History of the Toaster

First electric toaster invented by Alan Macmaster

1893

This toaster had issues with its heating coils and the coils would break over time

First line of commercially available toaster created by General Electric

1909

Made with Nichrome coils that fixed the over-heating issue

First pop-up toaster created by Charles Strife

1919

Making getting your toast out of the toaster so much easier!

Bread slices are now required to be a certain size and sales go through the roof

1933

Who wouldn't want to have toast that fits perfectly in your toaster?

Toasters are still awesome and so very useful

2018

Toasters are commonplace but inventors add things like faces on your toast, or more advanced settings to "toasty-ness"