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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by cr1895 on Monday February 20, 2017 @07:30AM (#13686704)
It was invented in the 1930s. Did electric stoves even exist then?
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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by dredmorbius on Monday February 20, 2017 @01:42PM (#13689757)
They were just starting to become mainstream (though still outnumbered by gas) at the time. The first electric stoves date to the 1880s, and hotplate burners (about the simplest electrical device you can imagine) were likely more common from early days.

http://inventors.about.com/od/ofamousinventions/a/oven.htm

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