"There were no 'challenges'-simply everything was a goddamn problem that needed to be solved"Īt 12 he got a job at the spool mill one town over. "There were no 'challenges,' simply everything was a goddamn problem that needed to be solved. "Gramps was loud, wanted to make everything happen at all times," the inventor's grandson George "Rod" Spencer Jr. The true story is that it was invented utterly by accident one fateful day more than 70 years ago, when a Raytheon engineer named Percy Spencer was testing a military-grade magnetron and suddenly realized his snack had melted. But what you might not know about this indispensable kitchen appliance is when the microwave was invented.
The microwave is beloved for its speed and ease of use. There's a microwave in 90 percent of American homes, and they're heating everything from popcorn to pork rinds in a hurry. The humming that terminates in a "BEEP." Today the sights, sounds, and smells of the microwave oven are immediately familiar to most Americans.
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