In 1967, it was acquired by Raytheon Corporation which also owned Amana refrigerators and Speed Queen laundry products.
[4] In 1997 the company was purchased by Goodman Global, a heating-and-cooling manufacturer who sold it to Maytag (now part of Whirlpool) in 2002.
[5] One important feature of the Caloric gas stove in the 1960s was the infrared burner, which cooks through radiant heat.
The Caloric Cooker consisted of an insulated cabinet with one or more deep wells fitted with soapstones on the top and on the bottom.
[8] In the 1960s CBS television series The Dick Van Dyke Show, the Petrie's New Rochelle kitchen features a Caloric Ultramatic wall oven.