Abstract: A toaster includes a housing having a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall, a top wall and two opposing sidewalls. On the top wall are a plurality of bread-dispensing openings, each in communication with a designated cooking chamber. Vertically positioned within each cooking chamber is a heating element and a deployable grill. A lift mechanism includes a plurality of rotatable catch members that release the grill whenever the housing is upright so that the device functions as a conventional toaster. However, when the housing is rotated to lie on its rear wall, the catch members automatically grip the grill so that the lift mechanism ejects it through the bread-dispensing opening.