then, they were so solidly built that they sold for $24.95. While the bodies of the toasters are bright chrome, the handles and bases were finished in decorative copper or pink colors. Today’s home-decor trends include having small appliances of matching colors, and Larrison’s collection shows that trend has been popular before. He owns several Kenmore toasters that are accented in bright colors: red, green and yellow, which were popular in the 1950s and 1960s. He even has the Cadillac of kitchen appliances: a toaster/hot plate combo made by Cadillac Manufacturing Co. in Cadillac, Mich. There’s a matching mixer, too. Several sets of kitchen appliances with decorated porcelain exteriors are part of his collection. These sets of Porcelier include waffle makers, coffee pots, toasters, teapots, and sugar and cream servers as well as other pieces. 
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