The invention relates to household kitchen equipment, and more particularly to toasters for toasting bread in a mode selected according to specific bread types. The present toaster comprises a housing, a food product heating device, a food product supporting device configured as a horizontally oriented robust central arm, a device for delivering bread to a toasting area and returning it to a receiving and dispensing area, a power card and temperature sensors, wherein the device for delivering bread to the toasting area comprises a lift
carriage including a bearing
assembly to which are attached the food product supporting device, as well as a mechanism for adjusting the width of a working area according to the thickness of the bread located therein, wherein the mechanism for adjusting the width of the working area consists of heating panels fastened to the vertical sides and having a heating pattern, spring-loaded panel holders for adjusting the width of the working area according to the thickness of the bread, and an
actuator for actuating the mechanism by the movement of the lift
carriage, wherein the heating pattern is comprised of evenly spaced cells which form a heated region and is arranged aсross the centre of a heating panel, and a temperature sensor is mounted in the centre of each heating panel in the region of the heating pattern, the food product supporting device has a vertically oriented holder on one end thereof, said holder consisting of a robust steel core coated with a liquid-
crystal polymer (LCP), the toaster further comprises a rear frame having in the surface thereof a vertical guide slot for the movement therein of the other end of the food product supporting device, and the bearing
assembly of the
carriage has additional fastening elements in the form of protrusions provided at the mounting sites of the bearings. The technical result consists in an increase in the reliability, durability and service life of the structure, and an increase in electrical safety and
operational stability and efficiency, providing, inter alia, for stable and even toasting of a food product and the possibility of selecting toasting
modes according to the chosen type of food product.