Microwave gets more use than oven

Wed., Dec. 15, 2004

From wire reports

95 — Percentage of Americans who own at least one microwave

59 — Percentage of Americans who use their microwave just as often as, if not more than, their range.

Sources: 7th anual rport of the U.S. Appliance Industry, released September 2004 (Appliance Magazine); Virginia Tech’s Center for Real Life Kitchen Design

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