Is there a technical explanation for why you should put a single piece of toast on the marked side of the toaster? Or is it just a case of idiot-proofing?
Is there a legitimate reason, or does the company just want to cut down on customer service calls from people asking what they should do when they only want to toast one slice of bread?
2007-09-27 16:21:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Maybe, just maybe, living life on the edge means putting the bread on the other side.
(I did it once...what a rush)!
2007-09-27 16:36:29 · answer #1 · answered by D B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your toaster is the kind that lowers the bread automatically, saving you the hassle and exertion of pushing down a lever, then the bread-lowering mechanism is linked only to the toast hole marked "one slice." You could cram a loaf into the other and it wouldn't work.
If you have the push-it-down-yourself type, then the "one slice" sign marks the location of the thermostat. Bread toasts when the glowing elements heat the bread surface to about 300 degrees. At that temperature, the sugars and starches caramelize, and it's toast. Your model probably has a mechanical heat sensor only on the "one-slice" side, under the little bread elevator. If you sling one slice into the other side, the thermostat, uninsulated by bread, reaches its top temp too soon, shuts off the machine, and presents you with a piece of floppy, tepid un-toast.
2007-09-27 16:30:29 · answer #2 · answered by Beckers 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my toaster, which is older than the hills, has a mechanism inside, that will only lower the bread down if it is put in one slot vs. the other. it doesn't have a lever or anything on the outside to push the bread down. So you have to put it in a specific spot.
2007-09-27 17:40:58 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since your toaster has a knob on the side to vary the "darkness" of your toast (my father likes charcoal briquets, but I digress) there has to be a sensor. That sensor is only on one side, the side indicated for the single slice of toast.
2007-09-27 17:06:55 · answer #4 · answered by Spyderbear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do that most of the time, especially when I only want one slice of bread.
2007-09-27 16:24:31 · answer #5 · answered by That one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because tosters are designed that way.
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2007-09-27 16:24:21 · answer #6 · answered by fishineasy™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all actuality, you don't "have to" do anything.
2007-09-27 16:24:34 · answer #7 · answered by Becca G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