Toaster

By sydschroeder

  • 1905

    1905
    Albert Marsh discovered the filament wire needed to toast bread.

  • 1909

    1909
    First electric toaster for the home invented by Frank Shailor.

  • 1913

    1913
    Toaster with automatic bread turner introduced. Before this, electric toasters cooked bread on one side and then it was flipped by hand to toast the other side.

  • 1919

    1919
    Charles Strite invents a automatic pop-up bread toaster.It ejects the toast after toasting it.

  • 1958

    1958
    A four slice toaster was invented. You could now toast four at a time instead of two.

  • 1960

    1960
    toasters become more common and affordable. This design took up less counter space.

  • 1970

    1970
    Toasters can be customized. You could now get it in your favorite color or to match your house.

  • 1980

    1980
    Toasters have wider slots to toast bagles and wider bread slices.

  • 2000

    2000
    A toaster that also cooks eggs has been invented.