Timeline of culinary technologies
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Timeline of culinary technologies
Earliest attested dates, inventors, or locations, for culinary technologies.
- 3,000,000 BP - Stone tools, through the Millstone, Metate & Mano, and Quern-stone.[6][7]
- 780,000 BP - Cooking - see: Control of fire by early humans.[8]
- 18,300 BP - Pottery - Xianrendong and Yuchanyan caves, China.[9][10][11]
- 6600 BC - Clay Oven - Çatalhöyük, Turkey.[8]
- 6600-6000 BC - Spoon, Turkey.[12]
- 6500–5500 BC - Butter churn - Beersheba culture, Negev, Israel.[13]
- 6400-5900 BC - Non-Stick Husking Tray - Mesopotamia.[14][15][16]
- 6000 BC - Copper knife - Old Copper complex, North America.[17]
- 5000-4000 BC - Food steamer (yan) - Banpo culture, China.[18]
- 3500-3300 BC - Beaten and riveted copper alloy Cauldrons - Maykop culture, Caucasus.[19][20]
- 2600 BC - Barrel - Egypt.[21]
- 2500 BC - Wine cork - Egypt.[22]
- 1900-1500 BC - Ding (cast bronze cauldron) - Erlitou culture, China.[23]
- 1766–1122 BC - Chopsticks - Shang dynasty, China.[24]
- 1766-1122 BC - Fork- Shang dynasty, China[25] or Mycenaean Greece.[26]
- 1700 BC - Cookbook - Akkadian tablets.[27][11]
- 1500 BC - Glass bottle - Mesopotamia.[28]
- 1000 BC - Ash glazeware - Shang dynasty, China.[29]
- 750 BC - Cast iron cookware - China.[30]
- 700 BC - Grater - Greece.[31]
- 5th-4th century BC - Bain-marie - Greece.[32]
- 4th-3rd century BC - Flour producing Watermills - Turkey / Iran.[33]
- 210 BC - Kitchen stove - Qin dynasty, China.[34]
- c.206 BC - Tea strainer - Han dynasty, China.[35]
- 70 AD - Gridiron (craticula) - Pompeii, Italy.[36]
- 5th century - Fireplace fireback - China.[37]
- 7th-9th century - Panemone windmill - Iran.[38]
- 12th century - Waffle Iron - France.[39][40]
- 13 Jun 1475 - First Printed Cookbook: "De honesta voluptate et valetudine" - Bartolomeo Platina, Italy.[41]
- 15th century - Greensand cast, brass, cookware (Dinanderie[42]) - Meuse Valley, Low Countries.[43][44]
- 1679 - Pressure cooker - Denis Papin, UK.[45][5]
- 1681 - Corkscrew - UK.[46]
- 18th century - Larkspit / Bar-Grate Toaster / Wire toasting frame - UK.[47]
- 1707 - Green sand, thin walled, Cast iron Cookware - patented Abraham Darby I, UK.[48]
- 1764 - Vitreous enamel-coated cast iron pots - Königsbronn, Germany.[49][50][51]
- 1772 - Canned food - Dutch Navy, Netherlands.[52]
- 1782-89 - Coffee filter (blotting paper in a metal cone) - Johann Georg Krünitz, Germany.[53]
- 1786 - Threshing machine - Andrew Meikle, UK.[5]
- 1795 - Drip coffee - François-Antoine-Henri Descroizilles, France.[54]
- 1795-1805 - Cast Iron Kitchen stove (Rumford roaster) - Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, UK.[5]
- 1799 - Coffee grinder - Richard Dearmann, UK.[55][56]
- 1813 - Early coffee percolator maker - Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, UK.[57][54]
- 1819 - Coffee percolator - Joseph-Henry-Marie Laurens, France.[58]
- 1826 - Gas Stove - patented James Sharp, UK.[59]
- 1830s - Wire Whisk - France.[60]
- 1833 - Coal fueled Kitchen stove - Jordan Mott, USA.[61]
- 1834 - Icemaker - Jacob Perkins, UK.[62]
- 1842 - Pepper mill - Peugeot, France.[63]
- 1845 - High pressure water Taps - Edward Chrimes, UK.[64]
