Bread Machine

shrugs · June-8th-2008, 04:41 PM

I know we have some DIY-ers here and want to know what machines people have had success with.
Also, if the machine works well, how, if you had to contact them, was the customer service for warranty etc.....?

patricia · June-8th-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by shrugs

I know we have some DIY-ers here and want to know what machines people have had success with.
Also, if the machine works well, how, if you had to contact them, was the customer service for warranty etc.....?

My bread machine is a Zojirushi and I am very pleased with it. It makes a wonderful loaf of bread and can also be used to make cakes and jams and rise dough for pizza dough and buns etc. One thing it also does is make whole wheat bread, which all machines don't.
It's at the high end, price-wise.
The manual that comes with it is the most comprehensive I've seen, compared to the other bread machines I've had over the years.
It has a chart to adjust recipes if the bread doesn't meet expectations and their customer service answers promptly as well as being very helpful.
their website is: www.zojirushi.com if you want to check them out.

clinthopson · June-9th-2008, 01:49 PM

I get too much enjoyment from the hand-made process to get a bread machine. It's a great pleasure for me to do the wholes process from the mixing, kneading, rising, re-kneading and rising and shaping and baking.

Of course I'm retired now so I have plenty of time.

Gary Sisco · June-9th-2008, 01:54 PM

I might have to look into this. Real bread here is way beyond affordability for us, now. I've been using Armenian style flatbread and tortillas for a couple of months, now. A loaf of real bread now's the same price as a gallon of gas. I can't eat the squishy stuff they call bread, plus it has sugar. Who knows why. That might be one of the reasons people are packing on pounds, though.

I noted this week, however, that the price of rice (in bins) went down twenty cents a pound since the last I bought. I was happy to see that, though it's still way more than it ever was before. Rice is the foundation of my diet. I nearly swallowed my own tongue when I saw it priced at $1.98/lb out of a bin. $1.78 looked better though still out of control. There will be a lot of hungry people around the world, whose dietary foundation's is also rice. Many.

shrugs · June-9th-2008, 01:58 PM

My girlfriend has arthritis so that's out of the question.
We went with a Breadman machine. Amazon reviews vary but I did some reading and found people with multiple reviews, many of them were on good baking/cooking equipment, that liked the one we bought.
I found the reviews that were bad were mainly from wing nuts.

shrugs · June-18th-2008, 08:20 PM

2 loaves baked with:

Almost gone.

Used Hodgson Mill mixes. Bought an Arrowhead Mills mix today but we need some additional ingredients.

GoodSpeak · June-18th-2008, 08:28 PM

Never owned a bread machine myself, but my former neighbor did and we ate like kings [and queens] at our house when she made more than one loaf.

Always nice to be in the good graces of a good cook

shrugs · June-18th-2008, 08:42 PM

Fresh bread is amazing.

We have a bakery in town that is churning out french loaves at 1.99 for about a 3 foot loaf.

The crust alone is worth the price.

GoodSpeak · June-18th-2008, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by shrugs

Fresh bread is amazing.

We have a bakery in town that is churning out french loaves at 1.99 for about a 3 foot loaf.

The crust alone is worth the price.

You're speaking my language, Shrugs.

I could make a meal out of a fresh loaf of homemade bread

shrugs · June-19th-2008, 06:05 PM

Bake, grow and brew your own.

clinthopson · June-19th-2008, 06:18 PM

The know bread in the Easy.

GoodSpeak · June-19th-2008, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by shrugs

Bake, grow and brew your own.

Love to.

Which is why I'm here reading this thread....doing a little research, as it were.

hornplayer · June-20th-2008, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by shrugs

I know we have some DIY-ers here and want to know what machines people have had success with.
Also, if the machine works well, how, if you had to contact them, was the customer service for warranty etc.....?

Bread machine? Mine is on this keyboard right now. My hands. The warranty is still effective, even after all these years!

I've been making bread (and pizza) since I was a little girl, and really relish the joy of getting my hands into the dough and kneading and slapping it around. Very primal.

shrugs · June-20th-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by hornplayer

Bread machine? Mine is on this keyboard right now. My hands. The warranty is still effective, even after all these years!

I've been making bread (and pizza) since I was a little girl, and really relish the joy of getting my hands into the dough and kneading and slapping it around. Very primal.

My girlfriend has arthritis and wanted to start baking bread again. So the machine has been a great addition to her baking supplies.
She baked on the side for years but arthritis runs in her family and hits the women really early.

groover · June-20th-2008, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by GoodSpeak

You're speaking my language, Shrugs.

I could make a meal out of a fresh loaf of homemade bread

Me, too.

A baguette, string cheese, and a bag of carrot sticks was my dinner the other night.

Can you make baguettes with a bread machine?

clinthopson · June-20th-2008, 11:23 AM

I must admit that will, on occasion, use my 35 year-old Kitchen Aid mixer and sometimes my 14 cup Cuisinart if I'm feeling puny or are overwhelmed with the rest of the menu. But that being said, I always knead a whole bunch.

BTW, I don't think Julia Child's recipes and techniques can be beat.