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Hmm..., I think @jd said he actually had a #toaster like this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y #amazing!
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Indeed, I have several of those exact Sunbeam Automatic Toasters. I prefer the oldest T-20 models before they started engineering cost out. They are wonderful.
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Wait..., when you say "I have several toasters"...?
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@rozzin Indeed. I collect them, clean them up, bring them back to life, pass them on. So a number of family members and my neighbor also have one. You can get them for $20 to $200 on eBay. Why not? They are the best toasters ever made. Sunbeam appears to have made a lot of them. And they last.
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Hmm..., @jd it looks like your #toaster might have some competition... sort-of... maybe? http://status.hackerposse.com/url/18983
This whole "toasting without desiccating" idea is fascinating. Especially after I blew through a whole loaf of bread last week trying to get enough toasted-but-still-soft-enough-to-bite-through slices for 3 sandwiches....
Is this another case of "easy 50 years ago but impossible now"?-
!TIL that there are toasters that #toast without desiccating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6lGaYh71g4
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@jd yeah it does look like the Balmuda is timer-based, not doneness-based (he says "3 and a half minutes" as he sets the dial)..., so that's like..., how many steps forward vs. how many steps back? Also he's using special bread with it?
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This #Balmuda #toaster review in #Wired has more info—no mention of "done-ness" sensing, but it is doing something more clever than just heat-until-timeout: https://www.wired.com/2016/10/review-balmuda-toaster/
"Toward the end of the cycle, the steam stops and there's a burst of power to the heating elements, giving the bread a last-moment nudge toward toasty perfection."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru2mfel9EvM
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