Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1881 — New Cooking Utensil. [ARTICLE]

New Cooking Utensil.

The ordinary range and cook-stove in which the fire box is placed at the side of the oven, or in which the proceeds of combustion' pass over the top, have the disadvantage of an irregularly heated oven. The sides and top are hotter than the bottom and ends or other side, and as a result the bread or other food is improperly cooked—perhaps burned at top while badly done at the bottom. To correct this defect in ovens a simple appliance has been devised for causing the air in the oven to circulate, and thus carry the heat obtained by radiation to all parts of the oven. A sheet of metal, bent into the form of the top and one side of the oven, is supported on wire standards and placed in the oven. In the narrow space between the sheet metal and the hot side and top of the oven the air is heated more than in the main body of the oven, and by expansion it rises and moves over the top of the oven toward the cooler walls. The arrangement, simple as it is, appears to be founded on a good idea, and is re-

ported to work well in practice. The apparatus examined was portable, and is designed to be put in the oven by the cook whenever an even heat is needed.— Century Magazine.