Galina Strizheva
producing half baked "brick" without possibility to continue baking unless you would wait for Zo would cool down. Besides it bei
Let me start with short review of Breville's competitor I had an opportunity to try before buying this piece of home magic.My dear husband gave me an expensive Zojirushi as a B-day gift. I was exited to test it, but the recipie from the booklet failed immediately - bread was lumpy, tasteless and rock-hard. We've gave it another try and tried a cake recipie from the book, and it failed again, producing half baked "brick" without possibility to continue baking unless you would wait for Zo would cool down.Besides it being a lemon made in China (not in Japan, as expected), it also looks and feels like "Hello, housewives from 80-s!" with tiny dark lcd display, bulky body and colorful booklet, which looks more like a childrens book (not just because it is colored, but also by the mentoring tone some adults use with children - many repeats, minimum useful information, colorful simplified schemes and attractive pictures...). My guess, the model was not updated for the last 20-30 years, except the smooth buttons (a la 2000's) and gluten free option, which probably was an encoding for some other modern trend from the past and now was just renamed for the sake of health consciousness buyers. There is no ways to modify pre-set programs and only three options for custom recipies, where you can choose only order and number of steps, but not the time or temperature. There are no crust settings for Wheat! I guess everybody in Japan like their wheat bread made only one way... I was more than disappointed not only by bad quality, but by Zo's intend to standartize my baking and limit my creativity, the true essence if cooking. We've returned it without regrets.So, now about Breville. Compare to the traktor-like Zo, this is a top notch Rolls Roys. My first try of milk and honey bread from the booklet turned to be amaizing, tasty and exeeded mine and my family expectations (see photo). The bread was soft, spongy inside and with evenly golden artisian crust outside. The machine itself looks modern and stylish, with huge lighted display, easy to read text and icons, intuitive navigation and fancy buttons. The booklet is full of quite useful information, tips, tricks and recipies. Compare to Zo, it has only one paddle for bread, but it is collapsible and there is another paddle for the jam included. Nice feature Zo was missing, is fruts and nuts dispenser, which this machine has on the detachable cover. But most importantly, this beauty has a magic button "Modify", which can change any pre-set ptogram to your desite for the length of each step and, where applicable, for the temperature as well. There are 9 custom programs you can keep in Breville's memory for some of your favorite recipies, or your experiments. I have not tried it yet, but I believe it could be programmed to be a yogurt maker or sourdough starter. The pickaboo window is big enough to catch moments where you may want to add liquid or flour during kneeding, and there is a light inside to see how bread is breathing and rising.A few cons, which might be disturbing for some, but does not downgrade my opinion about this breadmaker:1. the signal has a higher pitch, but you can turn it off.2. It moves more and noizier compare to my old Toastmaster or Zojihushi. However, it has rubber pads on the legs, so I doubht it may walk away from my countertop one day.3. Collapsible pad would require better cleaning and some practice to put it in the open position while adding ingredients (mine was collapsing, so I had to hold it with a spoon while adding liquids).4. Stainless steel frame is a fingertip and drops magnet and would require periodic cleaningDespite these minor nuances, the result beats the minor inconveniences. I am happy to have this model as my B-day present and my husband loves it even more!P.S. Accidently found a trick to switch from light to medium crust without restarting the programm - close the dispenser before baking step.Ver másVer menos
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