- 1850s - Plumbed Kitchen Sink - UK.[65]
- 1850 - Hand cranked Dishwasher - patented Joel Houghton, USA.[66]
- 1855 - Can opener - patented Robert Yeates, UK.[67]
- 1856 - Hand mixer - patented Ralph Collier, USA.[68]
- 1858 - Screw-capped glass Mason Jar - patented John Landis Mason, USA.[69]
- 1859 - Electric Kitchen stove - patented George B. Simpson, USA.[70]
- 1859 - Rotary egg beater - patented J.F. and E.P. Monroe, USA.[71]
- 1861 - Rice polisher - patented Sampson Moore, UK.[72]
- 1884 - Espresso machine - patented Angelo Moriondo, Italy.[73]
- 1885 - Popcorn maker - Charles Cretors, USA.[74]
- 1885 - Electric mixer - patented Rufus Eastman, USA.[68]
- 1885 - Rice huller - Evaristo Conrado Engelberg, Brazil.[72]
- 1887 - Electric water boiler - induction heater, patented Ferranti, UK.[75]
- 1880s - Primus stove - patented Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, Sweden.[76]
- 1890-91 - Electric Kettle - UK / USA.[77]
- 1892 - Vacuum Flask - James Dewar, UK.[78]
- 1893 - Electric Toaster - Crompton & Company, UK.[79]
- 1894 - Aluminium cookware - Wagner Manufacturing Company, USA.[80]
- 1894 - Centrifugal Milk Separator - patented Gustaf de Laval, Sweden.[81]
- 1897 - Electric Oven - patented Thomas Ahearn, Canada.[82]
- 1903 - Tea bag - patented Roberta Lawson and Mary McLaren, USA.[83][5]
- 1906 - Induction Stove - patented Arthur F. Berry, UK.[84]
- 1908 - Paper Coffee filter - patented Melitta Bentz, Germany.[85]
- 1910 - Aluminium foil - Dr. Lauber, Neher & Cie, Switzerland.[5]
- 1912 - Egg slicer - patented Willy Abel, Germany.[86]
- 1913-15 - Residential refrigerators (DOMELRE) - Frederick William Wolf Jr., USA.[87]
- 1913-15 - Martensitic stainless steel cutlery and cookware - Harry Brearley, Sheffield, UK.[88]
- 1915 - Jena glass / Pyrex Borosilicate glassware - Otto Schott, Germany.[89]
- 1921 - Popup toaster - patented Charles Perkins Strite, USA.[90]
- 1922 - Blender - patented Stephen Poplawski, USA.[91]
- 1923 - Electric Rice Cooker - Mitsubishi Electric, Japan.[92]
- 1924 - Pie iron sandwich toaster - patented Charles V. Champion, USA.[5]
- 1926 - Kitchen hood (Extractor Hood) - patented Theodore R. N. Gerdes, USA.[5]
- 1927 - Automatic Bread Slicer - patented Otto Frederick Rohwedder, USA.[93]
- 1929 - Electric Dishwasher - Miele, Germany.[94]
- 1937 - Televised cookery show (Cook's Night Out) - Marcel Boulestin, BBC, UK.[95]
- 1938 - Tupperware containers - Earl Tupper, USA.[96]
- 1945 - Convection oven (Fan assisted) - W. L. Maxson, USA.[97]
- 1946 - Food Processor - Starmix, Germany.[5]
- 1947 - Microwave oven - patented by Percy LaBaron Spencer, USA.[98]
- 1949 - Plastic wrap (Saran) - patented Ralph Wiley, Dow Chemicals, USA.[99]
- 1955 - Automatic Kettle - Russell Hobbs, UK.[100]
- 1955 - Automatic Rice Cooker - Toshiba, Japan.[92][5]
- 1956 - Non-Stick TEFlon pans - Tefal / Marc Grégoire, France or Fissler, Germany.[101][5][102]
- 1965 - Silicone baking mat - Guy Demarle, France.[103]
- 2007 - Non-Stick Silicone dioxide coated cookware - Greenpan Thermolon™ - The Cookware Company, Belgium.[102]
- 2008 - Non-Stick Silicone coated cookware - AkzoNobel + Tramontina, Netherlands / Brazil.[104]
- 2010 - Air fryer - Fred Van der Weij's, Netherlands.[105]