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  Toaster - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Toaster ovens are not as close to "true" toasters as you might think, but nonetheless share much of the same DNA.
Toaster ranches were a lucrative way to make money, and in the frontiers of America from 1800 to 1850 self-styled toasterboys tamed the ole' west.
A toaster that was being forced to jump through a hoop saw another toaster of the opposite gender (quite a looker, too, as toasters go) inside the zoo cage, and well, you know.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Toaster   (1257 words)

  
  Toaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Modern toasters are typically one of three varieties: pop-up toasters, toaster ovens and conveyor toasters.
The heating elements of a pop-up toaster are oriented vertically, parallel to the bread.
To toast bread with a toaster oven, one lays down slices of bread horizontally on the tray, closes the door, and activates the toaster, usually by means of a lever.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toaster   (1391 words)

  
 Toaster Redesign Concept II
A great refinement came in 1918 when the toaster was introduced with proper casing for the element, bread slots for cooling, the addition of a spring-loaded door and two slots to toast two pieces of bread at once.
In this toaster the steel shield, which is a good conductor of electricity, can transmit current or heat from the hot coils of wire.
Toaster Redesign Concept II Aesthetics:         Toasters are not very attractive appliances, however with a few simple modifications this can completely change.
www.uweb.ucsb.edu /~ajordan83   (1757 words)

  
 Table for two? Fire up the toaster oven   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Her toaster oven efforts got serious, she said, after her mother "fried" her microwave/conventional oven and she had to go without for three weeks until the replacement arrived.
During this time, she discovered that toaster ovens use half to two-thirds the energy of a conventional oven.
In a toaster oven, the food often is closer to the heat source.
www.azcentral.com /home/food/articles/0126toasteroven0126.html   (589 words)

  
 DCS - Make your UNIX/linux system a low-maintenance machine   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Use toaster to turn off the daemons that are listening on various ports.
Toaster is a shell script that's here to help, by making it so you don't need to watch for security patches - assuming you trust all the people who use the machine.
So anyway, toaster just runs around renaming and commenting out things in various boot-time initialization scripts, so that your machine becomes less of a server, and more of a workstation.
www.oac.uci.edu /support/dcs/security/toaster.html   (296 words)

  
 Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches
Next, the toaster and SPT were taken to the driveway, and an extension cord was arranged to provide power to the toaster.
It became obvious that the toaster could not be returned to the author's house due to both a continued potential fire hazard and the smell of burnt strawberries.
In addition, it was noted that the toaster was still "too hot to handle," necessitating the use of a nearby garden hose to cool the toaster off.
www.pmichaud.com /toast   (959 words)

  
 ConsumerReports.org - Best Toaster: Advice on comparing toasters from Consumer Reports
Some toasters (and toaster ovens) have a way to wrap the cord to keep it from wriggling over countertops, an added convenience.
Four-slice toasters tend to be bulky, but they save time when everyone's trying to be out the door by 8 a.m.
Toasters that have a plastic housing are less likely to retain heat and feel hot to fingers than those made of metal.
www.consumerreports.org /cro/appliances/kitchen-appliances/toasters/reports/how-to-choose/index.htm   (638 words)

  
 2.05: Flying Toasters
The Video Toaster gives the user a four-input switcher, two 24-bit frame buffers, a luminance keyer (the ability to lay live video over computer graphics, a la the TV weatherman), and an internal genlock.
After the Toaster, assuming you are starting from scratch with no decks, no computers, no nothing, the dream costs from $10,000 to $15,000, depending on whom you talk to, what catalogue you use, and where you are willing to compromise.
Toasters can be found in the city's high schools, Rochester Institute of Technology's Film School, and public access and government cable channels' production suites.
www.wired.com /wired/archive/2.05/flying.toasters_pr.html   (4793 words)

  
 Toaster - Gizmodo
Attach the chrome toaster to the wall, feed a slice of bread through the slot and then, rather like an old-fashioned matrix printer, your toast comes out with a pixellated design burnt on the front, thanks to a library of images saved on its memory chip.
Actually, this toaster doesn't actually let you write notes onto the toaster, it burns the note into the toast as well, which means your kid has plenty of time to read your reminders to them as they eat their breakfast.
Toasters may not be the most gadgety product around, but we sure do love it when companies design awesome toasters.This toaster from electronics manufacturer, Siemens, is no different.
gizmodo.com /gadgets/toaster   (1424 words)

  
 Tale of the Poe Toaster   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The true meaning of the Poe Toaster's ritual and exactly what message is implied by the items left behind remains unexplained: the meaning of the French cognac is not completely clear as references to cognac did not appear as a prominent feature in Poe's works.
The Poe Toaster is described by witnesses as a somewhat sinister-appearing person dressed completely in fl, sporting a fl fedora and a fl (or white) scarf, wrapped in such a manner as to hide his face, and carrying a walking stick.
Never before had the Toaster commented on current events such as sports, and no one could explain why the Toaster would not favor the Ravens, who were named for Poe's most famous poem.
labyrinth13.com /Poe_Toaster.htm   (1011 words)

