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Electric stove
Stove with an integrated electrical heating device to cook and bake
An electric stove, electric cooker or electric range is a stove with an integrated electrical heating device to cook and bake.
Electric stoves became popular as replacements for solid-fuel (wood or coal) stoves which required more labor to operate and maintain. Some modern stoves come in a unit with built-in extractor hoods.
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The stove's one or more "burners" (heating elements) may be controlled by a rotary switch with a finite number of positions; or may have an "infinite switch" called a simmerstat that allows constant variability between minimum and maximum heat settings.
Some stove burners and controls incorporate thermostats.[citation needed]
History
Early patents
On September 20, 1859, George B. Simpson was awarded US patent #25532 for an 'electro-heater' surface heated by a platinum-wire coil powered by batteries.
In his words, useful to "warm rooms, boil water