Apparatus 10 for a toaster appliance having at least one circular-like
carriage 14 forming a support element for food articles 12 such as
tortillas, pita, naan and other flatbreads during a warming/toasting session. The
support walls 16, 20 are comprised of wire mesh 18 with one side
having a partial lower peripheral rim or lip 38 positioned flange extending
thereinbetween acting as a carriage for the food article. Diametrically opposed
is the other support wall that is spaced over the depending flange 38 extending
from the other wall. Adjacent coplanar posts or pins 36 extend from the
mesh-walls 16, 20 traveling in and through guide tracks 40 located
at each end of the interior housing 24 with tensioning members 34
fastened to the post distal ends keeping the support walls compressed. One of the
tracks 40 is of greater width thereby providing for variable thickness of
the food article, which is held by the tensioned mesh walls 16, 20. One
rail of the interiorly positioned track 40 is substantially vertical while
the other is angularly divergent so that when the tray is in the food article receiving
position, the walls 16, 20 are spaced apart providing means for inserting
and removing food articles 12 without engaging the mesh-like walls.