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1948 The Stananthony Corp. is
founded in Los Angeles.
1948 Stananthony Corp. debuts world’s
first self-contained ventilation
hood for the residential market.
1957 Stananthony Corp. unveils world’s
first indoor barbecue.
1965 Distinctive Appliances Incorporated
(Dacor) is born.
1975 Dacor revolutionizes the compact
kitchen with the six-burner modular
cooking system.
1977 Dacor releases a full-sized,
self-cleaning, drop-in modular range.
1980 Dacor produces company’s first
microwave oven.
1980 Dacor develops the ventilation
hood shelf.
1981 Dacor releases a modular cooking
system with overhead or downdra
ventilation.
1982 Dacor innovates full-size, self-
cleaning, drop-in and free-standing
modular ranges.
1984 Dacor develops the solid
burner module.
1985 Dacor produces four and six burner
gas cooktops with continuous
platform grate design and overhead
or downdra ventilation.
1987 Dacor creates an entirely new
category, bringing the professional
kitchen into the home with the extra
large capacity, 30" Pure Convection
self-cleaning wall oven.
1989 Dacor launches five-burner,
sealed-gas, glass cooktop.
1989 Dacor launches monochromatic
styling Ceran® glass cooktop
module with halogen elements.
1990 Dacor develops five-burner Ceran®
cooktop with halogen elements.
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