This is a timeline of culinary technologies.
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. 780,000 BP - Cooking - see: Control of fire by early humans. 250,000 BP - hearths. 22,500 BP - Fish hook - Okinawa Island, Japan. 18,300 BP - Pottery - Xianrendong and Yuchanyan caves, China. 6600 BC - Clay Oven - Çatalhöyük, Turkey. 6600-6000 BC - Spoon, Turkey. 6500–5500 BC - Butter churn - Beersheba culture, Negev, Israel. 6400-5900 BC - Non-Stick Husking Tray - Mesopotamia. 6000 BC - Copper knife - Old Copper complex, North America. 5000-4000 BC - Food steamer (yan) - Banpo culture, China. 3500-3300 BC - Beaten and riveted copper alloy Cauldrons - Maykop culture, Caucasus. 2800 BC - Soap and Lye - Babylon (Iraq). 2600 BC - Barrel - Egypt. 2500 BC - Wine cork - Egypt. 1900-1500 BC - Ding (cast bronze cauldron) - Erlitou culture, China. 1766–1122 BC - Chopsticks - Shang dynasty, China. 1766-1122 BC - Fork- Shang dynasty, China or Mycenaean Greece. 1700 BC - Cookbook - Akkadian tablets. 1500 BC - Glass bottle - Mesopotamia. 1000 BC - Ash glazeware - Shang dynasty, China. 750 BC - Cast iron cookware - China. 700 BC - Grater - Greece. 5th-4th century BC - Bain-marie - Greece. 4th-3rd century BC - Flour producing Watermills - Turkey / Iran. 210 BC - Kitchen stove - Qin dynasty, China. c.206 BC - Tea strainer - Han dynasty, China. 70 AD - Gridiron (craticula) - Pompeii, Italy. 5th century - Fireplace fireback - China. 7th-9th century - Panemone windmill - Iran. 12th century - Waffle Iron - France. 13 Jun 1475 - First Printed Cookbook: "De honesta voluptate et valetudine" - Bartolomeo Platina, Italy. 15th century - Greensand cast, brass, cookware (Dinanderie) - Meuse Valley, Low Countries. 1679 - Pressure cooker - Denis Papin, UK. 1681 - Corkscrew - UK. 18th century - Larkspit / Bar-Grate Toaster / Wire toasting frame - UK. 1707 - Green sand, thin walled, Cast iron Cookware - patented Abraham Darby I, UK. 1764 - Vitreous enamel (coated cast iron pots) - Königsbronn, Germany. 1770s - Carbonated water (Soda water) - William Brownrigg, Henry Cavendish, Joseph Priestley, and Johann Jacob Schweppe, UK. 1772 - Canned food - Dutch Navy, Netherlands. 1782-89 - Coffee filter (blotting paper in a metal cone) - Johann Georg Krünitz, Germany. 1786 - Threshing machine - Andrew Meikle, UK. 1795 - Drip coffee - François-Antoine-Henri Descroizilles, France. 1795-1805 - Cast Iron Kitchen stove (Rumford roaster) - Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, UK. 1799 - Coffee grinder - Richard Dearmann, UK. 1813 - Early coffee percolator maker - Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, UK. 1817 - Cardboard carton (Paperboard) - UK. 1819 - Coffee percolator - Joseph-Henry-Marie Laurens, France. 1820 - Pastry bag - Marie-Antoine Carême, France. 1826 - Gas Stove - patented James Sharp, UK. 1830s - Wire Whisk - France. 1833 - Coal fueled Kitchen stove - Jordan Mott, US. 1834 - Icemaker - Jacob Perkins, UK. 1842 - Pepper mill - Peugeot, France. 1843 - Baking powder - Alfred Bird, UK. 1845 - High pressure water Taps - Edward Chrimes, UK. 1847 - Parchment paper - Jean-André Poumarède and Louis Figuier, France. 1850s - Plumbed Kitchen Sink - UK. 1850 - Hand cranked Dishwasher - patented Joel Houghton, US. 1855 - Can opener - patented Robert Yeates, UK. 1856 - Hand mixer - patented Ralph Collier, US. 1858 - Screw-capped glass Mason Jar - patented John Landis Mason, US. 1859 - Electric Kitchen stove - patented George B. Simpson, US. 1859 - Rotary egg beater - patented J.F. and E.P. Monroe, US. 1861 - Rice polisher - patented Sampson Moore, UK. 1860s - Curd cutter and Press (Cheddar process) - Joseph Harding, UK. 1879 - Hand pumped, vaccum, Milking - patented Anna Baldwin, USA. 1884 - Espresso machine - patented Angelo Moriondo, Italy. 