Have used various breadmakers for decades with most only lasting 1-3 years. Decided to try a high end unit this time and wanted one that would make a more conventional loaf that is longer and not so high. This Zojirushi BB-PDC20 BA seemed to fill the bill so I ordered it and got the bonus stainless cup set and Cuisinart serrated knife. The cup set is excellent but the knife is really on the short side for bread.
Unpackaging the unit was a pleasant non-disappointing experience complete with a well designed box and packaging. Everything seems to be built to a high quality level. Disappointingly the breadmaker is made in China but seems to be well built and an example of how good product they are capable of producing.
Nice features on this machine include a clock so delay baking requires no calculation, just set the desired done time and you’re done. The delay function will go to a max of 13 hours in advance only, and the beeper function is shut off so you get no reminder when it is done. I’ve had machines with longer delay settings possible and found that on occasion I used longer delays. This unit has a lid heater in addition to the bottom heater. The longer pan uses 2 small paddles leaving the least amount damage to the bottom I’ve ever seen. The dual heaters result in a consistent crust on bottom, sides and top. Although I say complaints of uneven loaves having to level the dough at beginning of the last rise but so far mine have been perfect. The internal texture of the bread is more consistent with fine holes than I am used to seeing.
I tried their recommendation to us a scale to measure ingredients for flour rather than sifting and leveling individual measuring cups and found it to be a Godsend for saving time and no mess to clean up. Picked up a $10 Ozeri scale here and I’m never going back to measuring cups for flour again.
Breadmaker includes 2 nice recipe books that cover all the usual bases plus gluten free, salt free and sugar free breads including programs for them. Haven’t tried their recipes yet but have used several of my tried and true recipes that have come out well. Oddly enough the recipe I have used the most on other machines had a slight top collapse. No biggie though as I usually have to adjust a recipe or two for a new machine.
A couple of things noting that this breadmaker doesn’t do that other may include programs and recipes only for 2 lb loaves. It would be an easy matter to use one of the programmable programs and simply setting a reduced bake for smaller loaves. Included in the documentation is add ingredients and total cycle time for each program. Detailed individual cycle times for regular medium white bread course is included but lacking for all the other programs which I would have liked to have provided. It also does not include a light or add ingredients bin dispenser but was probably left out to provide a more useful upper heater element In the lid. Having functionality take precedence over unnecessary features is fine with me. Also glad it does not have an auto yeast add feature as I would never trust it to work consistently in the long run. I’ve already ordered replacement paddles to have on hand as they typically only last a year or so.
Unit runs very quiet and motor doesn’t seem to strain like most mixing dough.
Very pleased with this purchase so far. Will update this review down the road as appropriate. Hopefully I’ll have no need to do that.
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| Price | Currently unavailable. | -6% $159.99 Typical: $169.99 | $139.99 | $134.99 | -13% $139.99 List: $159.99 | -25% $97.34 List: $129.21 |
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| Sold By | — | ART Appliances | Amazon.com | southmanage | Neretva Home | Kitchenarm LLC |
| capacity | 2 pounds | 2 pounds | 2 pounds | 3.5 pounds | 2 pounds | 2 pounds |
| material | silicone | Fully Stainless Steel Body, Non-stick Ceramic Pan, Stainless Steel Fruit Nut Dispenser, Dual Quartz Heaters (17 Menu; 15 Hours Delay Time; 15-Minute Power Interruption Recovery; 3 Loaf Size & 3 Crust Colors; Low Noise DC Motor Design; Up to 1 Hour Thermostatic) | Stainless Steel | Plastic housing &Non-stick Metal Pan | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel |
| number of programs | — | 17 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 29 |
| voltage | — | 120 volts of alternating current | — | 120 volts | 110 volts | — |
| wattage | 700 watts | 710 watts | 550 watts | 850 watts | 565 watts | 550 watts |
| care instructions | Wipe with Dry Cloth | Dishwasher Safe | Dishwasher Safe | Dishwasher Safe | Hand Wash Only | Hand Wash Only |
| weight | 1 pounds | 14.7 pounds | 13.51 pounds | — | 8.37 pounds | 11.6 pounds |
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Paddle coating shredded into our food... known to state of CA to cause cancer and defects
We absolutely adored this bread maker. I've had it for exactly 3 weeks we made a loaf of bread every few days and there were several days that we made more than one loaf in a day. We made Steakhouse bread, we made Hawaiian bread, wheat bread, white bread, cinnamon raisin....this machine could turn it all out. And then just 3 weeks old I noticed that the nonstick coating was shredding off of the bottom of the paddles in strips, like a sunburn would peel. I was very careful and I had only washed it by hand with soft cloth and it still fell apart. I'm extremely disappointed that something at this price point would have a coating that is toxic shredding off into your food after only 3 weeks of use
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