Winding Down

It's been tough to make money the last few years with Lee Manufacturing Company. By the time royalties, bills, shipping, fees, interest, etc are paid, there isn't really much left. We import the pea shellers, and that has been nothing but problems nearly every batch. As a result, the current product lineup of Lee Mfg Co will come to an end after current inventory is spent. This will likely mean an end to the 101 and 202 corn cutters, 600 pea sheller, 800 electric pea sheller, and the 808 cabbage cutter by the end of 2025. Stay tuned for updates.

Southern Living article

Our patented (decades ago) corn cutter was featured in Southern Living recently.  As a result, there was a bump in sales of the popular corn cutter and creamer first produced by Mr. Lee himself. Take a few minutes to check out this well written article. 

https://www.southernliving.com/food/veggies/corn/cream-corn-tool

Website Redesigned

Newly Designed Website on the Way!

Be on the lookout for our redesigned website, www.leemfgco.com, to be released very soon!

A late introduction to our corn sheller!

Take a look at our corn sheller that we introduced in late 2016.

I'm sort of proud of it since I (John) drew it up in 3D CAD (using Alibre) and then printed it on our 3D printer.  I did multiple iterations to get the feel of it just right. My goal was to make it feel comfortable in the hand and also be effective at removing dry corn kernels from large ears of field corn.  After I was happy with the design, I then got the product quoted for production with various injection molding companies in the U.S. and overseas.  After lots of discussion regarding production costs I settled on a company in China.  I was then able to send them a 3D CAD file which they used to produce molds for the sheller.

Several weeks later they sent me several samples using different types of plastic.   In the meantime, I designed the simple product label.  After I was satisfied with the product and label, they began production.  After a few more weeks, several pallets of these nifty little gizmos showed up at our warehouse.  We now sell these on our website and on Amazon.

It was a really enjoyable process and very neat to see a product through from conception to retail.

Thanks for reading..... John

Corn Cutter on Network Morning Show

A corn cutter (most likely from Lee Mfg Co) was mentioned on the Today Show on NBC this past summeer. Check it out. It is right at the beginning. Note: the chef uses the corn cutter wrong (in reverse). Oh well! We did get a call today from someone making us aware that they saw our corn cutter on the Today Show!

http://www.today.com/video/curtis-stone-shares-his-summer-steak-recipe-708915267966

Take a few minutes and check it out.  
For some great recipes, hop over to our website: http://leemfgco.com/recipes
We made the Jalapeno Cream Corn for Thanksgiving.  It was GREAT!

Grow your own vegetables!

Check out this blog post from Tori Cole!

http://www.messtoblessed.com/dont-buy-vege/

Corn Cutter & Creamer

Just added a new video to our YouTube channel. Wanted to make sure we got it up before gardening season. Check out how fast I was able to cut 125 ears of sweet corn in preparation for the freezer in the summer of 2013. In just 34 minutes I removed whole kernel corn from all of those cobs. I was working at a moderate pace, so a faster throughput could be achieved if you really worked fast. The key is to make sure the cutting blade is set to the right height and that you have a nice solid "backstop" to push against. The scraper blade should be removed or lowered. The shredder plate must be removed completely.

If you were going to process cream-style corn, it would take a little longer. For cream-style, you need to make multiple passes over the entire surface of the cob. This helps to get all of the sweet juice (or milk as it is sometimes called). The shredder plate would be in place and the scraper blade will be raised. Also for cream-style, be sure that the first cutting blade is lowered (or possibly removed) so that the very tips of the kernels is clipped. The "jackets" of the kernels should be left behind when preparing cream-style corn.

Pea Shellers

Pea and bean shelling time is here across many parts of the country. Several electric Pea Sheller Sr's are shipping out daily. Don't wait until the last minute to get your pea sheller. Remember we are the producers of the Pea Sheller Sr and Pea Sheller Jr (both originally called Mr. Pea Sheller). You can buy them directly from us via our website at www.leemfgco.com. Don't forget that we are the original producers of the Lee Corn Cutter and Creamer too. There are a few companies out there making a knock off version (even selling it on amazon.com under our name). These are made by Norpro and are in no way affiliated with Lee Mfg Co. This goes for both the wooden and stainless steel versions.

