|
|
|
|
|
|
Gas & Electric Stoves | ||
| When the stove
was first invented, it burned wood or coal, and was the center of the
house. It gave heat, light and cooked food. Today, the stove, burning gas or using electricity, is meant to be used only for cooking and its importance in the house has gone down. The first stove was built in 1490 in Alsace, entirely out of brick and tile, including the flue. The Scandinavian stove had a tall, hollow iron flue, containing iron baffles arranged to lengthen the travel of the escaping gases in order to extract maximum heat. The Russian stove had six thick walled masonry flues; it is still widely used in northern countries. The first cast-iron stove was produced at Lynn, Mass, in 1642. Cast-iron stoves were replaced by ovens that are heated by natural gas or electricity. |
 | |
 |
Electric stoves were available for home use in the early 1890's. However, because of high prices of electricity, the electric stove was not common in homes for a while. In the late 1920's and early 1930's, the electric stoves started to compete with the gas stoves. They were more favorable than gas stoves because they were cheaper, easy to clean and had automatic temperature controls. The electric stove has the same ability as the gas stove to prepare quick meals. The amount of time and cooking expertise needed to prepare home meals have been greatly reduced with the arrival of the gas and electric stoves in nearly every modern household.
| |
 |
 | |
