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In the 1930s, you'd be comparing with cooking on a wood or coal heated stove in most cases.
by thrower123 5y ago
In the 1930s, you'd be comparing with cooking on a wood or coal heated stove in most cases.
- eesmith 5y agoElectric stoves starting being common in the 1920s. - "by the late 1920s, these stoves began to compete with their gas counterparts." - https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/museum/electric-range https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/history-... - "electric appliance manufacturers made their own leap into the cooker market with electric ranges. What started as a glorified electric hot plate around 1917 had gained new ground by 1930 as the electric ranges, looking much like the products of their gas competitors, fed the appetite of a nation pushing to wire for power." - https://www.oldhouseonline.com/kitchens-and-baths-articles/kitchen-appliances/history-of-the-kitchen-stove/ https://www.oldhouseonline.com/kitchens-and-baths-articles/k... Town gas was also available. "Natural" gas replaced town gas.