Lots of Pea Shellers for 2014

It's that time of year again. Lee Manufacturing Company has lots of pea shellers to in the warehouse ready to get to work this summer. The picture below shows all of the 800-M3 electric (Pea Sheller Sr.) pea shellers on the far left. The 600-R (Pea Sheller Jr) hand-crank pea shellers are in the second aisle from the left.

So the warehouse is stocked and ready to go.You can order yours now from our website www.leemfgco.com.  Or you can request our products at your local hardware or farm store.  Some stores carry them in stock. Corn cutters will be ready soon!

Not long til' Spring....

It's cold outside, but it won't be long until spring. With that there is gardening and eventually the harvest.  Lee Mfg offers quite a few items that will help you out in the garden and kitchen. Make sure your check out the website at www.leemfgco.com !

There is a blog that I enjoy reading and have followed for years.  It is called the Deliberate Agrarian.
http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/
Check it out!

Hang in there, the cold temps will soon be gone......

Reed Model #2000 Nutcracker

The previous post talked a little about the pecan picker upper that we sell. So, you have your pecans picked up. Now what? You can either crack and shell them by hand or maybe take them to a local "pecan house" to have them cracked for you.  When we have a lot of pecans we usually opt to take a feedsack full to the local cracker/sheller outfit.  For a few dollars they will crack them all for you and you can pick them up ready to shell (pick out the meats). If you are planning on cracking them yourself, it could be a tedious job. But our nutcrackers can hopefully make that job easier and faster for you.
This year we are pleased to offer the Reed Model #2000 Nutcracker for sale. It is American-Made and constructed of tough, reinforced plastic. It is light and durable.  Plus it is quite a bit cheaper ($) than other similar nutcrackers on the market. Here is a video clip of this pecan nutcracker in action.



Check out our website to buy one today, Lee Mfg Co.  Or ask for it in your local hardware or feed store.  Have a great fall!

Pecan Broom Pecan Picker Upper

Lee Manufacturing Company is moving into fall mode now. Pecans is becoming the central theme as we head into cooler weather. It won't be long until those pecans now hanging encased in a nice green hull begin to fall to the ground, hopefully without the hull! You need to start thinking about how you will go about picking up those pecans.  If you only have a small pecan tree, you will probably be able to get by with just picking them up by hand.  If you have a large, established tree or even multiple pecan trees, you will probably need to find a faster and more efficient method of picking them up from the ground.  We are proud to offer the Pecan Broom pecan picker upper for sale to all of our retail customers.  This is a top-of-the-line pecan harvester.  It has a gathering basket constructed of heavier gauge wire than most other pecan pickers. It will last longer and not be as susceptible to being bent.  In addition, it has a handle that breaks down into small sections that allow you to easily store the picker or to shorten the handle length. It works great!

As you can see in the video, it also comes with a bucket attachment that allows you to easily empty the pecans into a bucket.
The Pecan Broom with save you tons of time and help prevent a sore, aching back!
Get more information at our main website, Lee Mfg Co, or click on over to our Pecan-themed website at Nuts About Pecans.

Push Button Cherry Pitter

The Push Button Cherry Pitter is fun and easy to use.  It saves you time when pitting cherries for immediate use (pies and cobblers) and also when preparing for freezing. Lee Manufacturing Company is proud to offer this nifty little cherry stoner on our website. We have several other cherry pitters to offer as well. The cherry pitter is by far the most economical and practical cherry pitter on the market.  It is easy to use, so buy 2 or 3 and let you kids, grandkids or even husband help out! Here is a video of us using the Push Button Cherry Pitter to pit a few cherries for a fresh cherry cobbler. It was GREAT!!

