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Article #232

An Old World Ice Cream Cone Maker

Believe it or not the ice cream cone makers you see today in your neighborhood  ice cream parlor are not the original waffle cone makers that began the waffle cone craze of the 1980s.

The cone makers of today were the product idea of smart appliance manufacturers who quickly wanted to bring to market an affordable cone maker that could be used for the high volume of customers visiting ice cream parlors around the country.

The ice cream cone makers needed to bake cones fast, so they were electric to bake the cones on both sides at once. They also needed to be as simple as the appliances you place in your home, because ice cream parlors weren't going to spend lots of money to set one up. And finally they needed to be as inexpensive as possible for the handmade cone idea to spread across America by way of the ice cream parlor.

Appliance manufacturers came up with ice cream cone makers similar to what you see below. Costing approximately $400 for a single cone maker, to $800 for a double cone maker. The distributors loved it because they would also make money from selling waffle cone mix to shop owners as well.

As usual the person with the original idea becomes forgotten as progress moves forward to bring America the next best thing to make it to market since sliced bread.

The goal of The ConeKing and IceCreamJunkies.Com is to make the public aware of the gentleman who brought back to ice cream lovers around the world the freshly made ice cream cone we all enjoy today.

He deserves the credit because he was a regular guy like you and I. An immigrant with an idea, investing his hard earn cash to try and make a dream come true. And unlike the public who in the end reap the benefits of great ideas. The idea's originator most often finds himself being passed by as big money slides into their place to bring the idea to market and get all the money.

Jorn's Big Daddy of a Cone Machine brought to America by the Jorn Caroe Trading Company of Demark cost approximately $3500 dollars and could be used with a tank of propane, making it portable or natural gas to be used in store.

Cone baking was a little bit slower than the electric models because the waffle irons needed to be rotated and flipped on the wheel, as they passed over 5 gas burners while baking. Six cones could be made at one time and placing one of these cone makers in your store's window was a show that hand customers young and old pressing their faces up against the glass. Add to that the wonderful smell of the cone baking as it filled the air outside and people could resist moseying in for a cone.

Below is a picture of Jorn's Cone Maker and I hope you enjoyed this blog. If you run across one of Jorn's Machines in your neighborhood, please send us an e-mail with the location information to: info@icecreamjunkies.com 
we'd love to know these cone makers are still around somewhere.

Picture of Giggles Ice Cream Parlor as printed in local news paper.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ice Cream Cone Expert, Author of "The Great American Ice Cream Cone" and Inventor of the Original Gourmet Flavored Cookie Cone, Eric R. Nielsen wants everyone to enjoy making handmade ice cream cones at home. Learn how to bake cones at home like a pro and wow your friends and family.
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