1885 - Popcorn maker - Charles Cretors, US. 1885 - Electric mixer - patented Rufus Eastman, US. 1885 - Rice huller - Evaristo Conrado Engelberg, Brazil. 1887 - Electric water boiler - induction heater, patented Ferranti, UK. 1880s - Primus stove - patented Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, Sweden. 1890-91 - Electric Kettle - UK / US. 1892 - Vacuum Flask - James Dewar, UK. 1893 - Electric Toaster - Crompton & Company, UK. 1894 - Aluminium cookware - Wagner Manufacturing Company, US. 1894 - Centrifugal Milk Separator - patented Gustaf de Laval, Sweden. 1897 - Electric Oven - patented Thomas Ahearn, Canada. 1903 - Tea bag - patented Roberta Lawson and Mary McLaren, US. 1904 - Paper plate - patented Mouritz P. Toepfer, US. 1906 - Induction Stove - patented Arthur F. Berry, UK. 1906 - Cardboard Egg carton - Thomas Peter Bethell, UK. 1908 - Paper Coffee filter - patented Melitta Bentz, Germany. 1910 - Aluminium foil - Dr. Lauber, Neher & Cie, Switzerland. 1912 - Egg slicer - patented Willy Abel, Germany. 1913-15 - Residential refrigerators (DOMELRE) - Frederick William Wolf Jr., US. 1913-15 - Martensitic stainless steel cutlery and cookware - Harry Brearley, Sheffield, UK. 1915 - Jena glass / Pyrex Borosilicate glassware - Otto Schott, Germany. 1917 - Modern Automatic milking - Norman Daysh, New Zealand. 1921 - Popup toaster - patented Charles Perkins Strite, US. 1922 - Thermostat controlled oven - Radiation Ltd, UK. 1922 - Blender - patented Stephen Poplawski, US. 1923 - Electric Rice Cooker - Mitsubishi Electric, Japan. 1923 - Flash freezing - Clarence Birdseye, US. 1924 - Pie iron sandwich toaster - patented Charles V. Champion, US. 1926 - Kitchen hood (Extractor Hood) - patented Theodore R. N. Gerdes, US. 1927 - Automatic Bread Slicer - patented Otto Frederick Rohwedder, US. 1929 - Electric Dishwasher - Miele, Germany. 1937 - Televised cookery show (Cook's Night Out) - Marcel Boulestin, BBC, UK. 1938 - Tupperware containers - Earl Tupper, US. 1939 - bi-metallic Meat thermometer - George E Ford, Rochester Manufacturing Co. Inc, US. 1940s - Vacuum packing - US. 1945 - Convection oven (Fan assisted) - W. L. Maxson, US. 1946 - Food Processor - Starmix, Germany. 1947 - Microwave oven - patented by Percy LaBaron Spencer, US. 1949 - Preformed Aluminium Tray / Carton - Albert and Meyer Bernstein, US. 1949 - Frozen ready meal - Albert and Meyer Bernstein, US. 1949 - Plastic wrap (Saran) - patented Ralph Wiley, Dow Chemicals, US. 1955 - Automatic Kettle - Russell Hobbs, UK. 1955 - Automatic Rice Cooker - Toshiba, Japan. 1956 - Non-Stick TEFlon pans - Tefal / Marc Grégoire, France or Fissler, Germany. 1958-1962 - Stay-On and Ring-Pull aluminium Drink can - patented Anthony Bajada, and Ermal C. Fraze, US. 1963 - Domestic Vacuum sealer - Karl Busch, Germany. 1965 - Silicone baking mat - Guy Demarle, France. 1963-69 - Tetra Brik Aseptic, plastic coated paper liquids carton - Erik Wallenberg and Ruben Rausing, Sweden. 1972 - Consumer, Cool Top 2, Induction stove - Bill Moreland and Terry Malarkey, Westinghouse, US. 1973 - PET (plastic) drinks bottle - patented Nathaniel Wyeth, DuPont, US. 2007 - Non-stick Silicone dioxide coated cookware - Greenpan Thermolon™ - The Cookware Company, Belgium. 2008 - Non-Stick Silicone coated cookware - AkzoNobel + Tramontina, Netherlands / Brazil. 2010 - Air fryer - Fred Van der Weij's, Netherlands.
See also Timeline of food Kitchenware List of cooking appliances List of cooking vessels
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