Electric toaster
Tostadora eléctrica
- Date
- 1909–1926 · confidence medium
- Place
- Schenectady, New York, United States
- Credited to
- Frank Shailor (General Electric D-12, 1909); Charles Strite (automatic pop-up toaster, Minneapolis, 1921; Toastmaster 1926); Crompton (1893)
- People
- 👤 Charles Strite1878–1956
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Nichrome resistance wire (1905) in a tabletop appliance; the automatic version with a timer and spring appeared in 1921. Symbol of the electric kitchen of the 1920s.
What it led to
- Small appliances and the electric kitchen
- Sliced bread (1928) and the standardised breakfast
- Daytime domestic electricity consumption
Built on
- Nichrome alloy (Marsh, 1905)
- Domestic electrification
Made possible
- Sliced bread1928
- Industrial sliced bread
- Electric cooker