The Kitchen is the place were a woman seemingly spent most of her time in early Greenbelt. Reinforcing the stereotypical role of women, they would make sure that they prepared a good meal for their husband upon his return from a long day at the office. There were many technological advances on kitchen products that were meant to make the woman's work easier and the man's food better.
The first kitchen product is the stove. The gas stove had long been the accepted and popular stove of housewives. However, the women in Greenbelt felt that this was the stove that the poor people used. They preferred the electric stove. The stove they used was the Norge 3 burner stove. It had 2 small burners in front a larger burner behind them. The knob layout was asymmetrical: there was a middle button, 2 buttons to the left, and just one button to the right. It was fairly small to be able to fit in an equally small kitchen. Unlike the gas stove, the electric stove had a pullout drip-tray for cleaning up anything that spilled over the burner. This made cleanups easier and more time-efficient, leaving more time for the wife to do the dishes and prepare a dessert. Some advantages of this new electric stove were the ability to heat more quickly, more delicate and easier to control temperatures, no danger of leaking gas, and the aforementioned easy-cleaning feature. Interestingly, the stove was designed to fit the art-deco style of the time. The edges were rounded, as compared to the more box-like stoves of our time. It seemed to make the Norge flow towards the wall.
The other important kitchen product was the refrigerator. It was also made by Norge. It was a plain white refrigerator, not colorful like those of the later Populuxe era. It was also rounded for looks. One of the most important innovations of the fridge was the ice maker. This was considered a great convenience. The fridge, along with the stove, provide for a deep analysis into what these artifacts say about suburbia. More importantly, they greatly impact and affect the lives of the women that use them.
There were also other technologies that were convenient, but not as important as the fridge and the stove. There was the coffee warmer, which was a circular ring of coils upon which you placed your cup. There were 4 sets of grooves around the outside, again representing the art-deco style. There was a deep fryer, which also was grooved for style. There was a very advanced 2-sided waffle iron for making your husband's breakfast, a coffee maker, and a toaster.