  
 O'Reilly -- Dialog with an Internet Toaster
It didn't bother me that the toaster spoke out of turn; I had installed the adaptive interface as a lark when I got the thing six months ago.
What threw me was simply how many months had passed since I became bored with writing scripts to rotate English muffins or adjust the top-brown feature to the thickness of the cheese.
But even though nobody knows you're a toaster on the Internet, I ultimately realized a cooking utensil couldn't replace the intensity of a conversation about life with a dear friend over beer and sushi.
www.oreilly.com /news/toaster_0600.html   (1032 words)

  
 Toaster Central
Toaster Central got a nice mention in the NY Times on April 1, 2007, in the Style Magazine, no foolin'.
Toaster Central is included in the new book Odder Jobs by Nancy Ricca Schiff with portraits of people with unusual occupations.
Toaster Central got a nice mention in the New York Times Technology Section July 22, 2004 in Michelle Slatalla's Circuits column.
toastercentral.com   (313 words)

  
 Toaster History - Invention of the Toaster
The toaster represents the crest of one wave of technological innovation, it began with a huge effort to electrify the nation.
In 1926, using a redesigned version of Strite's toaster, the first automatic pop-up toaster was introduced by the Waters-Genter Company, which was eventually acquired into the Edison electric empire The amazing device was called the "Toastmaster," and bearing a triple-loop logo inspired by its heating elements, it heralded the modern age of kitchen appliances.
Most early electric toasters were not enclosed; instead, the bread rested on a wire frame on either side and in close proximity to the vertical heating element.
www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/toaster.htm   (2211 words)

  
 The Cyber Toaster Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: )
There were a variety of methods for making toast in pre-electric times, from using the hot hearthstone, to putting bread on multi-purpose toasting forks and holding it over a fire, to employing fancy, hinged bread holders that could be attached to the side of a fireplace and swung into the flame.
Something special was required before the electric toaster could exist, and several years would pass before it would be discovered.
This museum is devoted mainly to North American electric toasters, but we look forward to being able to include more examples of pre-electric toasting devices and having a better representation of toasters from all over the world.
www.toaster.org /museum.html   (468 words)

  
 BBC News | SCI/TECH | A small slice of design
The image is burned on to the bread by using one of three stencils, representing sunny, cloudy or rainy conditions.
He decided on the toaster to make his work stand out from the worthy and helpful devices many of his fellow students were creating.
To ensure the symbols are uniformly etched on to the bread, the controller chip inside the toaster notes how dark someone wants their bread browned and only unrolls the stencil for the last 20 seconds or so of toasting time.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1264205.stm   (617 words)

  
 Toaster Support-We Support the Toaster Community...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Toaster's composite video out can supply the necesary reference signal to the record machine, so there is normally no problem with using these devices with the Video Toaster.
The Video Toaster was principally designed with high-end machines in mind, but a major issue can occur if you want to use the same VTR for both source and record while attached to the Toaster.
To check this, open Preferences from the Toaster menu, find the row called output mode, and make sure that it is set to the same mode that you are using to connect to your output device.
www.toastersupport.com /vt_pages/faq.htm   (2016 words)

  
 Fiction: Toaster of the Gods, by Randall Coots
Larry finished pouring his coffee and regarded the toaster with a mixture of bemusement and irritation.
The toaster was silent and Larry half smiled, imagining that perhaps it was taken aback at being questioned seriously.
The toaster interpreted this slight head movement as a negation.
www.strangehorizons.com /2001/20010820/toaster.shtml   (919 words)

  
 The Brave Little Toaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Brave Little Toaster is a novella by Thomas M. Disch intended for children or as put by Disch A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances.
The story centers around five household appliances—Lampy (a lamp), Blanky (an electric blanket), Radio (a radio), Kirby (a vacuum cleaner), and the Toaster (a toaster)—on their quest to find their owner, Rob (also referred to as "The Master").
Toaster is the protagonist, and is just as brave as he is described in the title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Toaster   (351 words)

  
 Sunbeam Model 6278 Toasts Four Slices to Near Perfection - Sunbeam 6278 4-Slice Toaster - Epinions.com
Cleaning this toaster is easy thanks to the crumb trays located at the base on each side of the toaster.
Toasters are a mainstay in most kitchens and I have had a toaster for as long as I can remember.
With older toasters, the toasted areas of the bread were usually defined by three dark vertical “lines” on each slice of bread.
www.epinions.com /content_263470747268?linkin_id=8002563   (1072 words)

  
 The Toaster
Toasters are part of most people’s everyday breakfast; you plug it in, pop the bread in, push the lever down and you’re away.
It was a manual toaster made possible by electricity.
It wasn’t until 1919 that the first automatic electric toaster was invented by Charles Strite.
www.radessays.com /viewpaper/81535/The_Toaster.html   (181 words)

  
 Pillsbury® - toasterstrudel
I accidentally put a box of Toaster Strudel™ pastries in the refrigerator instead of the freezer.
In a toaster, the strudel will need one to two cycles to heat and turn golden brown.
In a toaster oven, one cycle is usually sufficient.
www.pillsbury.com /View/faq/toasterstrudel.asp   (311 words)

