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 great bread maker for the price Jul 27, 2010
I have been making all of my bread for about 7 years with a Breadman Pro bread maker that finally broke after making approximately 700 loaves of bread. I decided to buy this Panasonic bread maker after some research. I have made about 10 loaves of bread so far, and it works very well. My main purpose for making bread is for toast and sandwiches. The regular loaf setting made very tall loaves of bread, but this bread maker has a "sandwich" setting that makes smaller loaves that are perfect for me. I have to say that it is very easy to use and makes very good bread. I would recommend it to a friend.
Better than ever! Jul 26, 2010
I bought this machine to replace a 15-year old Panasonic. Panasonic has a decades-long history of building rugged, reliable mechanical products (in the old days, VCRs and tape machines, more recently, CD and DVD players, bathroom fans, microwave ovens.) Anyone and everyone builds inexpensive consumer products, but Panasonic makes them actually work reliably. Whenever I'm looking for a consumer product that has moving parts, I always go to them.
So back to this machine....I use it primarily as a dough maker for pizza. The old machine took 2 1/2 hours. This one does pizza dough in 45 minutes. I use the same recipe, and not only do I get dough faster, but the dough is much better to work with, and crips up very nicely. Can't imagine that the machine would make that much difference, but it does.
Have made a few loaves of bread, and they are perfect every time.
Looking forward to using this for the next 15 years.
 Amazon Has Great Service Jul 23, 2010
My first machine didn't work properly. I called Panasonic for help but they are worthless. I only made two loaves of bread before it malfunctioned and they wanted me to drive 125 miles one way to have a service center look at it (or ship at my expense).....after only two loaves! Panasonic has the worse customer service I have ever seen in my 47 years. They just don't care. Amazon on the other hand, was great. Long story short.....I exchange my machine for a new one (same model) and it was on my doorstep in two days. The exchange process was quick and easy. The new machine has made about ten loaves so far and works great. Great job Amazon!
Quiet breadmaker Jul 18, 2010
This Panasonic bread maker is great for making bread in Large, XL, or Medium and from light to dark loaves. The only problem I have is with the recipes. How does a person measure every thing in 7/16 or 3/ 16 ounces. Using the cup and spoon that is with the bread maker is not always helpful in measuring. Learn how to do the 16th and your loaves will be delicious. I hate doing math when cooking!!( I would rather have the Cups and TBS or Tsp measurement.
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 Teflon ... danger Jul 15, 2010
I'm surprised that no one has raised the issue of Teflon in these products. DuPont maker of Teflon had to deal with huge lawsuit related to it, and eventually agreed to pay the penalty. Search the google, it's easy to find. You'll find info like this for example:
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Teflon
The coating on non-stick pans used in millions of kitchens throughout the world has been linked to birth defects in humans. Chemical firms face claims that perfluorinated organic chemicals such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are a health threat. PFOA was first used in 1945 and is in Teflon and oil and water-resistant coatings.
DuPont, which makes Teflon, has to answer accusations in the United States that it had evidence about dangers posed by PFOA but deliberately and illegally kept it secret. The US Environmental Protection Agency says that DuPont concealed its own 1981 research showing that its pregnant workers were passing the chemical to their unborn children. In addition, in 1991, it failed to report evidence that the chemical had contaminated the water supply to 12,000 people.
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Teflon (a brand name of Dupont) is a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) that is supposed to be safe, but when heated to high temperatures are known to give off toxic gasses. One of these toxic gasses is perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA or C8) and is thought to be a likely carcinogen (causes cancer). Other gases given off allegedly will kill small birds and cause polymer fume fever in people (flu like symptoms). The temperature for these gasses to be emitted was reportedly very high and Teflon (PTFE) was deemed safe for cooking.
However, the safe temperature may not be that high. There is a lot of research in the works to measure just how low the temperature has to be for Teflon to start giving off toxic gasses at an unsafe level.
I don't consider any of these bread machines safe until they phase out Teflon. There are actually very viable alternatives. But I talked to representative and they are not even willing to consider alternatives.
Now, anyone reading this has background in manufacturing? :)
I have a great idea for much better bread machine. And it's not that difficult to make.
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