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29,000 BCE
first ovens found in central Europe
these ovens were roasting and boiling pits inside yurts used to cook mammoth. -
20,000 BCE
used pits with hot coals covered in ashes
In Ukraine from 20,000 BC they used pits with hot coals covered in ashes. -
5000 BCE
Egypt used kilns around 5000–4000 BC to make pottery
Pre-dynastic civilizations in Egypt used kilns around 5000–4000 BC to make pottery.[6] -
3200 BCE
ovens were more common
By 3200 BC, each mud-brick house had an oven in settlements across the Indus Valley though the ovens were obviously simple ones not electric and all such as ours today this was a major step in the development of ovens -
1700 BCE
portable oven
this is a Ancient Greek portable oven -
1490
more sofisticated ovens in the middle ages
By the middle ages, taller brick & mortar hearths, often with chimneys were being built. The food to be cooked was often placed in metal cauldrons that were hung above the fire. The first written historical record of an oven being built refers to an oven built in 1490 in Alsace, France. This oven was made entirely of brick and tile, including the flue. -
1490
first officail oven is built
the first written historical record of an oven being built, constructed using bricks and tiles (in Alsace, France) -
cast iron stove
Another recognizable oven would be the cast-iron stove. These were first used around the early 1700s when they themselves underwent several variations including the Stewart Oberlin iron stove that was smaller and had its own chimney.[8] -
more modern ovens becmae popular
Around 1728, German-designed cast-iron ovens began being made in serious quantities. These were known as Five-plate or Jamb stoves -
first closed oven in recorded history
Around 1730, the first ever recorded enclosed oven was made by François de Cuvilliés, a Bavarian architect. The oven was also known as the Castrol stove or the stew stove. -
Iron stove development
end of the 1700s Benjamin Thompson aka Count Rumford invented an iron stove that allowed the user to adjust the temperature of the individual stovetops -
first electric oven an early version of the electric oven
And in 1892 we saw the first electric oven an early version of the electric oven was manufactured by a Canadian named Thomas Ahearn, and put into service at the Windsor Hotel in Ottawa. -
the coal oven was developed
early part of the 19th century, the coal oven was developed. It was cylindrical in shape and made of heavy cast iron. -
The gas oven started being used
The gas oven saw its first use as early as the beginning of the 19th century as well.The first gas oven was patented by James Sharp -
microwave ovens
Percy LeBaron Spencer was researching microwave-producing magnetrons when he discovered that microwaves could cook food faster than the application of heat could. -
electric ovens are popular
Although electric ovens were invented in 1896, they were not widely used in homes until the practical application of electricity improved in the late 1920s. -
The first gas oven became common
The first gas oven was not a common until the 1920s -
improvements
Other various improvements to the gas stove included the AGA cooker invented in 1922 by Gustaf Dalén.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGA_cooker) -
first commercial microwave oven
first commercial microwave oven was produced in 1954, -
present day
Today, this technology has been taken even further with stainless steel, double wall ovens, electric ranges, and even microwave ovens.
