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"The Toastmaster"

Strite was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota,  and worked for a Stillwater manufacturing plant in the early 1900’s. His extreme displeasure of the quality of toast served in the company’s cafeteria prompted intervention; so began the construction of his very own electric, self-timed toaster. It was the beginning of a revolution that changed the way the world made its breakfast.

“The Toastmaster” was granted a United States patent on October 18th, 1921. Not a crumb of thought was put into its name, but the device itself was ingenious. For the first time, bread could be toasted on both sides at once, allowing for more even cooking and less charred breakfasts. The appliance even included a timer and a spring that “popped up” the toast when it had browned to perfection.

Strite’s product quickly became a hit among bakery owners. A new version of the toaster was also made for consumers that included an adjustable lever to manually control the bread’s toasting time. To keep up with demand for the appliance, Strite’s idea was transformed into a business: Toastmaster Incorporated. It was a new era of toast.

 

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Introducing Charles Strite

Charles Strite was an American inventor who designed the first ever pop up toaster. It had heating elements that could toast both sides of the bread at the same time. A clockwork timer turned off the electricity and at the same time released a spring which ejected the toast. In 1919 Charles Strite applied for a patent for the first automatic pop up toaster; which was intended to be sold to the restaurant trade. In 1921 Waters Genter company was formed to manufacture Strite's toaster and market it to restaurants.  The first pop up toaster was called "The Toastmaster". Before this invention toast was a tedious task of watching to make sure the bread would not burn. But ever since 1926 we have had the luxury of a toaster with a built in thermostat that regulates the toasting process.