Krispy Automatic Ring-King Junior Doughnut Machine
Object Details
- Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation
- Description
- The Krispy Automatic Ring-King Junior was introduced by the Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation of Winston-Salem, N.C., in the 1950s. It was designed for making the company's signature product—hot glazed doughnuts—in small retail operations around the United States and abroad. The Ring-King Junior could produce about 60 dozen doughnuts an hour, and was used until the late 1960s.
- This doughnut machine was part of a collection of artifacts and archival materials donated to the Museum in 1997 on the 60th anniversary of the Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation. The collection documents the history of an American business enterprise and also provides a view into food technology, marketing, and southern regional food traditions.
- ID Number
- 1997.0179.01
- accession number
- 1997.0179
- catalog number
- 1997.0179.01
- Object Name
- doughnut machine
- Measurements
- overall: 58 in x 38 in x 31 in; 147.32 cm x 96.52 cm x 78.74 cm
- overall: 50 in x 43 in x 72 in; 127 cm x 109.22 cm x 182.88 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Food Technology
- Food
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Exhibition
- Food: Transforming the American Table
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1215321
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-ad5c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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