The 1920s are known as “The Roaring Twenties” and “The Jazz Age.” Another fitting moniker for the 1920s could be “The Home Appliance Decade.” Central heating and kitchen equipment were improving, and the decade saw them finding their way into more and more homes.
Historically, the same equipment had been used for both providing warmth for a dwelling and to cook food. In the 1800s, there were such things called heating stoves that warmed a room. By the 1920s, homes generally had one appliance for heating and another for cooking. The old connection between stoves used for heating and those used for cooking can be seen in the fact that Scientific American Home-Owners Hand-book from 1924 refers to a furnace as a stove.