All I can say is that bread machine is great: I use it almost every day. I tried lots of different recipes and have always been pleased with the results.I also used the "gluten free" recipes and setting to make bread for a friend with ceoliac disease : he loved it!

My family particularly loves the "delay" feature: I prepare the ingredients before going to bed at night and in the morning we have freshly baked bread for breakfast: just the perfect way to start the day!



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I purchased the Panasonic bread machine based on the good reviews that I read here. I have owned 2 Breadman machines in the past and was happy with them until they wore out. I expected this machine to produce the same quality bread and was very disappointed. The loaves from my favorite recipes came out small and hard and did not taste the same. The crust was very tough. The recipes in the book were MUCH too salty and we tried several loaves before giving up and sending it back. I've noticed from the other reviews that the people who had owned bread machines from the past (when they actually made machines that were good quality and made good bread) are all disappointed with the new machines. I agree. Why did so many companies make changes to good products and turn them into bad ones?

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This is our first experience with a breadmaker, and we were not disappointed. Very easy to use, amazing how it works, easy to clean. Works great with recipes in the book and bread mixes from the store. We haven't bought bread since. The pizza dough worked out great, too. Amazing.

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The product is not reliable. It does not always shut off automatically and does not heat evenly, making the loaves lopsided.

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This machine makes perfectly-shaped, wonderful-tasting bread. I got it after the Zojirushi BBCCX20, with its two paddles, and un-centered dough balls, kept making totally lopsided loaves. This one's perfect. I love it. Small loaves without waste--great if your family is small enough. Much better crust than my Breadman Ultimate, from which I upgraded.

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I am a long time bread maker and have owned almost every brand of bread machine, including the Zojirushi, which I also love. I just ordered the Cuisinart Convection Bread Machine this past week, and after receiving it, I have found it to be a wonderful bread machine. The french bread recipe as printed in the book was especially delicious, with a fabulous crust. Normally, I don't bake in my bread machines and only use them for the dough cycles. But, after having great success with the french bread recipe, I do plan to do more baking in the machine, as opposed to using the dough cycle, shaping it by hand, then baking it in my oven. One complaint I have read as I did on-line research before purchasing my Cuisinart, I have found not to be correct. After starting a cycle and then deciding to stop the machine to start another cycle, I have, indeed, been able to do this, without waiting 15 minutes, as I had read in some of the reviews. You only have to press the stop, pause button and hold it down for about three seconds. This will stop the machine and then you can proceed to reprogram the machine for a different cycle. This is explained on page 3 of the instruction booklet that came with it. The recipe book is one of the best I've seen to come with a breadmaker and I look forward to trying many of the recipes.

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Breadman TR2500BC Ultimate Plus 2-Pound Stainless-Steel Convection BreadmakerHave used this product consistently for nearly 2 years with great results. Takes the work out of making rustic bread by using the DOUGH mode. I am very concerned about customer service problems posted by others and glad I didn't have any service needs within the warranty. Skeptical about buying Breadman again if they do not stand behind those that slip past quality control...

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I got this breadmaker -- my first -- from my local FreeCycle group. I'm very happy with it, though I have made mistakes. In my first loaf, I hand mixed the ingredients and then realized I still had to add the yeast -- a crucial mistake that would have caused a huge mess, I'm told. I started over from scratch. For that round, I added too little water because I didn't realize that 1 and 5/8 cups was more than 1 1/2 cups. (Stupid fractions. Why not just say 13 ounces of water, Oster? That's a measuring cup I actually have.) The bread came out with the consistency of sand. So with my third try, I got it right with a little help from the Hill Billy Housewife's blog. Now I have this great loaf, and I'm ready to bake another loaf before I hit the hay tonight. (On the third loaf, I also tried the delay setting (adding 20 minutes) and found it worked just fine, and so I'll keep experimenting with that.) Since I got mine free, I couldn't complain about the missing manual. I found it online, and that was a huge plus. (Thanks Oster! That kind of makes up for my public school education.)

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This is the first bread machine I have ever owned. Works very well. The one thing I did not know is that the machine will pause for about 20 min. after each kneeding cycle. The book does not say anything about that cycle. I thought I broke the machine. But do not worry it is suppose to pause to let the bread rest. I wish the book would have said that. But the machine works great. I would recomend getting a bread recipie book to go with your machine.

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Remanufactured Cuisinart CBK-200FR 2-Pound Convection Automatic Bread Maker
Had I not know that this item was remanufactured, I'd have believed it to be brand new. It works very well and is fun to have.

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