The Roman way of cooking looked a little bit different to ours. They didn’t have gas or electric stoves to cook their food on. Instead, their kitchens were fitted with specially-designed troughs where they lit fires and filled with beds of hot coals.

Did ancient Rome have ovens?

Roman kitchen equipment These kitchens had built-in clay ovens, with a sort of burner on top like our stoves, only heated by a charcoal fire inside them. And they had wooden cupboards, like ours, to keep the dishes and food in. They had pot racks for the pots and pans.

Did Romans have kitchens in their homes?

Wealthy Romans had relatively well-equipped kitchens. In a Roman villa, the kitchen was typically integrated into the main building as a separate room, set apart for practical reasons of smoke and sociological reasons of the kitchen being operated by slaves.