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Zojirushi BBCC-V20 Bread Machine Review

may — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:45:32 +0000

The smell of freshly baked bread is always a welcome and comforting thought. Get this soothing event going at your house with the Zojirushi BBCC-V20 Home Bakery Traditional Breadmaker. Unlike other bread makers, this machine has a “homemade” setting where you can program a personalized bread making setting and tailor fit the cycle times to how you want it.

Zojirushi BBCC-V20 Home Bakery Traditional Breadmaker Product Specifications:

Bakes up to 2-pound loaves of fresh homemade bread
Includes 10 different baking settings
Programmable delay timer makes meal planning easier
Nonstick bake pan material for easy cleaning
Measures 17 by 10 by 12 inches; 1-year warranty
Product Dimensions: 17 x 10 x 12 inches ; 17 pounds
Shipping Weight: 21 pounds

From the start to finish of bread making, the Zojirushi BBCC-V20 Home Bakery Traditional Breadmaker has been with me. It has dough setting where it mixes all the ingredients up and facilitates the initial risings. Programming the homemade setting is also very helpful. I could control how long I want the different cycles of kneading, rising and baking to be.

It also has a delay timer but this normally works with the basic bread making setting. This bread maker can bake sandwich bread, wheat bread and also make cakes, pizza dough and jams to go with your bread. The double paddles make sure that all the ingredients get mixed into the dough and because of this; I find that no excess flour gets stuck in the corners of the bread maker and therefore less waste and less time of scraping those out myself in between cycles.

This bread maker has a preheat setting too. This helps the yeast rise properly and so the end product also looks perfectly even, no lopsided or U shapes to the loaf. Unfortunately, the when the BBCC-V20 is preheating or baking the bread, the viewing window fogs up. I couldn’t really see what is going on and if I open the lid, the cycle stops like it was a washing machine dryer.

This machine has received very many good reviews but some did mention that it does succumb to wear and tear pretty fast. I am not sure if it’s just the way they use or if the Zojirushi BBCC-V20 Home Bakery Traditional Breadmaker is really prone to rusting and chipping.

Another downside is that replacement parts can be a pricey. Taking other BBCC-V20 owners reviews into consideration, following the instruction manual to the letter on handling and care of this machine is a must to ensure longer machine life. Cleaning this bread maker has been pretty easy. With the paddles and pan coated with a nonstick material, I have never had to soak these parts for a prolonged period of time. So far, it has been smooth sailing with my Zojirushi BBCC-V20 Home Bakery Traditional Breadmaker.

Zojirushi BBCC-V20 Home Bakery Traditional Breadmaker at a glance

Pros

Double paddles so flour doesn’t get stuck in the corners and mixed well into the dough
Preheat settings
Feature to program in your own bread making settings

Cons

Opening the lid stops action for cycles but viewing window fogs up
Rusting and chipping of pans and paddles
Expensive replacement for parts

The Zojirushi BBCC-V20 Home Bakery Traditional Breadmaker has actually been worth every dollar I spent on it. I really love the homemade setting. With the bread maker using what I programmed for the different cycles, I feel that a personal touch is being used in baking bread.

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Zojirushi X-20 Zojirushi Home Bread Maker Supreme Review

may — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:42:10 +0000

What makes the Zojirushi BBCCX20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine a special bread maker? Basically, it has a strong motor and it can handle stiff dough that other bread makers can’t even start kneading. It also has two paddles for a better knead as opposed to only one paddle for most bread makers.

Zojirushi X-20 Zojirushi Home Bread Maker Supreme Product Specifications:

Deluxe bread machine with automatic settings and customizable controls
3-recipe memory function; sourdough starter, 2-hour quick-baking cycle
3-level crust control; cake and jam settings; 13-hour programmable timer
Rectangular 2-pound loaf pan with twin kneading paddles
16-3/4 by 12 by 8-1/2 inches; includes manual, recipe booklet, and how-to video
Product Dimensions: 19 x 14 x 12 inches ; 15 pounds
Shipping Weight: 21 pounds

Taking into consideration its strong motor, the Zojirushi X-20 Home Bread Maker Supreme is also made of solid and sturdy plastic. It has more power to knead dough and therefore can mix wheat bread ingredients as well as homemade meat loaf. Imagine that? Yes, meat loaf.

The life of this bread maker is longer than any other bread maker but it has a pretty bulky size making it hard to find the right place for it on our kitchen counter. Adding to the mixing power of this bread maker are two paddles for kneading. Where others have only one paddle, you can be sure that the Zojirushi BBCCX-20 Home Bread Maker Supreme is mixing in ingredients well and facilitating a better rise of the dough with its preheating setting.

The kneading cycles are also pretty quiet for this bread maker. The only noisy thing about this machine is when other ingredients like fruits and nuts need to be added and it keeps on beeping until you do put in those add-ons. I never want to use this machine for making bread at night because of its insistent beeping. It seems like an inflexible machine and it just goes about its cycles with no room for delay so you could get involved in the baking process.

It is fairly easy to operate this bread maker though and it has selections such as dough-only, making a loaf from beginning to end. It can bake bread within two hours or its memory can be programmed to remember the last recipe that I used. Another bonus for this bread maker is that even though it has two kneading paddles, it leaves small holes on the bread when it’s done baking that I do get a perfect loaf in front of me.

