{"id":76,"date":"2013-05-31T19:11:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T19:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/?p=76"},"modified":"2014-02-23T17:27:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T17:27:46","slug":"76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/76\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking Ground Beef (Wes Hall 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minute Man was a forerunner in a number of fast-food concepts. \u00a0In 1948, the Raytheon Company placed three experimental \u201cRadaRange\u201d microwave ovens in locations across the United States; Hall and partners received one of the three. \u00a0They pioneered the use of microwave ovens in the restaurant business. \u00a0The most popular and publicized offering borne out of these ovens was surely the Radar Deep Dish Pie, a sweet treat that many Arkansans remember for its tendency to burn the roof of one\u2019s mouth. \u00a0Minute Man also sold \u201creal charcoal-broiled hamburgers,\u201d and offered a gourmet burger with a double full-sized meat patty with extras, called the \u201cBig M,\u201d a full year before McDonald’s debuted the Big Mac.<\/p>\n

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Minute Man was a forerunner in a number of fast-food concepts. \u00a0In 1948, the Raytheon Company placed three experimental \u201cRadaRange\u201d microwave ovens in locations across the United States; Hall and partners received one of the three. \u00a0They pioneered the use…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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