To scale down to household size, Raytheon bought an appliance company called Amana Refrigeration in 1965, which allowed it to create and release the first countertop microwave oven for around $500 ...

This is how Raytheon began experimenting with microwaves (the waves) to create the first microwave ... than gas ovens. A first time for the product, but certainly not the last. Amana Corporation ...