Brace yourself though; this bread maker is a bit costly. I guess they needed to cover for expenses for the extra paddle and the bulk. Compared to other bread makers, it also has a lower baking temperature of 290F and even with the setting for a light crust, loaves still come out pretty dark. But it’s a pretty convenient machine to have if you love bread and like baking and eating bread.

Zojirushi X-20 Zojirushi Home Bread Maker Supreme at a glance

Pros

Sturdy make and strong motor
Quiet kneading cycles
Double paddles
Easy to operate
Paddles don’t puncture big holes on bread
Easy to clean
Preheating setting

Cons

Dark crust
Less flexible than other bread makers, manual add of extra ingredients
Expensive
Low baking temp
Bulky

Looking for extra power in mixing and kneading? The Zojirushi BBCCX-20 Home Bread Maker Supreme is for you. You have to move all your other kitchen appliances though to make room for it on your kitchen counter.

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Zojirushi BBCC-X20 Bread Machine Review

peachy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:41:44 +0000

What would you like to wake up to each morning? What many people would love to wake up to but seem to be quite difficult to achieve is finding yourself smelling the aroma of bread that has been freshly baked.

Now if you have the Zojirushi BBCCX20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine, you most definitely may say that such a thing is not impossible.

Zojirushi BBCCX20 Bread Machine Specifications

Deluxe bread machine
Comes with automatic settings
Has customizable controls
3-recipe memory function
Sourdough starter
2-hour quick-baking cycle
3-level crust control
Cake and jam settings
13-hour programmable timer
Rectangular 2-pound loaf pan with twin kneading paddles
16-3/4 by 12 by 8-1/2 inches
Includes manual, recipe booklet, and how-to video

Deluxe bread machine
You most definitely would not want to go with just about any other kind of bread machine. You want one that is made to last and one that is made to be of quality. Now those qualities can be found in this bread machine from Zojirushi.

Comes with automatic settings
You may not know how to bake a really nice type of bread really. But that should not be so hard with the Zojirushi BBCCX20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine because it has automatic settings that would help you make that bread that you have been craving for.

Has customizable controls
If you are already quite the baker and you want to do some things that you cannot do with the automatic settings, then you most possibly can create your own custom settings. Do that with the customizable controls made for just that purpose.

3-recipe memory function
So you have tried out a lot of recipes already and now you find three of those to be the top. Now you can actually let the bread machine save those three recipes for you so you can easily make them the next time you want some.

If you are the kind of person who wants freshly baked bread every morning and yet you do not have the skills to achieve that, then the Zojirushi BBCCX20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine is definitely the right one for you. It will be there to help you bake and help you get the right type of bread that your tastebuds have been looking for.

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Zojirushi BB-HAC10 Home Bakery Mini Breadmaker Review

peachy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:33:34 +0000

Have you ever heard of a person who has no idea what bread is? Well, it is almost impossible that a person does not know what this food is. After all, it is a good source of carbohydrates and if you need an instant boost, this just might do the trick. Plus, it is also nutritious. Now you are one of those who love bread and you want to make your own.

You think that you cannot do such because you have no background in baking. Well, if you have theZojirushi BB-HAC10 Home Bakery 1-Pound-Loaf Programmable Mini Breadmaker, then you are going to say that you do not need lessons to make that bread that you want.

Zojirushi BB-HAC10 Home Bakery 1-Pound-Loaf Programmable Mini Breadmaker Specifications

Programmable breadmaker
Produces 1 pound loaves of cakes or breads
Has settings for cookie/pasta dough and fresh fruit jams
Quick-bake cycle
13-hour delay timer
LCD control panel
Viewing window
Carrying handle
Nonstick kneading blade and baking pan
Instructions and recipes included
Measures 8 by 11 by 12 inches
Has a 1-year warranty

Programmable breadmaker
What makes this bread maker from Zojirushi special is the fact that you can bake bread even if you have no baking background. The secret lies in the bread maker itself – it is programmable.

Produces 1 pound loaves of cakes or breads
You sure love bread. Now you can create a good amount of bread with this kitchen appliance because it has the capacity to bake a pound of bread (or cake) each time.

Has settings for cookie/pasta dough and fresh fruit jams
Oh you like those cookies? Well, you can make sure with the Zojirushi BB-HAC10 Home Bakery 1-Pound-Loaf Programmable Mini Breadmaker. Plus, it is also made to help you make pasta dough as well as cook fruit jam from fresh fruits.

Quick-bake cycle
So you may think that it will take hours and hours for this kitchen appliance to bake that bread that you have been craving for. Well, that is not necessarily the case because this one has a quick-bake cycle making everything quite speedy.

13-hour delay timer
The trick to waking up to freshly baked bread is the 13-hour delay timer that this bread machine has. Just prepare the ingredients and plop them into the machine. Set the delay timer and make sure that by the time you wake up, the bread maker has got your breakfast ready.

As a whole, the Zojirushi BB-HAC10 Home Bakery Mini Breadmaker is a good buy. Not only are you able to bake bread but you can also make lots of things with it like pasta, jams, cakes, and cookie dough.

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