Bread Makers

Tarn :

Outstanding. Item restored breadmaker which made me very happy. Need a part?? use these people..

Ishikawa :

The maker of this bread machine did not supply the kneading attachment with the order. When I contacted them (and their numerous affiliates), they responded that they no longer made the replacement product…discontinued. I was also given the runaround from one affiliate to another.

I would have to return it. Right there, that doesn’t make any sense at all. No one from the company responded by name when dealing with them, just a generic email. I had to send the first one back, only to find that the second one also did not have the kneading attachment. No sense of being sorry from the company at all. Totally unprofessional. I will be looking out for items sold by Salton and its affiliates, and never buying from them again. I encourage everyone else to do the same.

Thaller :

I bought the Breadman TR875 back in December of 2008 and one word describes this device: Wow!
I have made most of the recipes in the manual and a lot from recipes I found online. All have been great. There have been a couple that have not risen properly but those were store bought bread machine brands.
I have mostly made the 1.5 lb sizes as sometimes the 2 lb loaves rise too high and touch the viewing window. Also 2 lb is a lot of bread and bread machine loaves are best eaten within 1 - 2 days.
Sometimes the paddle comes off and is stuck inside the completed baked bread but usually it stays on. It’s all in how you shake the bread out when it’s done I think.
The outside of the Breadman is not hot at all so it can go against backsplashes. One thing I did not know was to separate the salt and suger that is added to the breadpan. None of the recipes in the manual mention this so be sure to add the liquids first, then the flour, and THEN the salt and suger (if needed) to opposite sides of the breadpan.
All in all, this is a great device and I can honestly say I have not bought ANY store bread brands since I have had this. I did an Excel spreadsheet listing the bread I would have bought from November to June and offset the flour and bread supplies that I bought, I saved over $200 in that eight month period.

Ezelle :

My brother gave me a Breadman for Christmas years ago. When it finally gave up the ghost after years of intensive use, I decided to replace with another Breadman. What a mistake!

It worked allright for about the first 3-4 uses, after which I decided to send in my registration info (I always like to make sure I’m going to keep the product first).

Shortly after that, I began hearing a dreadful grinding noise on the knead cycle! Many emails and calls back and forth to “customer care” have resolved nothing. There is no service center in my area, the date code on the machine renders it out of warranty, I can’t find the original receipt, and they won’t tell me, from my registration info, where I bought it (which would help me locate the receipt).

Yeah, maybe my filing system sucks, but I would at least expect a more courteous response than, “We can’t locate your registration info, but you can buy the latest model for $140.”

Will definitely be looking for a different model next time!

Ahn :

Wanted a bread machine and didn’t have $200 to spend on one. Bought this machine, before reading reviews. Followed booklet directions to the letter and had disaster after disaster. Loaves falling during baking and crust tough as shoe leather. Was ready to give up. Went on recipe sites for advice and tried using vital wheat gluten, added to recipes and recipes from famous cooking sites. Have been making great bread ever since! I don’t use the booklet that came with machine anymore. Do add ingredients in the order the maker recommends. Also bought a bread machine cookbook and have good results with it. So, keep trying with different recipes and internet sites for good advice. Good, reasonably priced machine, bad recipes.

Karas :

We’ve owned ours for about 4 months now, and we like it. It’s not the most expensive bread machine, but it’s easy to use and has a simple interface. If you need a simple machine that is able to do a decent variety of breads, this should work fine.

The machine itself seems to be decent construction. The outside is plastic, and the bread compartment is metal, with a heating element. It cleans up easily, inside and out. Just be careful not to bend or otherwise damage the heating element. The lid’s hinge is fairly loose. This isn’t a problem as far as making bread is concerned, but I wish it felt a little more secure.

No complaints about the bread. Our loaves collapse a bit, but they come out nice and soft, and everybody loves eating it. The loaves have thus far never stuck to the pan. This machine does use a paddle at the bottom of the pan that comes away inside the loaf, so your bread will have a hole in the bottom. Some people don’t like this. Me, I don’t care–it’s going to be eaten anyway.

We have two adults and three kids in our family. A single loaf is typically enough to feed everyone for breakfast, along with some fruit and milk.

The manual that came with the machine was rather cheap. You’d expect a manual that comes with a kitchen appliance–especially one that contains recipes and will therefore be around flour, water, oil, etc.– to be made to withstand a kitchen environment. Not the case here. Fortunately, you can download a new copy from the manufacturer’s web site if your manual gets ruined.

Thus far I have only two complaints about the machine. The first is that it is rather noisy. Having no prior experience with bread machines I don’t know if this is normal or not. It’s loud enough that when it makes bread early in the morning (to have it ready for breakfast) it is sometimes a disturbance.

My second complaint is that the bread pan never feels like it’s secured in place. I insert it as far as it will go, but it doesn’t take much force to remove it, and the pan is able to move around when it’s in place. This may be by design; I don’t know. At any rate, the pan has never popped out while making a loaf.

All in all, we’re pleased with it and enjoy using it.

Neale :

I never got what I ordered. Not the fault of Buy It Now. I tried to contact the company directly and they never got back to me. I wonder if they are even still in business…

Underwood :

It works - As advertised - Quick Ship - Recommend to all - Thank You!

Shinoda :

I had been baking bread from scratch prior to this purchase, but didn’t want to spend over $200 for a bread machine. So after having bought a bread machine at a local thriftstore that had to be returned because it didn’t work once home, I decided to try the Sunbeam. The reviews seemed pretty good, and it’s affordable. But now that I’ve tried it, I have to agree with the person who wrote the second review and am also amazed that we both seem to be the exception. I have tried every combination I could possibly think of, including making loaves with both active dry yeast and quick yeast; breadmachine flour and regular flour; adding even gluten flour and baking soda. Still, every single loaf has fallen at least 3″. Also, the manual states that if one wants to turn off the default instant bread warmer feature, to hold in the start/stop button until it beeps. This feature doesn’t work on my machine.

On the positive side, the loaves are tasty and the texture is nice. But we probably won’t keep it. I guess it’s true; you get what you pay for.