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 ...

She was built like a Buick Special: encased in burnished chrome, adorned with a mesh grill, her red-studded knobs gleaming like taillights at the drive-in. The 1955 Tappan microwave oven, one of ...

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 ...

Soon after my mom and dad had their first kid (my older sister), they purchased their very first microwave. It was a big deal. This was the late 1970s, and microwaves had just started being ...