All you need (in addition to the cherry pitter) is a canning jar (Mason jar). Just screw the Push Button Cherry Pitter securely to the jar and you are all set. Place the cherry in the "cradle", push the button and POP, the pit is in the jar and you are left with a nice pitted cherry.

The Push Button Cherry Pitter should work well with olives too, although we have not tried it ourselves.

Magic Fingers Bean and Pea Sheller

A few decades back there was an item on the market called the Magic Fingers.  It was very much like our Pea Sheller Jr. (Mr. Pea Sheller) and our electric Pea Sheller Sr. in that it had 2 rotating rollers that shelled the beans.  We found one on Ebay recently (see our pics below). We will give it a try on some peas and beans in a few weeks.  That will make for another post here.

Until then, there is a video on YouTube of a man using one of these.  http://youtu.be/vnZmTK52PGs

You link this gadget up with a hand mixer (or drill I suppose) and you are ready to shell peas.

Check back here later for an update and video of how it works.

These are not available anymore, except at garage sales and ebay.  We sell two types of pea shellers that will help you greatly in shelling peas and beans of all types.  Check out our Pea Shellers website to get one!

Pea Sheller Jr (Mr. Pea Sheller)

Our son was eager to use the Pea Sheller Jr last summer. He had fun.....

Buy one today at www.leemfgco.com !

Video of electric pea sheller

Our very own electric Pea Sheller Sr. (Mr. Pea Sheller).  In the summer of 2012 our boys were eager to help up shell a small batch of black-eyed peas from our garden.

Cherry Pitter

Lee Manufacturing has a variety of cherry pitters available!!

It won't be long until the cherry trees will be blossoming!  Spring is just around the corner.  Not long after that cherries will be making an appearance on cherry trees.  Lee Manufacturing Company has several types of cherry pitters available to meet your cherry pitting needs.  We have the small and smart Push Button Cherry Pitter.  This nifty device fits on top of your Ball canning jar.  Place a cherry in the cradle, push the button and BOOM, the pit falls into the jar and you are left with a perfectly pitted cherry!

We also have some larger cherry pitters.  These will really speed up the process and save you tons of time, especially if you have buckets of cherries to pit for canning and freezing.  

We have the Cherry Pitter Jr. (capable of pitting 5 cherries per stroke of the handle) and it's "Dad", the Cherry Pitter Sr. (this behemoth can pit 10 cherries at a time).  Watch the Sr. is action below!

These cherry pitters are sometimes called cherry stoners.  They are the same, the names are interchangeable.  You could also use these gadgets to pit olives as well.  

Check out our website dedicated entirely to cherry pitters, www.cherry-pitter.com.  There you will find more about all of our cherry pitters and also find out where to buy them!

New Item*** Gardener's Hollow Leg

Get rid of the bucket or bag when harvesting veggies and fruits.
Many, many uses in the garden or around the house!


http://leemfgco.com/Item/Gardeners-Hollow-Leg

Here's the promotional video!!!!
http://vimeo.com/20896846

Get ready to cut corn from the cob this summer!

The following is a YouTube video that Brent Williams posted showing the use of out Wooden Corn Cutter and Creamer (Model 101-P).  They are using the creamer to make cream style corn from the cob!

Don't wait until you are ready to pick your sweet corn before you look to purchase a corn cutter.  Get your today, easily and securely, online at http://leemfgco.com/Item/Corn-Cutter-Wooden  .  We also have a plastic (red or yellow) version and the gourmet stainless steel model (202-P).  These will last for years and years.  We get letters from people saying that they are using their grandmother's old Lee Corn Cutter and Creamer and that they just need replacement blades!  Follow the directions printed on the packaging bag and it will work well, saving you time!

Great YouTube Video of Our Wooden Corn Cutter

Check out this video of our 101 wooden corn cutter in action!
Buy yours here: http://leemfgco.com/Item/wooden-corn-cutter