"Ashton Crusher" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:54:15 -0700, "xrongor"
wrote:

reflected heat.

randy


Can you be a little more specific as to exactly what that means and
why it causes uneven toasting.

I wasn't going to get into this thread, but what the hey...


Heat rises. When those coils heat up, that heat wants out of that toaster.
The heat goes out through the top of the toatser. When you have two slices
of bread inserted, the heat goes around the bread and out through the top of
the toaster. The "openings" (at the top of the toaster) are basically the
same size, thus allowing the heat to escape at the same rate. The result is
an even distribution on the bread (on both sides of each slice) thus they
get "cooked" evenly.

If you put one slice in the toaster, you have now left a larger hole for the
heat to escape: Heat that was not-so-slow-to-esape when there wre two slices
in the toaster. The single slice will not be toasted as dark as when there
are two slices. PLUS! The single slice will also have the side facing the
"open hole" come out a little lighter than the other side.

Does that make sense or am I just an open hole myself?

;-]