308 On the Construction of Kitchen 



As the substitution of the contrivance above de- 

 scribed, in lieu of the blowpipes, would simplify the 

 construction of the roaster very much, and enable 

 tradesmen to afford the article at a much lower price, 

 I took a great deal of pains to find out whether a 

 roaster on this simple construction could be made to 

 perform as well as those which are made with blow- 

 pipes. I caused one of them to be put up in my own 

 house, and tried it frequently; and I engaged several 

 of my friends to try them ; and they were found to 

 answer so well that I ventured at length to recom- 

 mend it to manufacturers to make them for sale. As 

 they were called roasters, and as they cost little more 

 than half what those with blowpipes were sold for, many 

 persons preferred them on account of their cheapness ; 

 and more than two hundred of them have already been 

 put up in different parts of the country, and I am in- 

 formed that they have answered to the entire satisfac- 

 tion of those who have tried them. 



Although they are undoubtedly inferior in some re- 

 spects to roasters which are furnished with blowpipes, 

 meat may, with a little care and attention, be roasted 

 in them in very high perfection ; and, as nothing can 

 possibly answer better than they do for all kinds of 

 baking, they will, I am persuaded, find their way in 

 due time into common use. 



Roasters on this simple construction (without blow- 

 pipes), which I shall call Roasting Ovens, were at first 

 made with flat bottoms, but of late they have been made 

 cylindrical ; and, as I think the cylindrical form much 

 the best in many respects, I shall give a description of 

 one of them. 



Fig. 21 represents a front view of a cylindrical 



