Long ago, people cooked food over fires 🔥! They used big stones or dug holes in the ground to make a fire. Then, they put pots or food right on the fire or hot stones to cook. Sometimes, they even wrapped food in leaves and put it in the fire to make it yummy! 🍖
People also used clay ovens or baked bread on hot rocks. It was like a big outdoor kitchen! 🌿
Before stoves, people cooked using open fires, clay ovens, and even hot stones! 🏕️ They built fire pits or used special hearths indoors. Food was boiled in pots hung over flames or roasted on sticks. Some cultures used earth ovens—digging a hole, heating rocks inside, and burying food to cook slowly. 🍠
Later, metal cauldrons and tripods made cooking easier. In medieval times, castles had huge fireplaces for roasting meat! 🏰
Before modern stoves, cooking methods varied by culture and time period. Here’s how people cooked:
Most food was cooked over open flames or in hearths (indoor fireplaces). Pots hung from tripods or hooks, and food was roasted on spits. 🔥
Early ovens were made of clay or dug into the ground. For example, Native Americans used pit ovens—lining holes with hot stones to bake bread or meat. 🥖
By the Middle Ages, cast-iron cauldrons and grills improved efficiency. Wealthy families had large kitchen fireplaces with rotating spits for even cooking. ⚔️
Stoves only became common in the 1800s, revolutionizing home cooking!