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The Accident That Changed How Humanity Cooks: A Melted Chocolate Bar and the Microwave Revolution
A self-taught Raytheon engineer named Percy Spencer is standing in front of an active military radar magnetron. He reaches into his pocket — and finds his chocolate bar has melted.
Most people would have changed their pants. Percy Spencer invented a new way to cook food.
In this episode of Hidden History with Aiden Thomas, we trace the microwave from a wartime radar accident through Spencer's wild experiments with popcorn kernels and exploding eggs.
Raytheon's first commercial microwave — the 1947 "Radarange" — stood six feet tall, weighed over 700 pounds, and cost the price of a small house…
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