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Cooker and stove are often used interchangeably. The fuel-burning stove is the most basic design of a kitchen stove. As of 2012, it was found that "Nearly half of the people in the world (mainly in the developing world ), burn biomass (wood, charcoal, crop residues, and dung) and coal in rudimentary cookstoves or open fires to cook their food."
An electric stove uses electricity to provide heat. An electric stove , electric cooker or electric range is a stove with an integrated electrical heating device to cook and bake . Electric stoves became popular as replacements for solid-fuel (wood or coal) stoves which required more labor to operate and maintain.
A kitchen stove, cooker, or cookstove is a kitchen appliance designed for the purpose of cooking food. Kitchen stoves rely on the application of direct heat for the cooking process and may also contain an oven underneath or to the side that is used for baking. Traditionally these have been fueled by wood; the earliest known example of such was ...
A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance, [1] is a machine which assists in household functions [2] such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation.
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The first patents were issued in the early 1900s. [2] Demonstration stoves were shown by the Frigidaire division of General Motors in the mid-1950s [3] on a touring showcase. . The induction cooker was shown heating a pot of water with a newspaper placed between the stove and the pot, to demonstrate the convenience and saf
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The most common fryer models are electric and gas fryers. Electric restaurant fryers are popular in counter top models, because of their mobility and easy installation. They lose less heat than gas fryers, because their heating elements are immersed in the oil and have a faster temperature recovery time between frying cycles.