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Plausible claims with no sources (about toast)

My edit "A small-scale study at Durham University in the early 1990s revealed that the optimum setting for any correctly calibrated toaster is π (approximately 3.14)." which I added to Toast in good faith was correctly reverted by Nath1991 for having no citation.

Unfortunately the study was very small-scale and was never published in a recognised academic journal, and as such I suspect this particularly useful piece of information will have to remain in the minds of those who conducted the research until such time as further research can be carried out. For information, in case anyone is planning to try and reproduce the results of the initial study, it was carried out between October 1991 and June 1993 on a wide variety of toasting devices including the humble domestic two-slice, a semi-professional Dualit four-slice (with manual riser), grilling trays both in conventional ovens and underneath single Belling hobs, and even on catering-grade devices such as the roller-toaster. In every case it was found that setting the control dial to π (approximately 3.14) resulted in a level of browning which was acceptable to the greatest proportion of consumers.