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First Microwave
After World War II in 1946, Percy Spencer had made what we now know as the microwave oven. It was first called the Radarange that was mainly made for the use of commercial use or restaurants. I was the size of an oven and cost around $5,000. -
Countertop Microwave
After about 1 year Amana Corporation came out with a low-cost microwave for residential use. -
Microwaves become a nessecity
By 1975, sales of microwave ovens would, for the first time, exceed that of gas ranges. The next year Japan had a percentage 17% of residents had a microwave. In the US the percentage was just 4% but at some point in 1976 it jumped all the way to 14% of residents in the US had a microwave -
America starts to get more microwaves
In 1986, roughly 25% of residents in the US had owned a microwave oven -
Everyone has a microwave
The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that over 90% of US residents had a microwave oven -
Modern Microwaves
In 2016 everyone in the US had some kind of microwave if it was the high end or a low-cost one. -
Drawer Microwaves
The company Sharp had created the microwave drawers in 2017
