Which is the best home breadmaker?

Marksy

The kenwood is a big machine though - check out the dimensions..

We just leave ours out, but if you were to put it away, the height of it may not fit in your cupboards!

Sublime_2

I voted other brand, primarily because I managed to get this one from Argos on sale at £14.99. Once you get used to it, it makes lovely bread.

The only real point being, I would prefer them to be long loaves, rather than high, and also I wish there was some way of baking rolls with it. You can remove the prepared dough, and put in the oven though.

Perhaps that is unreasonable, as it was a good price, and makes good bread.

skyelark

Sublime wrote: »

I voted other brand, primarily because I managed to get this one from Argos on sale at £14.99. Once you get used to it, it makes lovely bread.

The only real point being, I would prefer them to be long loaves, rather than high, and also I wish there was some way of baking rolls with it. You can remove the prepared dough, and put in the oven though.

Perhaps that is unreasonable, as it was a good price, and makes good bread.

I have also thought about buying a cheaper model until I get used to it, but then, as I said before, it all depends how much I can save in the meantime! I couldn't bring the model up from your link though, so don't know which one you have:)

skyelark

Marksy wrote: »

The kenwood is a big machine though - check out the dimensions..

We just leave ours out, but if you were to put it away, the height of it may not fit in your cupboards!

Will do. Hoping to use it every day, so will most likely leave it out.

Lemoncurd

We had a Panasonic SD252 and replaced it with a Kenwood BM450 about a year ago, they are both great, I really couldn't choose between them. The only thing with the Kenwood is that I've hardly made any wholemeal bread (which we used to live on), haven't found the right recipe yet! Love the gingerbread that it makes.

Sublime_2

Mines currently £37.89, so I did get a bargain. It was cookworks, argos's own make.

Full link:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4229399/c_1/1|category_root|Kitchen+and+laundry|14418476/c_2/3|14418476|Small+kitchen+appliances|14418587/c_3/4|cat_14418587|Breadmakers|14418600.htm

There is another more expensive one by them which is currently 1/2 price £39.99 (was £79.99). I haven't used this model, so cannot comment:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4233282/c_1/1|category_root|Kitchen+and+laundry|14418476/c_2/3|14418476|Small+kitchen+appliances|14418587/c_3/4|cat_14418587|Breadmakers|14418600.htm

skyelark

Sublime wrote: »

Mines currently £37.89, so I did get a bargain. It was cookworks, argos's own make.

Full link:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4229399/c_1/1|category_root|Kitchen+and+laundry|14418476/c_2/3|14418476|Small+kitchen+appliances|14418587/c_3/4|cat_14418587|Breadmakers|14418600.htm

There is another more expensive one by them which is currently 1/2 price £39.99 (was £79.99). I haven't used this model, so cannot comment:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4233282/c_1/1|category_root|Kitchen+and+laundry|14418476/c_2/3|14418476|Small+kitchen+appliances|14418587/c_3/4|cat_14418587|Breadmakers|14418600.htm

Thanks for that. Just shows what the difference is if you shop round and take advantage of offers!

skyelark

Lemoncurd wrote: »

We had a Panasonic SD252 and replaced it with a Kenwood BM450 about a year ago, they are both great, I really couldn't choose between them. The only thing with the Kenwood is that I've hardly made any wholemeal bread (which we used to live on), haven't found the right recipe yet! Love the gingerbread that it makes.

Thanks. Its looking pretty even for both these models! Never even thought about gingerbread! All I thought about till today were loaves!:o

Swan_2

the Kenwood makes jam too, but I've not tried that out yet

skyelark

Swan wrote: »

the Kenwood makes jam too, but I've not tried that out yet

Oooh1 Now that is a plus! Do you know if the panasonic does jam?