Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 118. Chapters: Auto reignition, Bamboo stove, Barbecue, Barbecue grill, Beehive oven, Brasero (heater), Bread machine, Burjiko, Butane torch, Chambers stove, Chorkor oven, Clome oven, Coffeemaker, Coffee percolator, Comal (cookware), Combi steamer, Communal oven, Community Cooker, Convection microwave, Convection oven, Cook stove, Corn roaster, Crepe maker, Deep fryer, Earth oven, Electric cooker, Electric match, Electric stove, Energy Regulator (stove), Field kitchen, Fire pot, Flattop grill, Food steamer, Foukou, Gas stove, Haybox, Hibachi, Hoang C m stove, Hobo stove, Horno, Hot Box (appliance), Hot plate, Induction cooking, Kamado, Kettle, Kitchener range, Kitchen stove, Kujiejun, Kyoto box, Lo Trau, Masonry oven, Mess kit, Microwave oven, Multi-fuel stove, Popcorn maker, Primus stove, Red Cross stove, Reflector oven, Remoska, Rice cooker, Rice polisher, Roasting jack, Rocket mass heater, Rocket stove, Russian oven, Sabbath mode, Samovar, Sandwich toaster, Self-cleaning oven, Shichirin, Sigri (stove), Slow cooker, Solar cooker, Soy milk maker, Susceptor, Tabun oven, Tandoor, Tangia, Tea stove, Thermal immersion circulator, Tommy cooker, Trojan Room coffee pot, Turkey fryer, Vacuum fryer, Waffle iron, Wood-burning stove, Wood-fired oven. Excerpt: A microwave oven, often colloquially shortened to microwave, is a kitchen appliance that heats food by bombarding it with electromagnetic radiation in the microwave spectrum causing polarized molecules in the food to rotate and build up thermal energy in a process known as dielectric heating. Microwave ovens heat foods quickly and efficiently because excitation is fairly uniform in the outer of a dense (high water content) food item; food is more evenly heated throughout (except in thick, dense objects) than generally occurs in other cooking techniques. Percy Spencer invented the...