stop 115 pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket 92 the stop 115 is formed of a spring metal and is mounted such that in its unbiased condition a first free end 116 is positioned to contact at least one of the bread supports 55 and a second free end 117 is spaced from abutment with the stop arm 100 of the support bracket 96 the timing assembly also includes a bimetallic element 10 such as part no 39 22 manufactured by hood the bimetallic element 110 is mounted to the support arm 98 of the support bracket 96 at a first portion 111 of the bimetallic element 110 a second portion 112 of the bimetallic element 110 has fixed thereto a trip wire 120 which extends through the end wall 23 of the toaster 10 the trip wire 120 is freely moveable through the end wall 23 such that the position of the free end of the trip wire 120 is dependent upon the position of the second portion 112 of the bimetallic element 110 a third portion 113 of the bimetallic element 110 has fixed thereto a compensator 125 which is positioned to contact the limiting arm 93 of the mounting bracket 92 so as to limit the movement of the support bracket 96 in the direction of arrow 106 the length of the second portion 112 of the bimetallic element 110 is 2 40 inches plus or minus 0 015 inches and the length of the third portion.