Easy-Bake Oven - Hasbro Versions

Hasbro Versions

Kenner became a division of Hasbro, and Hasbro continued to produce the oven. The Easy-Bake Oven and Snack Center was introduced in 1993.

In 2002, a version for boys was introduced, the "Queasy Bake Cookerator".

A decade after the Easy-Bake Oven and Snack Center was introduced, the Real Meal Oven was released. This oven was different from the others as it could cook bigger portions and could cook two with two pans at the same time. It won the 2003 Best Toy Parenting magazine Toy of the Year Award. The neutral colors were more accepted across genders. The pans were bigger, and it could bake both desserts and meals. Also, this model featured a heating element and did not require a light bulb.

In 2006, a different version of the Easy-Bake was released, featuring a stove-top warmer, and a heating element. Like the first version by Hasbro, it had smaller pans and only could bake one pan at a time.

The new front-loading Hasbro design, a substantial departure from the traditional push-through arrangement, was apparently ill-conceived, as all (approx. 985,000) such units were recalled over safety concerns and reported injuries.

The oven was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2006.

In 2011, the last version which used a 100 Watt incandescent light bulb was replaced by a new version with a dedicated heating element. The replacement was due to a greener lighting policy by the US Federal Government, which would eliminate incandescent light bulbs that put out sufficient heat to bake goods inside the Easy-Bake Oven. This rendered all models that used a light bulb as the heating element obsolete, without being able to replace the part once the existing bulbs burned out. However some critics of the redesign have indicated that halogen light bulbs put out sufficient heat to replace incandescent bulbs.