Two years later, Raytheon launched the RadaRange as the first commercial microwave oven, which cost $5,000 at the time ($52,628 in 2015 dollars), weighed 750 pounds, and stood just shy of six feet ...
In 1946, the RadaRange, the first commercial microwave, was sold to restaurants and other establishments. It was 6-feet tall and 750 pounds and sold for around $5,000. Less than a decade later ...