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Electric stoves starting being common in the 1920s. - "by the late 1920s, these stoves began to compete with their gas counterparts." - https://nationalmaglab.
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Electric 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.