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  2. Oven - Wikipedia

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    The gas oven saw its first use as early as the beginning of the 19th century as well. Gas stoves became very common household ovens once gas lines were available to most houses and neighborhoods. James Sharp patented one of the first gas stoves in 1826. Other improvements to the gas stove included the AGA cooker, invented in 1922 by Gustaf ...

  3. Percy Spencer - Wikipedia

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    The result was the egg exploding in the face of one of his co-workers, who was looking in the kettle to observe. Spencer then created the first true microwave oven by attaching a high-density electromagnetic field generator to an enclosed metal box. The magnetron emitted microwaves into the metal box blocking any escape and allowing for ...

  4. Microwave oven - Wikipedia

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    A microwave oven or simply microwave is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by exposing it to electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range. [1] This induces polar molecules in the food to rotate and produce thermal energy in a process known as dielectric heating .

  5. Kitchen stove - Wikipedia

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    Indonesian traditional brick stove, used in some rural areas An 18th-century Japanese merchant's kitchen with copper Kamado (Hezzui), Fukagawa Edo Museum. Early clay stoves that enclosed the fire completely were known from the Chinese Qin dynasty (221 BC – 206/207 BC), and a similar design known as kamado (かまど) appeared in the Kofun period (3rd–6th century) in Japan.

  6. Alan MacMasters hoax - Wikipedia

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    After the lecture, Alan and his friends visited the toaster article on Wikipedia, where one of his friends, Alex, edited the article to replace the lecturer's friend's name with Alan MacMasters, claiming he invented the toaster in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1893. [1] [2] [3] A year later, Alex contemplated the extent to which he could escalate the ...

  7. Don't throw away your Easy-Bake Oven! It can be worth a ton - AOL

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    Although the Easy Bake Oven technically was not the first working toy oven for children, the product grew in popularity due to use of a light bulb as a heat source -- in addition to the vast array ...

  8. Convection oven - Wikipedia

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    The first oven with a fan to circulate air was invented in 1914 but it was never launched commercially. [4]The first convection oven in wide use was the Maxson Whirlwind Oven, introduced in 1945.

  9. AOL reviewed: The Wonder Oven is my go-to kitchen appliance ...

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    The oven comes with a wire rack, air fry basket, nonstick bake pan, and crumb tray. None of these pieces are dishwasher-safe, but hand washing doesn’t take long — especially in the case of the ...