Found in the Kitchen of a New House: A Rack the Size of a Standard Oven. Any Ideas?

people would ask.

A rack roughly the size of an oven naturally makes you wonder whether it was somehow part of an old oven setup.

And that’s a reasonable possibility to investigate.

Older ovens and cooking equipment came in a wide variety of designs, and some kitchens had separate racks, shelves, or accessories that aren’t familiar to homeowners today.

But there’s an important distinction:

Being oven-sized doesn’t necessarily mean the rack was an oven rack.

A true oven rack normally has dimensions and construction intended to fit a specific oven

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