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A CP1 coffee percolator. After serving with the British Army's REME in World War II, William Russell (22 July 1920 – 16 February 2006), from High Wycombe, joined home appliance manufacturer Morphy Richards and helped to design a pop-up toaster, an electric iron and a hairdryer, when working as Chief Development Engineer.
It became known as the Edison General Electric Co. in 1931. Most Hotpoint production moved to GE's mammoth Appliance Park manufacturing complex in Louisville, Kentucky in the beginning of the 1950s. To this day, many Hotpoint appliances are made at Louisville, and as of 2013 was the largest appliance plant in the world. [4]
A typical George Foreman grill A Salton electric rice cooker. Russell Hobbs, Inc. (formerly Salton, Inc.), was an American company based in Florida which manufactured home appliances, most notably the George Foreman grill and Russell Hobbs appliances. In June 2010, Russell Hobbs, Inc. was taken over by and became part of Spectrum Brands.
A halogen oven, halogen convection oven, or halogen cooking pot is a type of oven that utilizes a halogen lamp as its heating element. Halogen ovens are often noted for being more energy-efficient than a conventional electric oven due to their more effective heating of food and faster cooking times.
An electric plate cooktop. A cooktop (American English), stovetop (Canadian and American English) or hob (British English), is a device commonly used for cooking that is commonly found in kitchens and used to apply heat to the base of pans or pots. Cooktops are often found integrated with an oven into a kitchen stove but may also be standalone ...
Indonesian traditional brick stove, used in some rural areas An 18th-century Japanese merchant's kitchen with copper Kamado (Hezzui), Fukagawa Edo Museum. Early clay stoves that enclosed the fire completely were known from the Chinese Qin dynasty (221 BC – 206/207 BC), and a similar design known as kamado (かまど) appeared in the Kofun period (3rd–6th century) in Japan.
For gas appliances, a flame supervision device (FSD) – alternative name: flame failure device (FFD) – is a general term for any device designed to stop flammable gas going to the burner of a gas appliance if the flame is extinguished. This is to prevent a dangerous buildup of gas within the appliance, its chimney or the room. [1]
Hob (folklore), a household spirit in Northern England, see also Hobgoblin; Hob or Old Hob, a nickname for the Devil; Hob (hearth), a projection, shelf, grate or bench for holding food or utensils; Cooktop, the top cooking surface on a kitchen stove; Hob (unit), a Korean unit of volume equal to about 180 ml; Hob, an action-adventure game