Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
Thanks for clearing this up! And I just did a Google Image search on these words, and nearly all of the hits for печка were old-fashioned brick ovens -- sometimes with Иван-дурак sleeping on top of it, or riding on a walking печка with legs , по щучьему велению!!

P.S. But it does seem that печка CAN be used for modern kitchen appliances, although mainly in the context of "microwave ovens" or "automatic breadmakers" -- not the full-size gas or electric oven, however.
I'd say that I have happened to hear people call the full-size gas or electric oven “печка” not more than 10 times in my life, mainly recently.

I agree, the microwave oven is called “микроволновая печь” in the manual. I can also hear these two words together in the advertaising context, where it can also be reffered to as just СВЧ-печь (from cверхвысокочастотное излучение) or even simple СВЧ. After we buy it and place in the kitchen we call it микроволновка. It сan quite naturally be called “печка” for short, though I’ve never heard that myself.

I would say the same about automatic breadmakers, though I have only heard them called “хлебопечка”.
Besides, it would be confusing to call each of these appliances “печка” if you have both.