Recommend mrs v a bread maker

[VEX]

Ours £10 Sue Ryder bought, see if we like it, bread maker is starting to pit and corrode after a couple of years use.

Ideally we want a 2lb or 2.5lb one.

What is the PH thoughts and recomendations?

V.

[Shaw Tarse]

I think the Panasonic usually wins these threads?

[motco]

Shaw Tarse said:

I think the Panasonic usually wins these threads?

Hands down!

[trando]

Definitely Panasonic. We have an SD-2500 and it as been producing our daily bread for the last 3 years without a fault. We bought ours from Argos.

[rsv gone!]

OK, I am prepared for a flaming .... but what do these really offer over using your oven?

[FredericRobinson]

Ease of use, a couple if minutes to throw in the ingredients & press a couple of buttons vs kneading, prooving etc

And Panasonic.

[21TonyK]

I've got a Panny SD-2501 which my kids bought me for a birthday present. And although I bake bread at least once a week it's been used a couple of times and now lives in the garage.

I just find it too restrictive and time consuming. I can bang out a couple of 1lb loaves in half the time the machine takes and with less mess and washing up.

[Pothole]

21TonyK said:

I've got a Panny SD-2501 which my kids bought me for a birthday present. And although I bake bread at least once a week it's been used a couple of times and now lives in the garage.

I just find it too restrictive and time consuming. I can bang out a couple of 1lb loaves in half the time the machine takes and with less mess and washing up.

Except that you're using the time to make bread whereas I tend to put it on time delay overnight so I use the time sleeping.

[Bursar]

I thought about getting a bread maker, and it would have been a Panasonic. In the end, I figured that I would only use it to it's full capacity a few times. If you want to makes rolls or a focaccia, or anything other than a loaf, then it essentially becomes a glorified food mixer.

I bought a decent mixer with a dough hook instead. But the timer setting on the bread maker is good point, and waking up to the smell of freshly bread must be heavenly.

[stevensdrs]

Panasonic beats the rest by a mile. So easy and great results.

[motco]

used ours every two days for nine years. Makes superb wholemeal if you use Carr's strong flour. Other flours are ok but Carr's is best.

[Piglet]

Panasonic.

As others have said, we chuck ingredients in it at night and wake up to nice smelling fresh bed.

We do make bread by hand as and when we've got time but day to day the Panny does the job beautifully

Edited by Piglet on Saturday 26th January 21:11

[21TonyK]

Pothole said:

xcept that you're using the time to make bread whereas I tend to put it on time delay overnight so I use the time sleeping.

True. Not really thought about leaving it overnight. Will give it a bash

[RobDickinson]

Our (UK) panasonic one broke, at the time they didnt import breadmakers into NZ , so rather than settle for another brad (we tried 2 and took them back) we just make by hand now.

[oilandwater]

Panasonic! Every time, the metal paddle is a must.

[Digger]

Half my sliced loaves tend to get chucked. Can you make a small loaf with these?

Edited by Digger on Sunday 27th January 07:56

[motco]

400g, 500g, and 600g in my Panasonic. I make the middle one every two days on average.

[Pothole]

21TonyK said:

Pothole said:

xcept that you're using the time to make bread whereas I tend to put it on time delay overnight so I use the time sleeping.

True. Not really thought about leaving it overnight. Will give it a bash

Or during the day so it's ready when you get home and the house smells delicious!

[Sticks.]

Not had much luck with our Panasonic; 3x rubbish results, not sure why. I'd have tidied it away in the loft by now.

[Pothole]

Sticks. said:

Not had much luck with our Panasonic; 3x rubbish results, not sure why. I'd have tidied it away in the loft by now.

what exactly has gone wrong?