Beehive oven
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A beehive oven is a type of oven in use since the Middle Ages in Europe.[1] It gets its name from its domed shape, which resembles that of a skep, an old-fashioned type of beehive.
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Its apex of popularity occurred in the Americas and Europe all the way until the Industrial Revolution, which saw the advent of gas and electric ovens. Beehive ovens were common in households used for baking pies, cakes and meat. These ovens were also used in industry, in such applications as making tiles and pots and turning coal into coke.