The first publically available microwaves used 5 kilowatts of electricity, four times as much as modern day microwaves.

The first commercially available microwave was made by Raytheon and weighed 750 pounds.

The company that gave us our beloved, deceased oven, Admiral Microwaves Ltd., was formed in 1992.

In 1967, the Amana company produced the first popular home countertop microwave, the Radarange. It retailed for $495, the equivalent of $3,513 now.

The cost of microwaves has dropped so much in the past 25 years that we could easily wrap up this goofy campaign if one single donor would just fork over $125. That would save us a lot of donor recognition work on the back end…