On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:28:52 -0600, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On 01/31/2017 05:17 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:

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I remember electric stoves with 120V outlets on the control panel.

For plugging in mixers etc?


I suppose, although behind a hot cooking vessel wouldn't be the best
place to have a receptacle. My grandmother used to have a stove like
that, although I don't remember her ever using the receptacle.

I think the idea came from the olden days when there were never enough
receptacles in the kitchen. They are not as common now.