If it weren't for the oven...

September 11, 2019

"My home is my castle, but the coziest place in that castle is the kitchen. That's where a second and third person is superfluous," every housewife thinks, enthusiastically welcoming a new stove.

A list of biscuits and exotic dishes is already running through your mind. No, that's not quite the case. In fact, gender does not determine a tendency towards gourmetism. Men also love to fuss in the kitchen.

But, the most important thing is that all of this is already technically very simple - that is, you only need inner strength and a good hand to prepare it, otherwise the modern world has made the rest unconditionally accessible.

For example, an electric oven, aka a baking oven . Well, it's very easy to roast chicken and turkey, bake pies, and turn leftover Easter bread into cookies. You can consider us lucky.

Well, not so long ago, they weren't right. No, don't go too far. There's no need to remember the cavemen and the flint fire.

You don't have to be an avid viewer of the "MasterChef" show to be interested in the history of the invention of the electric oven. It's interesting enough... (even if you were just a regular Giorgi or some Marika and still ate your mother's baked pies)

The first stove was completely different from the ones we are familiar with (you can now find them in villages or in movies). The stove is first mentioned in French sources - it was built of bricks and tiles.

Production of the first oven

In 1728, cast iron stoves began to be produced in Germany, but soon after, the Bavarian architect François de Cuvilliers began producing closed stoves, an innovation at the time. It became known as Castrol.

As early as the 1700s, Count Rumford invented a metal stove that allowed for temperature control. It became the ancestor of the modern oven.

The division of stoves, which we still distinguish between gas and electric, began around the 1900s. British James Sharp patented the gas-electric stove in 1826.

Before gas became available to all homes, electric stoves were more popular, but in the 1920s and 1930s, gas stoves became serious competition to electric stoves.

Later, another type of electric oven was invented - the microwave oven . After engineer Pierce LeBaron discovered the magnetron, the process of heating food became much simpler. Since 1954, microwave ovens have also been on sale.

Master chefs notwithstanding, most kitchen enthusiasts know perfectly well which oven is better. For example, in gourmet reviews, they always emphasize the advantage of an electric oven for baking .

Since an electric oven heats up and cools down more slowly than a gas oven , the stable temperature it creates ensures even cooking. In addition, the dryness in the oven helps the food to acquire a crispy texture and a nice golden color.

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