  
 Toaster Ovens, Convection Toaster Oven - ConsumerSearch
Another plus is that the T-Fal toaster oven includes a warming compartment on top of the unit, handy for warming bread or buns.
Professional testers report that the TOB-175BC toaster oven doesn't live up to its claim of accommodating a 12" pizza or six slices of toast, and they complain that the toaster oven's pans are hard to clean.
Toaster ovens usually require three or four inches of clearance in the back for heat dispersal and some have crumb trays that must be emptied from the back, requiring even more square footage.
www.consumersearch.com /www/kitchen/toaster-ovens/review.html   (2125 words)

  
 1920s Toasters Vintage and Working Made in the U.S.A.
Electric toasters had been around for less than a generation when this electric toaster was made in New Britain, Connecticut, by a company known for its high quality cutlery, hotel and hospital ware, and really beautiful early electric appliances.
The earlier version of this toaster, with a ceramic core rather than mica, was advertised for Christmas in 1916, but this toaster dates a few years later when Westinghouse was still in East Pittsburgh, before the move to Mansfield, Ohio.
Advertised in 1924, this early electric four-slice toaster for the home has four cages that simulaneously rotate 270 degrees in order to toast first one side and then the other side of all four slices.
www.toastercentral.com /toaster20s.htm   (1670 words)

  
 Panasonic Consumer Electronics - Toaster Ovens
This innovation helps to cook toast and frozen pizza up to 40% faster than conventional toaster ovens.
Lets you set your toaster oven to cook for up to 25 minutes, so you can cook your favorite foods to perfection.
The crumb tray can be easily removed, giving you quick access to toaster cleaning.
www.panasonic.com /consumer_electronics/kitchen_appliances/toaster_oven.asp   (163 words)

  
 Grain Foods Foundation
The first U.S. patent for an electric toaster was made in 1909 by General Electric for an appliance that was nothing more that exposed heating elements surrounded by a wire cage to hold the bread.
Among the great variety of toaster designs that popped-up during that period, it was the pop-up toaster that became the winning design for consumers, becoming a highly desired wedding gift along the way.
However, the toaster did not really take off until after 1933 when sliced bread was invented, which makes it official: historically speaking, the toaster is the next best thing since sliced bread.
www.grainpower.org /presskit/index.asp   (1281 words)

  
 Toaster Challenge
The toasters we used were the Alessi SG68, Viking VT200, Breville Smart Toaster BTA820XL and Krups TT6190.
As with the rest, the Alessi ($200) was a two-slice toaster but spaced lengthwise (which seems to be a purely aesthetic choice, unless you intend to brown an entire length of French bread).
It also was the only toaster to include a removable top-level rack for warming things too big to fit inside or toast for a crowd.
www.coolhunting.com /archives/2008/03/toaster_challen.php   (885 words)

  
 KitchenAid®: Toaster FAQs
KitchenAid toasters have extra-wide slots that allow for thick breads and bagels to be toasted perfectly, using the industry's most advanced bakers bagel toasting technology.
The toaster is designed with a large, full-width crumb tray to catch crumbs.
The KitchenAid® toaster has a microprocessor that helps ensure against overheating, and it will not burn toast if one batch is made right after another.
www.kitchenaid.com /custserv/faq.jsp?sectionId=247   (314 words)

  
 Pillsbury® - toasterstrudel
Toaster Strudel’s squeezable icing, flaky pastry crust and sweet, gooey fillings are irresistible.
Toaster Strudel comes in over 10 different flavors your whole family is sure to love.
Toaster Strudel™ pastries are fun, but these ideas make them even better!
www.pillsbury.com /view/breakfast/toasterstrudel.aspx   (82 words)

  
 Toaster for Fb2k - Hydrogenaudio Forums
Porting to fb2k 0.9 would require a fair amount of work, due to the fact Toaster is not native unicode.
I am planning a complete rewrite of Toaster, which should be a lot nicer.
But because Toaster causes a window to be shown in that thread, Windows reloads the paged memory and doesnt page the process out again until you manually hit "minimize".
www.hydrogenaudio.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=31695   (2962 words)

  
 SnapStream Community -Transform your Toaster Oven
Picture with the outside case removed, holes for the power supply and motherboard were cut and the parts mounted.
Additionally, the "on" button to the toaster was wired to the power switch of the PC.
Here, the toaster is running, with the 12" neon tube adding a little flair to the case.
www.snapstream.com /Community/Articles/tvtoaster   (191 words)

  
 Toaster Ovens: Toaster Oven Reviews, Best Toaster Ovens
Unfortunately, the toaster ovens themselves did not: only one of the eight toaster ovens they tested is recommended without reservations.
Reviews say that toaster ovens are great for smaller kitchens, especially during summer months where you don't want to turn on your full-size oven.
Worst of all, testers found, this toaster oven exceeded the temperature it was set to by a full 50 degrees.
www.consumersearch.com /www/kitchen/toaster-ovens   (1409 words)

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