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{{short description|American brand of instant stuffing}}
{{refimprove|date=March 2013}}
{{infobox brand
| name           = Stove Top
| logo           = Stovetop brand logo.png
| logo_size      = 150
| image          = Kraft-Cornbread-Stove-Top-Small.jpg
| type           = [[Stuffing]]
| currentowner   = [[Kraft Heinz]]
| origin         = [[United States|U.S.]]
| introduced     = {{start date and age|1972}}
| discontinued   = 
| related        = 
| markets        = Worldwide
| previousowners = [[General Foods]]<br>[[Kraft Foods]]
| trademarkregistrations = 
| ambassador     = 
| tagline        = "If it's not Stove Top, it's not Stuffing!"
| website        = {{URL|https://www.kraftheinz.com/stove-top|kraftheinz.com/stove-top}}
}}

'''Stove Top''' is a [[stuffing]] that was introduced by [[General Foods]] in 1972. It is a quick cooking ("instant") stuffing that is available in [[supermarket]]s. Unlike traditional stuffing, Stove Top can be prepared on the stove, in a pot, and can also be prepared in a [[microwave oven]]. It is used as a side dish for meals as well as a medium in which some meats ([[pork]], [[chicken (food)|chicken]]) can be baked. It is sold in boxes and canisters. In 2005 it was reported that [[Kraft Heinz]], which has owned the brand since 1990, sells about 60 million boxes of Stove Top stuffing at [[Thanksgiving]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/23/national/23siems.html?ex=1133413200&_r=0 | title=Ruth M. Siems, Inventor of Stuffing, Dies at 74 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=November 23, 2005 | accessdate=March 17, 2013 | author=Fox, Margalit}}</ref>

== Invention and patent ==
[[Ruth Siems]] was the [[home economics|home economist]] who first created the product.<ref name="NYT"/> Her name was the first listed on United States [[Patent]] 3,870,803 for the product.<ref name="NYT"/> Her patent was based on a certain size of [[bread crumbs]] that makes the rehydration, or addition of water, work. In an interview with the ''[[Evansville Courier]]'' in 1991, Siems said the idea for the instant stuffing came from the marketing department, but it was up to the research and development staff to create the product. The test kitchens, the chefs, and all the workers in research and development were given an opportunity to develop the stuffing, but Siems' idea was the one the company chose.  The product originated with an idea from Jack Klinge of the marketing department for a stuffing flavored rice{{cn|date=November 2022}} and, after that showed promise, Siems developed the bread crumb based dish we came to know as stove top stuffing.

== Flavors ==
There are a variety of flavors, including Chicken, Lower Sodium Chicken, [[Cornbread]], Pork, Beef, Savory [[Herbs]], Traditional [[Common sage|Sage]], Tomato & Onion, San Francisco [[Sourdough]], Mushroom & Onion, Long Grain & Wild Rice and Roasted Garlic, [[Turkey meat|Turkey]], [[Apple]] and [[Cranberry]].

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Stove Top stuffing - November 2023 - Sarah Stierch.jpg |Traditional Sage Stove Top stuffing at Thanksgiving.
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==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}

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[[Category:Poultry dishes]]
[[Category:Products introduced in 1972]]
[[Category:Thanksgiving food]]