Love, love, love it! Very quiet and stable on kitchen counter. I made two beautiful loaves right out of the box! Whole Wheat and Pizza Bread. I have tried Zorushi, Cuisinart, Hamilton Beach, KBS, and none of them appealed to me like the Breville Bread Machine. Now my experience. . . in baking 1.5 loaves, I stop the machine at Rise 3, take off the paddle (while I am there) and gently resituate and shape the dough (use Pam on hands) to rise in the center of the pan. The pan accommodates up to a 2.5 lb loaf of bread, so dough gets tossed around to side during kneading process. I like the very efficient 1 paddle Breville. . . it has the power to knead the dough at over 800 watts. Breville is quality. . . whatever you buy. In beginning, you've got to layer the ingredients. . . wet on bottom, dry on top, and be careful with temp of liquids. . . If you have a problem, it could be you, the recipe, or other factors (such as the yeast you have chosen to use) that can affect the outcome of your baked product. Don't blame the well-made machine. The book that accompanies it is very informative (small type) with a few recipes. So I used ones that I already had and one off the internet. Wow! I am in love with this machine and can't wait to see what all is in store for me and my family using it!

I'd like to offer insights not already covered by other owners: Like other Breville appliances, this bread maker uses a multi-function rotary switch for navigating and changing the values of various settings. This is a faster, easier method than keypad buttons used on other machines. This machine has a high level of features and settings, so this choice of interface really shines. There's also tactile metallic buttons that perform single purposes, (Ex: Oven light), and their layout and size make them unambiguous. This layout, and the large, easy to read black-over-white LCD display are friendly to old duffers like me who don't appreciate scrambling to find our glasses to use an appliance. Also, the important buttons have an illuminating halo ring that changes color to indicate they are, or are not available for use depending on the present state of the machine's cycle. Another clever detail.A word on the folding paddle angst some owners have expressed: Complaints relate to seizing, cleaning or aesthetics of the 'hole' in the bottom of the loaf . . really?I lube the thing with olive oil prior to use. I also place a cup of hot water in the baking tin w/paddle after it cools to soften remnant dough, then use the edge of a common dish brush to clean away baking remnants. Cleaning takes seconds not minutes - far less time than complaining, and if a small hole or gash in the bread your about to digest troubles you, consider meditation or a therapist.Things to like:1. Widest range of loaf sizes of any machine I could find.2. Oven light is awesome - not critical, but a really thoughtful luxury.3. Fruit/nut dispenser a plus.4. 850watt rating - most powerful machine I could find.5. Fixed and folding paddles provide for a wide range of uses.6. Greatest number of custom program settings and memory for personal recipes.Lastly, and surprisingly important,7. The manual/recipe book is a real quality item. Thick, glossy pages, spirally bound so you can open to a recipe and it lays flat. It is made to be in a kitchen. Most other manufacturers completely cheap out at this point. The many recipes are a great starting point for spectacular personalized custom loafs. A note on price: Welcome to inflation. I had to pay $300. Who WANTS to do that? I didn't, and first I bought a KBS import special with a fancy glass top for $150. But on only the second loaf, that machine's wimpy motor started to make unhealthy sounds and got returned. On the other hand, my 6-7 year old Breville espresso machine, juicer, and countertop oven function as perfectly today as they did in 2015. Coincidence? Maybe, or it shows value for the prices paid - who's to say. In the end, performance and longevity are more important to me than low price. Once the money is spent, it's easy to forget the pain as long as the product excels year after year. O.K., time for a perfect crusty dill rye for Reuben sandwiches. It's a ripper :)P.S. If you haven't tried Bob's Red Mill Artisan Bread flour, there's a real pleasure waiting for you.

I only bake gluten free (GF) bread. Been doing it for years. I bake 3-4 loaves a week. Recently I decided to switch to a bread machine. This machine produced an excellent GF loaf - on the first attempt! It comes with a detailed book (thick and spiral bound) that gives you everything you need to know like times and temps of each cycle, step by step directions and some recipes. You can create your own homemade bake cycle by programming your unique settings. My only small complaint: the view window is pretty small. Quality control was bad for me. The first machine I received had a piece of black rubber stuck under the glass of the screen. It obscured the read out. Returned it. The second machine wasn’t sent in a shipping box. Arrived busted up and scratched. Returned it. My bad luck. Check your machine!!

I’ve had a Breville for years and I love the bread and I’ve got a great recipe. So easy to make make it cut it freeze it you’ve got fresh bread whenever you want it. My old one started to do some funky things and I thought it was going to die so I bought a new Breville bread maker. And the first loaf it started to smoke. Smoke was pouring out of the area where you would add nuts or things like that to the bread. So I tried it one more time to see if it was just some weird thing. Still smoke pouring out of it. I called Breville. They sent me a new one. I sent them the last one that was smoking. A lot of rigmarole. Just trying it out tonight and smoke is pouring out out of the fruit nut area once again. Thank goodness my parrot started screaming about the smoke! Who knows if I would’ve had a fire! They’ll be getting this one back as soon as their office is open and I’ll find something else to buy.

