Comments on: Neu Deel Cookin Ware

By: Audrey Martin

Audrey Martin

Just purchased a 6″ tall and 10″ across stoneware COOK Rite bowl at a second hand store for $15.00 It has the unglazed outside with the lip and inside of dark brown glazing. As I collect crock bowls, thought this was so unique with the fruit, leaves and vegetables on the outside. It was washed in the dishwasher and came out beautifully! Wondering if the bowl was ever soaked in water before baking anything in the oven? (as the outside is unglazed) Thanks for this website….very interesting and gratifying to know the history!

By: Sumac

Sumac

Hi Shirley et al, i just scored this stoneware bowl & pieplate set at Goodwill in north Idaho for $2.99. The set is in perfect shape- bowl is 3 1/2″ deep x 10 wide with matching pie plate/lid. Dark brown inside glaze, raw outside with NO design or decoration.No patent # & the only writing is COOK-RITE on the embossed bottoms. I would never guess to use the pie plate as a lid for baking beans, this will be most excellent. Also there are no tab handles, but the set is really in incredible condition, except for the dirt in the bowl. I think the previous owner was using it as a plant pot & base! I was so thrilled to find your site, thank you for being here w/info on these heirlooms!

By: Angela

Angela

I was given this pie plate and bowl from my mother…I haven’t used it for anything but decided to look up the info on the bottom of the mixing bowl. This must’ve belonged to my great grandmother and I am delighted that there is so much information on it. I have the pie plate and mixing bowl, they fit together beautifully. They are practically brand new, I don’t think she cooked much! Thanks for the posts!

By: Cherri

Cherri

I “saved” 5 pieces of the Cook-Rite Cook-n- Ware Health Economy stoneware from being given away. My Grandmother passed away at the young age of 96 just 18 months after her husband 99. As I was going through some of the things at their house I came upon these pieces. I loved them and took them home. My original concern was whether the paint used back then was safe but happened upon your website and now know a little more. Thanks for posting this information!

By: Chris

Chris

I inherited the pie plate top and the 5″ bowl when my Grandmother died. The pie plate is cracked but holds together, so I just use it for a lid but nothing else. Mine is the dark brown glaze inside and out of both pieces. No one else in the family wanted them, but I LOVE them. I’m so happy to have the internet to finally search them out and discover some history. Thanks for posting this.

By: Marlene

Marlene

The pie plate as I call it, belonged to my Mother-in-law some 45 years ago, she gave it to me right after I married her son. I used it for years until it got a crack across the bottom. I now use it only for a decoration. My plate says Cookin-Ware Health with the patent number 91285. It does not say Neu Deel anywhere.
Best pie plate I ever used.

By: Laurel

Laurel

My husband’s parents, who dealt in antiques in a small way in their retirement in the 70s, had a four-piece set of these which are now among our treasured possessions; they may have been family pieces but I have no idea. The largest piece is 7 3/4″ high, 8″ with the pie-plate “lid”; nesting inside this is a 5″ deep piece, also with a bail; nesting inside this is a 3 1/2″ deep bowl (no bail). It was probably sold as a complete set, and bears the “Neu-Deel” name and trade-mark. The two larger pieces with bails have obviously been used over a flame, as they are blackened on the bottom. Not so the bowl and pie-plate/lid. The latter has a large chip on the rim…probably from falling off when being used as a dome lid? Otherwise the set is in perfect condition. Glad to see others love them as we do!

By: Brenda

Brenda

My husband and I have a dutch oven type bowl, as pictured above but without the handle. A matching pie plate, both with the dark brown glaze, fits on top of the bowl. Both are 10″ in diameter. My husband is 63 and his mother used the bowl for baked beans and the pie plate/cover for baking pumpkin pies his entire life. I have always baked pumpkin pies in the pie plate. The dutch oven is excellent for baked beans. We don’t know where my mother-in-law acquired this set, but, we love it. Ours says Cook Rite on the bottom of both with Pat# 91285. I cannot find it on the US Patent Office website, but, I wonder if this set is much older than the 1934 time frame, since many writers say this set has been in their families since before 1920. One website I found shows the set I have as being a casserole/Dutch Oven with the lid also usable as a pie plate. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful information.

By: Lisa

Lisa

I have the 3.5″ deep dish & the pie plate. I would love to find the 8.5″ deep dish with a handle. Mine are glazed over a cream colored crackle on the inside. I found your site when I googled the information on the bottom. (Which is the same as yours). Thank you for all of the information.

By: Sandi

Sandi

I was so thrilled to find this, I inherited 2 mixing bowls and 2 pie plates from my grandmother – I remember them as being specifically for Thanksgiving and Christmas use – but I have never seen similar ones. Do you know if these are still sold anywhere?