If engineer Dr Percy Spencer hadn’t been walking around with a chocolate bar in his pocket, we might never have had the luxury of microwave cooking. In 1946, Spencer was working with the Raytheon
Corporation trying to improve the radar systems used during World War II. One day, while he was standing in front of a magnetron (used to provide power to the radars), Spencer realised that the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. Getting excited by the possibilities, he placed some popcorn and eggs in front of the magnetron and voila, the popcorn popped and the eggs burst. He got engineers at Raytheon to work on the idea and soon enough the first microwaves, known as Radarange, were sold priced at about $2000. It wasn’t until the ‘70s that the countertop microwaves as we see them today were made available.
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Corporation trying to improve the radar systems used during World War II. One day, while he was standing in front of a magnetron (used to provide power to the radars), Spencer realised that the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. Getting excited by the possibilities, he placed some popcorn and eggs in front of the magnetron and voila, the popcorn popped and the eggs burst. He got engineers at Raytheon to work on the idea and soon enough the first microwaves, known as Radarange, were sold priced at about $2000. It wasn’t until the ‘70s that the countertop microwaves as we see them today were made available.
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