Ask anyone to imagine a microwave oven, and I bet no one would picture a skulking behemoth the size of a fridge—only heavier. But that was exactly what the very first microwaves looked like. The first ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Here’s a little case of don’t hurt the messenger: When microwave ovens first went on sale back in 1955, they were marketed toward women. Because, you know, the women did the ...

I recall when we got a microwave oven in our home when I was a teenager. It took up quite a lot of counter space. It was a big, complicated-looking appliance. My parents were a bit leery of this ...

An oven that heats food using microwave radiation. The first microwave oven was demonstrated by Westinghouse at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. Its 10-kilowatt shortwave radio transmitter cooked ...

Today, microwave ovens are found everywhere there is food preparation, from restaurants, convenience stores and gas stations to hotel lobbies and the home kitchen. A vast majority of American ...

Microwave ovens were introduced more than 40 years ago and were a novelty item at first. I recall the first microwave oven my family had in the mid-1970s. We received it as a prize from a bank. My mom ...