Which appliance is a canadian invention

A whole chicken in 25 minutes. And if you like curry, you can make the most delicious curries with incredible flavours in 15 minutes. You can even make cheesecake in your Instant Pot! Skip to main content. Search Sign-in. The pair realized that the speed of a pressure cooker could solve the time-crunch so many families experience when it comes time to make dinner at the end of the workday.

But old-school pressure cookers had to be watched, and they could explode if not monitored and adjusted properly. Wang and Qin developed a "smart" device with multiple sensors — to ensure the lid is sealed properly, that the pressure is perfect, and to guarantee food won't burn. And of course they added Bluetooth, so that consumers can control and monitor the pot remotely. Americans caught on to the Instant Pot well before most Canadians. The momentum south of the border started in , helped along by food bloggers and influencers who were recruited to use the Instant Pot.

Word spread quickly that the device did all it promised, and by that summer Wang saw his invention become a "category No. During Prime Day in — Amazon's summer sales event for its Prime members — Wang was overwhelmed by demand, and didn't have enough inventory. This summer he made sure the company was better prepared and able to fill every order. Now Canadians are starting to catch on, too. This year, Instant Pot hit the No. It's developed its fan base just through word of mouth, which is incredible.

But could the Instant Pot craze fade fast, and become just another over-sized gadget gathering dust in a closet — along with the bread-making machine and waffle iron? Wang believes the device is still in its infancy, citing a statistic that only five per cent of North American households have a device similar to the Instant Pot.

That's our objective, putting an Instant Pot in every kitchen. He also says the company has a "large cache of new products" ready to be launched starting in , but is tight-lipped about what they will be. Ancient times: Ancient Egyptians, Jews and Romans and probably other civilizations all employed some form of stone or brick oven fired with wood to bake bread.

Colonial America: Imagine trying to bake a cake without being able to precisely gauge or control the temperature. It had a single fire source yet the temperature could be regulated individually for several pots at the same time, all while heating the room, too. Its biggest drawback was that it was too large for modest home kitchens.

But it took another three decades for the first commercially produced gas stove, designed by Englishman James Sharp, to hit the market. The stoves became popular by the end of that century for being easier to regulate and requiring less upkeep than wood or coal stoves. He experimented further with microwave radiation and realized that it could cook food more quickly than through the application of heat.