What is Kitchen stove?
[[File:Iron stove.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Traditional iron stove]] [[File:Kitchen stove and cabinets.jpg|thumb|A stove that would be commonly found in a home today]] A '''kitchen stove''', '''cooking stove''', '''cookstove''', or '''cooker''' is a [[Home appliance|kitchen appliance]] designed for [[cooking]] food. Stoves use [[heat transfer#Conduction|direct heat]] for cooking and have an [[oven]] for [[baking]]. The design uses wood, [[coke (fuel)|coke]] or [[anthracite]] for fuel. The basic idea is that the stove completely encloses the fire inside its iron body. There are still many traditional stoves made, which burn [[wood]] or solid [[fuel]]. Many also have back boilers for domestic heating. Gas stoves are different, because they have open flames on top of the stove, whereas the original stoves have hidden flames. Modern [[gas]] stoves were developed already in the 1820s, but these were isolated experiments. At the [[Great Exhibition]] in [[London]] in 1851, a gas stove was shown, but only in the 1880s did this technology start to become a commercial success. The main factor in this delay was the slow growth of the gas pipe network. Gas and electric stoves have largely replaced solid fuel stoves. == Related pages == *[[AGA cooker]] == References == {{reflist}} {{Home appliances}} [[Category:Cooking appliances]] [[Category:Home appliances]] [[Category:Commercial kitchen equipment]]