History of Saladmaster
Saladmaster Sales, Inc., was established in 1946. However,
the company began operation on January 5, 1947, in the home of
Harry Lemmons. With a capital of $9,000, Mr. Lemmons purchased
office equipment, inventory, and sales prizes. When the company
began, the inventory consisted of one product, the Saladmaster
Machine. Today the Saladmaster Machine is world renowned.
Saladmaster began with three salesman and ended its first
year with a total of 100 distributors. Saladmaster's growth
forced Mr. Lemmons to move from his home to a larger facility at
4503 Worth Street in Dallas, Texas, where he operated for the
next two years. Saladmaster continued to grow and in 1949, Mr.
Lemmons invested $50,000 in a new building located at 131 Howell
Street, Dallas, Texas. The company remained there for the next
43 years.
At the national convention in 1950, Mr. Lemmons introduced
another exclusive product to his sales force, Mirror Masterbuilt
Aluminum Cookware. This set included the exclusive vapo-valve in
the covers. Stainless Steel Cookware was not available at that
time. Mr. Lemmons was featured in the Wall Street Journal. In
1952, Saladmaster introduced 18-8 (3 ply) Stainless Steel
Cookware, and from that point, sales continued to escalate.
Other exclusive premiums were Bavarian China, Leaded Crystal,
Stainless Flatware, and Stainless Cutlery with chrome-plated
handles.
In the 1970's, Saladmaster was listed among the Texas top 100
corporations. In 1979, Regal Ware, Inc., acquired Saladmaster
because they believed Saladmaster had the potential to be the
leader in the cookware industry. In 1982, Saladmaster introduced
T-304 (5 ply) Surgical Stainless Steel Cookware.
Sales continued to grow and by 1992, Saladmaster was
experiencing significant growing pains and literally was
bursting at the seams for warehouse space to store product and
to house employees. Due to the size of warehouse space needed,
it was difficult to find a facility in the Dallas metropolitan
area that was suitable for Saladmaster, Inc. Therefore,
Saladmaster relocated to Arlington, Texas between two major
cities, Dallas and Fort Worth, which was equally convenient to
the airport.
In 1994, Saladmaster introduced the first TP316L/T304 (7 ply)
Surgical Stainless Steel, Waterless, Greaseless Cookware.
Saladmaster, Inc., ended 1994 with the best year in the history
of the company.
In 2001, Saladmaster once again broke away from conventional
cooking equipment with Versa Tec. This ushered in an era of the
Complete Kitchen System.
In 2008 Saladmaster made the jump to Solutions Ti (TM) made
with a pure, safe, but expensive metal developed exclusively by
Saladmaster, 316 TITANIUM. This Exclusive cooking surface is the
state of the art in cooking systems. No other company in the
world offers a pure 316 Titanium cooking surface.
Today, Saladmaster, Inc., is a flourishing company with a
plan of direction and still contains leadership, and a sales
force that is enthusiastic, motivated, and believes in its
products.
To date, Saladmaster, Inc., is the only company that uses the
316 TITANIUM in its cookware.
