Editing Toaster (section)

=== Conveyor toaster ===
[[File:Conveyor toaster.jpg|thumb|A conveyor toaster]]

A conveyor toaster is an appliance that caramelizes and carries bread products on a belt or chain into and through a heated chamber.<ref>{{Cite report |url=http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/resolver.cgi?F2380-18R23 |title="Test Method for Performance of Conveyor Toasters" |last=((F26 Committee)) |publisher=ASTM International |doi=10.1520/f2380-18r23 |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Conveyor toasters are designed to make many slices of toast and are generally used in the catering industry, restaurants, cafeterias, institutional cooking facilities, and other commercial [[food service]] situations where constant or high-volume toasting is required. Bread can be toasted at a rate of 250–1800+ slices an hour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-01 |title=Crash Course: Conveyor Toasters |url=https://www.fermag.com/articles/8489-crash-course-conveyor-toasters/ |first1=Michael |last1=Sherer |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Foodservice Equipment Reports Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> The total radiant heat a conveyor toaster applies to each slice can be controlled by adjusting the conveyor speed or the output strength of the heating elements. Conveyor toasters are generally available with either a vertical or horizontal conveyor orientation. Conveyor toasters have been produced for home use; in 1938, for example, the Toast-O-Lator went into limited production.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/273085 |title=Toast-O-Lator Electric Toaster by Crocker Wheeler Co., 1939  |website= The Henry Ford |language=en |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>