Abstract: Electrical household appliance which permits simultaneous toasting of bread and cooking of food in separate cavities which are arranged within a housing in perpendicular relationship and each of the cavities being provided with respective heating elements. Bread slices are inserted into the toaster cavity from slots on the top of the appliance and are toast in the vertical position while other articles of food are inserted horizontally into the oven cavity through an opening on the front side of the appliance. The food articles in the oven cavity can be cooked while bread is toasting in the toaster cavity. The appliance is provided with controls for adjusting the temperatures and times for toasting and cooking. One of the heating elements utilized in the toaster cavity may be shiftable from a first position in the toaster compartment to a second position in the oven cavity.