En relación con otras panificadoras esta tiene mucho más posibilidades de crear un buen pan tuve mala suerte con las otras al fin encontré lo qué deseaba me tardaron casi un mes en entregar pero al fin la recibí

I use this bread maker twice a week at least to make whole wheat bread and it yields perfect results every time. I love the preheat feature which allows for a lovely rise and enjoy the lay flat paddle. I will say the paddle does not always work and sometimes stays up but this is not a big issue for me as it's quit skinny so it affects very little of the bread in general. I bought this to replace my broken Cuisinart bread maker and I couldn't be more pleased. The only concern I have involves the cleaning of the pan. There are 6 plastic circles at the bottom of the pan which get bread stuck around them. Cleaning that area is annoying and time consuming. Not annoying enough for me to take a star off but something you should be aware of.Separate from bread this also makes excellent dough and I am a rock star at home right now because I can make cinnamon buns regularly with little effort on my part. This machine is far superior to the Cuisinart in my opinion. The texture and quality of the bread is much better. Our 100% whole wheat loaves are light and fluffy and my family has been eating it without complaint. A great way to keep everyone healthy and save money in the long run as it's far cheaper to buy ingredients and bake it ourselves. If you're looking for a new machine this one is solid and shouldn't let you down.

Excelente, un poco difícil de entender, pero hace todo!! Uno solo agrega los ingredientes y listo!

Purchased this wonderful bread maker about 6 wk ago and just love it. I bake about 2-3 times aweek and no failures so far however be warned thr 4-5 cup flour recipes are huge, definately family size, even with whole wheat flour. I never use the vital gluten as our Canadian wheat is great and gives good rise always. The only door stop loaf so far was the recipe in the book containing cinnamon which kills yeast apparently. I mixed it in the flour with all the other dry ingredients, guess that was not a good idea! I always add yeast last on top of dry ingredients and warm water and butter first.The top of every loaf is always nicely browned on every setting however the sides and botton are a little too brown even on light setting basic recipe for white bread, perhaps due to too much sugar or whole milk powder? The whole wheat setting for crust is auto preset and bottom and sides crust are very dark but still wonderful high loaf bread and this too was a high sugar bread.The winner in the preset loaf where crust cannot be adjusted is the french bread crusty loaf.......a beautiful light airy bread, taste excellent and perfect golden crust all around but it had no sugar or milk powder, just oil and salt any maybe that is why, so still have more fun experiments to try it seems.The pan is surpprisingly light, with very slick coating. Single paddle and pan shape and kneading very thorough, I am impressed and loaf shape is quite high semi rectangular deep enough so no stick to lid issues.Anyway the machine works great, the paddle only lays partly prone due to dough caught under the paddle , makes a dent in bottom of loaf but that is still better than the machines that tear a huge hole when paddle is left in to bake. However there is a beep after last knead so you can remove paddle if desired.The add in dispenser works fine and goodies get mixed in properly.The dough is extremely well mixed and finished loaf shap is smooth unless the dough is too dry then thhe top may be lumpy.I am really delighted to have a completely hands free bread making machine and enjoy it very much. I did a lot of research before buying and am pleased with my choice of Breville.I have 2 other Breville products and found them very good, heavy duty also just like this bread machine.

So far, we are really happy about this Breville bread making machine. This is the first bread maker we own and so far we're having a great experience with this appliance.All bread makers make some noise, and this one does too, as mentioned in some of the previous reviews, but it is bearable to be in the same room while it does the kneading. The main issue we have with noise is that at some point in the cycle, the machine will vibrate, probably to dislodge the nuts in the nut dispenser. This makes A LOT of noise, enough to wake us up. Sadly, this function cannot be turned off, even when the nut dispenser is not used. Only the beeping can be turned off.This being said, the nut dispenser is a really cool feature. The machine wobbles quite a bit when kneading, we found that putting it on the floor helped reduce the noise and make the kneading more efficient.The collapsible paddle, which seem to cause trouble to some users (see previous reviews), does indeed occasionally fail to collapse, but still does most of the time. When it does not, it does not "take a big chunk" out of the bread, but only a small one. It is always possible to retrieve the paddle without tearing the whole bread apart. For us, this is not an issue. This paddle is really small anyway, but the kneading is so effective.The breads we made were good. Now we really eat more bread than before (maybe too much?). We tried all recipes without the milk powder and the results were fine. Probably not a necessary ingredient. We have also tried the pizza dough, to great success. We really like the "delay" feature, too. It is just amazing to wake up and have this freshly baked bread smell in the apartment and a very fresh loaf to start the day.Some tips if you want to add flaxseed to your bread, do not put them in the nuts dispenser but rather add them at the start, with the other dry ingredients. Also, always make sure you add whatever you want to put in the nuts dispenser AFTER you've put the bread pan in the machine, as some nuts can fall through the slits.One more thing for francophones who might be using the North American version of the users manual: there are errors in the French part of the booklet. Some columns have not been translated and there even are mistakes in the quantities used in the recipes. So stick to the quantities mentioned in the English version…Finally, one unfortunate design flaw: no OFF switch. When plugged in, the machine is always on, drawing electricity for nothing. Thankfully, the plug is sturdy and will not mind the machine being plugged in and out constantly, but this is inconvenient.