Bb-Cec20 Home Bakery Supreme 2-Pound-Loaf Breadmaker, Black

Si sigues las instrucciones (porciones y medidas) es una súper herramienta para tener pan recién hecho todos los días en tu casa!

If so, I may have to propose to mine. Um, OK, maybe not, but seriously... this thing might just be my favorite possession in the whole world. It's the first bread maker I've ever owned, and I bought it 18 months ago (pretty much immediately after Zojirushi brought out the black/silver model) after spending maybe six months umming and ahhing and vacillating and reading every review posted on Amazon for this (or at least, its previous incarnation that's exactly the same, only white) and the comparable Breadman and Panasonic models. I finally sprang for the Zojirushi as a birthday present to myself despite the relatively steep price tag as I'd decided it was "the one" and that I was pretty sure I wouldn't be quite as happy with any of the other models I'd been contemplating. I've not regretted my decision for a moment since, and have baked a TON of bread in the year and a half since I bought it. That's not to say every loaf has turned out perfectly; I've had my share of disasters, but I can count them on the fingers of one hand and each and every one of those disasters has been down to operator error rather than any failing on the part of the breadmaker. Disaster number one (loaf didn't rise at all) involved using old/bad yeast, and all the others have been down to my mis-reading of the recipe or otherwise failing to follow instructions precisely. Accidentally putting in two tablespoons of salt instead of two teaspoons, that kind of thing. Right now I have a disaster in the making sitting in my Zo; guess who didn't spot until it was too late the part where the recipe said to leave the starter in the machine for 8-10 hours before proceeding to the next step? Yup, that would be me. Oops. I can tell you that EVERY time I have properly followed the instructions (either in the manual that came with the machine or in the Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook that I, along with many previous reviewers, can't recommend highly enough as a companion purchase), I've been rewarded with an incredible loaf of bread. If you're a novice or near-novice breadmaker like me, I'd recommend trying out several of the recipes from the manual included with the machine to get the feel for how it works before you start getting more adventurous with different breads. Once I'd turned out a few perfect loaves of a few different kinds (the ones in the instruction manual are surprisingly good, but you'll want to expand your repertoire before very long!) I started pretty much working my way through the above-mentioned bread machine cookbook and am constantly finding new "favorite" recipes. This machine lends itself very well to whichever kind of recipe you want to follow. There are a ton of recipes that you can use with just the basic pre-programmed bread or dough settings, but if you find you need to tweak things a bit, the three programmable "homemade" settings allow you to vary your knead/rise times as required by the recipe you're following. Anyway. There's precious little I can say about this machine that hasn't already been said by a couple of hundred other reviewers, but here goes! I had wanted to get my own bread maker for a long time; I consider myself a pretty good cook but for some reason have always been utterly terrible when it comes to baking of any sort. I can cook just about anything, but baked goods? Forget it. That involves some special kind of witchcraft that I just don't possess. But I do LOVE freshly-baked, interesting bread, and I was getting heartily sick of the bland, HFCS-filled offerings in the grocery store with their unfeasibly long lists of unidentifiable ingredients that have no business being in a loaf of bread. There is something so satisfying about being able to measure out a few simple ingredients, dump them all (in the right order, of course!) in the bread pan, set the machine, then come back to find that those ingredients have, apparently by magic, turned into an amazing loaf of bread. I love setting the machine before I go to bed and then being woken up in the wee small hours by the wonderful smell of freshly-baked bread wafting through the house. It's also so easy to use the Zojirushi for all the tricky, messy stuff involving mixing and kneading and rising and then shape the resulting dough into a loaf to be baked in the oven... only to be rewarded by an impressive rustic-looking loaf that looks (and tastes) like something from a fancy artisanal bakery. I think I have waxed lyrical about this bread maker for long enough now, so I'll just finish by saying: if you're on the fence about getting one of these, go for it! I very much doubt you'll be disappointed. Did I mention that I love my Zojirushi?

Item works great and makes great loaves. Although it has fewer courses than I would like, it has 3 programable courses which you can save, so you can make some pretty accurate courses for some specialties which is an excellent feature. Love the length loaf and the 2 kneading paddles with a strong motor.

