First Commercial Microwave Oven

Raytheon introduced a commercial.

First commercial microwave oven.

30th anniversary of microwave oven marks revolution in america s home kitchens. A microwave oven commonly referred to as a microwave is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by exposing it to electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range. It retailed at 495 and was quite popular even though it did not do well regarding sales. In 1947 just a year after spencer s snack food serendipity the first commercial microwave oven hit the market.

In 1965 the amana corporation was bought by raytheon and they made the first home applicable model of the microwave oven in 1967. The first microwave oven for commercial purposes ships and hotels was introduced in 1947 by raytheon and named the radar range. Its amana division released the first domestic version in 1967. Also we refer to the creative ordeal the story of raytheon by otto j.

Readers should be aware that such autobiographical efforts contain a wealth of information but have been put through a corporate filter and can often distort the truth either. Later that year raytheon introduced the radarange 1161. In this report richard cottrell tests this new. It stood 5 5 feet 1 7 meters tall weighed 750 lbs.

Return to news index. The beta microwave was placed in a restaurant in boston for testing. The high price and unfounded fears about radiation. The first microwave oven weighed about 750 pounds and was nearly 6 feet tall.

Eight years later the company produced its first commercial microwave oven. Calledthe radarange it weighednearly 750 pounds and cost more than 2 000. It stood five and a half feet tall weighed 750 pounds and cost 3000. Today microwave ovens are commonly found in kitchens but in 1968 they were seen as a revolution in cooking.

This induces polar molecules in the food to rotate and produce thermal energy in a process known as dielectric heating microwave ovens heat foods quickly and efficiently because excitation is fairly uniform in the. The first commercial microwave oven was tested in a boston restaurant in 1947. Despite the potential for near instant snack food the first commercial radarange microwave ovens unveiled by raytheon in 1946 were intended for use in restaurants as in the photo at top which.