Did everyone watch the popular TV series "Fan Hua" recently?

In addition to the bustling traffic on the Yellow River Road and the counter-attack life plot of A Bao, many people also noticed that there were many iconic electrical appliances from the 1980s and 1990s in the drama, such as big brother big, water heater, black and white TV, etc., which awakened many people's memories of their youth.

Undoubtedly, these electrical appliances with characteristics of the times have greatly changed the way people lived at that time. With the tide of the times rolling forward, these electrical appliances have all lost their glory of the past.

Some of them were unfortunately eliminated because they couldn't keep up with the trend, while others were luckier, and after being updated and iterated, they continued to serve the people in a new look.

For example, the big brother big has become a mobile phone, the black and white TV has become an LCD TV, and the traditional smoke stove has been replaced by an integrated stove... The reason why electrical products are constantly updated is due to people's constant higher expectations and needs for the quality of life.

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Among the many types of electrical products, kitchen electrical products can not only cook delicious food, but also are related to the survival of warmth and fullness, and the development trend is particularly concerned. To this day, when we talk about why the new type of kitchen electrical product, the integrated stove, can be popular in modern kitchens, the development of the times has already given the answer.

01 The wind comes from the ocean, and the imported electrical appliances enter the Chinese market.

As early as the 1940s and 1950s, the kitchen of residents was often equipped with candles and kerosene lamps, using brick stoves, chimneys built along the walls, and burning large pots of rice with firewood, which was full of smoke and fire when cooking.With the introduction of imported electrical appliances into the domestic market, and the intensified support of reform and opening up policies along with the West-to-East Electricity Transmission, the kitchen gradually saw the emergence of cooking tools that use electricity for cooking.

In the classic film "In the Mood for Love" directed by Wong Kar-wai, there is an impressive scene: in Hong Kong in the 1960s, the female protagonist, Su Li Zhen, played by Maggie Cheung, receives an electric rice cooker brought back from Japan by her husband. The neighbors, while watching, are eager to buy one, marveling at the convenience and speed of cooking with it, and realizing that they no longer need to frequently watch the fire on the stove.

As Japanese white goods quickly became popular worldwide, the spring breeze of reform and opening up also gradually popularized imported range hoods in residents' kitchens. In 1984, the first exhaust-type range hood in mainland China was successfully trial-produced in Shanghai. By the end of the 1980s, the annual production of range hoods exceeded 1.3 million units, initially solving the problem of cooking fumes and allowing people to taste the sweetness of a smoke-free kitchen for the first time.

By the end of the 1990s and the early 21st century, during the rapid development of urbanization, kitchen appliances began to take on a variety of forms. In addition to basic range hoods and stoves, a variety of novel products were developed, which made a qualitative leap in the public's cooking methods.

The microwave oven was extremely popular in the 1990s, allowing the working class to eat hot meals in just one or two minutes, better adapting to the fast-paced life.

Subsequently, the oven also entered thousands of households, and baked foods appeared on the dining table, making the life of the petty bourgeoisie accessible to the general public overnight.

Air fryers, bread machines, coffee machines, and other exquisite home appliances continue to emerge, making people clearly feel that new-style kitchen appliances have entered a prosperous period of "a hundred flowers blooming." A variety of kitchen utensils also make people dazzled.

02 New Era, New Problems, Residents' Needs Have New ChangesWhile enjoying the novel cooking experiences brought by kitchen appliances, people have gradually realized that the kitchen is not just about cooking well; it should also have further quality improvement in its practical attributes—having professional cooking effects, a pleasant cooking experience, and an aesthetically pleasing space.

To achieve these, the first consideration is how to harmoniously match various appliances together, making the purchasing process more convenient, the usage process more easy and smooth, and the layout more scientifically reasonable.

To meet these consumer demands, the kitchen appliance market has seen a comprehensive upgrade in recent years, with suite and integrated kitchen appliances becoming popular in the market. Integrated stoves have become the most popular products, not only enhancing the professionalism of cooking performance but also bringing more possibilities to the kitchen space and layout.

Unlike traditional standalone appliances, integrated stoves have introduced the concept of integrated design, not only combining the basic range hood and gas stove, but also concentrating multifunctional appliances that originally occupied kitchen space, such as ovens, steamers, air fryers, etc., within 1 square meter.

Such product design makes the kitchen look more tidy and spacious, while also making the kitchen's functions more complete, allowing multiple dishes to be cooked together, breaking the previous contradictory psychology towards multifunctional appliances, and making the cooking process more relaxed and enjoyable.

In addition, in terms of dealing with fumes, integrated stoves have made significant improvements compared to traditional range hoods.

Take the popular Marsman X5 Pro integrated stove on the market as an example, it has achieved a cruising air volume of 25 cubic meters per minute and a maximum static pressure of 1200pa, with extremely strong suction power. At the same time, it can automatically monitor fumes and intelligently adjust the fan speed to achieve fully automatic and precise fume control, completely solving the fume problems in the kitchen.In this way, it brings new opportunities for kitchen design and spatial layout. It can be designed into an open kitchen with a more open view and stronger interactive properties.

From the back-to-back cooking in traditional kitchens to the face-to-face cooking under the support of integrated stove appliances. The change in a turn makes the person cooking feel accompanied. At this time, cooking is not only to fill the stomach, but also can provide the emotional value of a good life.

And these are exactly the urgent needs of modern people.

So, when we look back at the nearly hundred years of the development history of kitchen appliances, we can find that with the improvement of the quality of life of residents, kitchen appliances have a very clear path of development from simple cooking tools to the electrical age and then to the integrated age.

It can be foreseen that as the times continue to advance, people's yearning and pursuit of a good kitchen will only increase. In the future, we will also see more kitchen appliances that are worth looking forward to in terms of iterative evolution.