I've had this bread machine for over a year and I use it at least once a week. My standard recipe is a simple sourdough on the regular setting (I've never tried the sourdough setting – it seems like a useless extra), plus pizza dough and various ryes and brown breads when I'm feeling adventurous. My standard recipe plus the pizza dough never fails. I purchased the Zojirushi after a lot of research. My previous bread machine was a refurbished Regal model that lasted over ten years. The Zojirushi came up as the premium model with good reviews on many sites. I picked it because it seemed reliable, I liked the rectangular loaf pan, and it had lots of options. General Observations: Counter footprint is okay – not overwhelming, but not really "space saving" either. Machine looks nice and sleek, a bit like a large lunchbucket. It's heavy, so I keep it on the counter. It's not a small appliance but the shape is narrower than my old breadmaker so I'm happy. I don't bother with the room temperature thing where you have all the ingredients sit in the pan so they get to the same room temperature. It takes a little figuring to turn it off, but once it's off, it stays off. Otherwise, the bread would take almost 4 hours to make. Advance setting (future bread timer) has screwed up once or twice and baked unmixed bread. I'm not sure that I can blame this on the machine, though. I've never put the pan in the dishwasher. Doesn't need it – it cleans up quickly. I'm able to "read" dough and don't bother too much with the exact proportions or how the ingredients have to be layered. I throw them in any which way and it always works. However, for delayed baking, I tend to follow directions exactly and have had some misses. Pros: Loaf pan is awesome. I've NEVER had a loaf stick or break when removing it from the pan. Bread comes out smoothly each and every time with a few shakes. I can't say enough about this feature – it's probably the most important part because it's the everyday convenience. Dual paddles, yay! And they have never needed to be pried out of the loaf. Not once. Excellent directions. Clear, colorful, easy. Never had a loaf over-rise and flood the container, which happened a lot with the old one. The capacity of this one seems perfect. Cleans up like a dream. Rinse a few times, done. Dough setting has always made perfect dough. Predictable and easy to watch whether you have the window or the lunchbucket-like roof open while you're monitoring the consistency of the dough, which I recommend you do. Consumes less electricity than my old model (doesn't trip my circuit). Cons: It's complex – almost too many settings to cycle through, but the directions are excellent. No small (1 lb or 1.5 lb) loaf setting. However, I've ignored the directions and made smaller loaves and they seem to be okay. Jam setting really doesn't work, but I am not an expert and suspect jam just has to be made on a stove. Not as fast as my old Regal – about three and a half hours instead of the usual 2:15 I was used to, but bigger loaves. The 2 hour "speed setting" makes pretty crappy bread. Don't use it. Loaves come out slightly uneven as others have observed but this really doesn't bother me. The coating on the upper corners of the pan is cracking slightly – kind of like a wrinkle? -after a year's use. This does bother me. Conclusion: was it worth the extra $? I am not sure. I know that I am absolutely in love with the loaf pan and the structure. The thing that used to drive me nuts with my old breadmaker was how hard it was to get the bread out. I would easily pay $ for the dual-paddle loaf pan but, in retrospect, I wish I'd gotten a smaller machine with the ability to make faster/smaller breads. But only if it has this loaf pan. Anyway, so far, so good. It is easy to use so it gets a lot of use.

Update: I'm technically on my 12th year now, bought this May 2, 2003. I use this bread machine often, about 2-3 times a week. Sometimes for dough, sometimes for banana bread on cake mode, often for simple breads. I've probably saved thousands on bread products over the years. Zojirushi is a great brand, I have 2 of their rice cookers, which are also phenomenal. Wishes are that this has a dumper for warm yeast water (I like extra foamy yeast, sugar, milk powder, fat mixture), a dispenser for add one like nuts and stuff, and one day a more robotic approach for baguettes and whatever - or make the dough, rise for 8 - 12 hours, dump a baguette into a cooking surface. We can dream right? Original review from 2003... Okay, so I waited for months and months to get this, and finally saw one from Amazon Warehouse Deals that was about a hundred dollars less than the current Amazon price.... it arrived, was in perfect condition (I think it was just a returned item that was never used), and in a few minutes I was using their basic bread recipe.... first loaf was a disaster, but I was using old flour and old yeast that had been in my cabinet for at least a year. I went to Costco, bought a 25 pound bag of bread flour and a giant package of yeast, and have now made 4 loaves in the past 3 days... as well as sourdough starter. Their "basic sourdough" recipe is amazing - the bread is chewy and elastic, and tangy, and perfect. The loaves come out great, everything is perfect. If I were to change a few things: * a nicer display... sheesh, if a $69 printer can have a full color touch screen, this can too... * the ability to make a 1 pound loaf and a 2 pound loaf.... perhaps it's possible just with a smaller recipe? I was thinking about this forever, and really, these 2 pound loaves are pretty sizable, but I'm always making people happy by giving away bread... perhaps have this come with two pans? UPDATE: it's possible, they just dont look as pretty without that "muffin top". * what's with Zojirushi and their weird measuring cups? I have their rice cooker (another one of god's greatest essential appliances, trust me), and it has this special measuring cup too... Anyway, buy this bread machine - if you don't like it, return it or sell it... but you're going to love it... especially after that first loaf of mouth-watering sourdough bread! UPDATE! Zojirushi, if you're reading this, I really think that the screen should be a larger screen with a graph of everything that happens from start to end, and when to add items, and show a moving arrow along this line. Also, have the screen have built-in recipes to follow. And if possible, maybe an auto-dispenser for the "add-on" items so you don't have to wait around. So far I think I've made 30 loaves of bread... I bought a 25 lb bag of bread flour at Costco, but also bought 2 bags of flour on amazon (7 grain and whole wheat) and it took me two loaves to realize that you still use 2-3 cups of white bread flour for every cup of whole wheat or multi-grain.... unless you want very, very, very dense bread. ;-) I find if I add items as soon as the "add" beep comes on, that they get pretty pulverized... I wait an extra 3 or so minutes, then add items like walnuts.