Kitchen of the future

[petek]

I want a robot like this one.

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[hydralique]

My Kitchen of the Future . . .

looks a little more like this. I actually removed the same copper Chambers electric wall oven from my parent's house last weekend. It works, but they're replacing both ovens (the other being a later Chambers self-cleaning unit) to have something newer and make room for a built-in microwave. Don't know what to do with it, and boy is it heavy . . . my back is still sore. Wish the rest of their kitchen was this cool!

 

[jamman_98]

The Kitchen of the Future - 1975 (1960 copyright)

I have a book called - I think - The World of 1975 copyright 1960.

Joe
jamman_98

 

[jamman_98]

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Another view

 

[jamman_98]

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Another view

 

[jamman_98]

Pic #4

Last one

 

[petek]

ahhh that's how I wished my kitchen looked like as well in that Chambers ad. It probably was sort of like that originally in 1958,,same ceiling, beams etc and there was a wall oven at one time.. but the previous owner gutted it and put in a Home Depot generic oak kitchen cabinetry. There was also matching wood like that on a wall above the brick fireplace, she removed all of that inclding the fireplace in her destruction of all things 50's and her failed attempt to make the place look traditional. I'm putting it back eventually.

 

[sudsmaster]

Little did those dreamers of 1960 realize that by 1975 new American kitchens would be all about earth tones, brass, ferns, country scenes, harvest gold, and Americana accents. The biggest thrill in the kitchen would be the automatic drip coffee maker, and maybe a self-cleaning wall oven or two.

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

 

[hunter]

and who would ever guess...

that by 2010 folks spend 100,000 remodeling their kitchens and always eat out ?

(I am looking to spend < 10,000 on mine and never eat out - or at least, not often. Not making a value judgement, but that doesn't work for me).

 

[lordkenmore]

"and who would ever guess...that by 2010 folks spend 100,000 remodeling their kitchens and always eat out ?"

And when not eating out, most people haul something from the freezer and defrost in the microwave!

It's not my place to judge a person's decision to spend a fortune on a kitchen which is never used. But, in general, doing so seems pointless to me.

I have cooked for years. The amount of cooking and complexity has varied wildly. The funny thing is that the most active cooking era in my life was when I was stuck with the worst kitchen I have ever used. (No counter space. Horribly substandard wiring. Stove highly dysfunctional.) When I had what many would consider the best kitchen I've ever had available (which still fell VERY short of that 100K kitchen!), I was ironically doing the least--and the least--complicated cooking.