User:Sbaird88

User S. Baird. Developer of Toast Time

Toast Time
Toast Time, as it is known to be called, is an equivalent measurement of time based specifically on a defined standard for the amount of time required to toast a single slice of bread in a standard household toaster appliance.

Development
Toast Time was developed by Steven Baird and Sean Sotola, Mechanical Engineers at the University of British Columbia, on October 23rd, 2009 as a way for people, perticularly those in the baking or food preparation business, to reference required cooking times of various dishes to a standard model. Toast was chosen as the reference due to its commonality throughout households across North America and relatively uniform preparation time for standard toasting appliances. 1 minute or "Toast" as it is called, is equivalent to 2 2/3 standard minutes or, 160 seconds. From this other references can be made. For example, muffins should be heated for 0.33 toasts, total pancake cook time is 2 toasts, and boiling water is approximately 3 toasts. Toast Time is such an important measurement that an entire calendar system has been developed.

Toast Time components
1 Crumb = 1 second

160 Crumbs = 1 Toast

1 Toast = 2 2/3 minutes

1 day = 540 Toasts

1 Loaf = 42 (or 39) toasts (see Baker's Dozen (Day) for detailed breakdown)

1 day = 13 Loafs = 1 Baker's Dozen

13 Baker's Dozens = 1 month

28 months = 1 year

1 year = 364 Baker's Dozen (see Muffin and Bagel Years for explanation)

Baker's Dozen (Day)
Each Baker's Dozen, or "Day", is broken into 13 loafs, or "hours". 11 of these loafs are broken into 42 Toasts, "minuts". The remaining 2 loafs represent "Sandwich O'clock" and are situated during the middle of the day. These 2 loafs have 39 toasts each in them (104 standard minutes) and represent the standard 3 hours inwhich people generally consume lunch.

Muffin and Bagel Years
Since each year only consists of 364 Baker's Dozen, each year is 1 short of a complete 365 calendar. In the standard time calendar this is made up by a leap year every four years adding an extra day. In the Toast time calendar, every 12 years is considered an English Muffin year, and one month is added to the calendar to make up for 13 of the 15 missed Baker's Dozens. Every 13th muffin year is instead a Bagel year inwhich 2 months are added as the accumlation of missed Baker's Dozens will reach 26, or 2 months. Thus the Toast Time calendar runs on a 157 year cycle.