Electricity : lighting, heating, cooking and power : Smoke Abatement Exhibition, 1910.

Date:
1910
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Credit: Electricity : lighting, heating, cooking and power : Smoke Abatement Exhibition, 1910. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Avoid opening Door when Cooking, the oven above described. Size—Height, 17J; depth, 13; breadth, 13, sufficient to cook for 10 to 12 persons. Lancashire Electric Oven (Gray’s system), made by Bertram Thomas, Ltd. Some novel features are introduced into this oven. It is provided with a thermometer, which is undoubtedly an advantage. As the oven is illuminated, there is no need to open the door until the cooking is completed. The oven heater is at the bottom, and the hot air generated by it is led by means of baffle-plates through a flue up the back of the oven to the top, thus the hot air strikes the food from the top, which is recognised as the correct method. The oven is provided with a switch, such that when put into a certain position the temperature can be raised quickly to that desired, and then by changing over to another position (taking a much less current) the temperature can be kept constant, as there is no loss due to radiation, owing to the non-conducting material fixed round the oven. The Silundum Ovens, by Simplex Conduits Co., are the result of years of experimenting, and have a high working efficiency, the whole being a first-class production. These are made in various sizes :—■ Internal Dimensions. Consumpt per hour. 20 high X 13 X 10^, - units. 24 high X 16 X 13, - 2“ 26 high X 20 X 18, - 3 >> The grills are supplied separately with a consumpt of one unit per hour, the formation of the apparatus allowing also a boiling operation to be performed at the same time as grilling, ordinary kitchen utensils being used. The Bastian Oven is simply constructed, having a sheet metal case 18'' x 12 x I3T^ broad, sufficiently strong lor the w'ork required of it. The case or metal cupboard is made to fit over a hot plate 1.']'' x 14. fliiee switches control the heating, wLich it is possible to grade to four heats. The hot plate is available for boiling and toasting, and has a consumption of current ranging from ^ to li units per hour. Economise by Using