The first commercially available microwave oven was produced in this year.
- 1947
- 1949
- 1955
- 1962
1947. Built by Raytheon and called the “Radarange”, the oven was nearly six feet tall and weighed 750 pounds. The ovens were often installed in ships’ galleys, and cafeterias.
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