Toaster with supplemental cycle

A toaster for a food, comprising:

• heating elements and an activation handle for lowering the food and activating the heating elements, the toaster having a toasting cycle with a completion defined by an extinguishing of the heating elements, and having a user control for selecting a shade, and a processor that has control over the heating elements, the toaster further comprising:
• a supplemental cycle activator operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the supplemental cycle activator when activated by a user after the completion of an initial toasting cycle of the food at an initially specified shade, communicates with the processor and causes, when the activation handle is next depressed, a supplemental cycle of a duration determined by the processor that is less than a duration of the initial toasting cycle;
• the supplemental cycle providing to said food, a shade that corresponds to approximately one half shade darker than the initially specified shade.