A toaster oven is mainly for toasting, broiling, and reheating food. A slow heat cooking option is incorporated in a toaster oven to help cook various foods equally.
Sliced bread was formerly toasted on a flat metal surface held against fire. George Schneider filed the first U.S patent appliance for an electric toaster of the American Electric Heater Company of Detroit.
In 1913, the couple Lloyd Groff Copeman and Hazel Berger Copeman applied different toaster patents. Meanwhile, the Copeman Electric Stove Company developed a toaster that could automatically turn breads over in the same year. It automatically shuts off after toasting a bread to prevent burning. This model used a bimetallic strip in toasting breads. hpq toaster
Charles Strite was the first who patented the automatic popup toaster. The bread is ejected (or popped out) automatically after toasting. In 1950, this popup toaster was further developed. There are three varieties of toasters: toaster ovens, popup toasters, and conveyor toasters. Toaster ovens are larger than popup toasters and can be likened to an electric oven. In automatic or popup toasters, bread slices are vertically inserted into slots and ejects the bread when done. It works faster in cooking your food especially during breakfast compared to a standard oven. It is an energy-saving oven, providing 25% shorter time than the usual period using a standard or radiant oven.
Infrared toaster ovens are flexible, efficient and fast. It cooks food via infrared radiation.
Even with the newer invention of microwave nowadays, many still prefer to use toaster ovens in heating their breads because of the delicious crispness produced. hello kitty toaster