I really do love this bread maker. I would give it a higher rating and quality but I have to fight to get the pan out, and fight and push and force it to turn and lock in. My other breadmakers turned and locked in easily. I don't know whether it's supposed to be like this if I just have a problem with this specific machine, or it's like that across the board with all of their bread makers of this type. What I do know is it's a real problem for me to have to pack up everything and take it back to the store, and wait for it to get back to the sender. And to then exchange for another one.
I love the way it bakes with ease...and it bakes perfectly. Just not perfectly with the recipes in the cookbook. At least the one I first tried. I've read the same from others.
I've always had good luck with all my previous bread machines, so it's not user error, or a case of inexperience. As soon as I used one of the recipes I already had it turned out beautifully. I had to toss the whole batch of dough previously. The machine is beautiful, and it's well-made except for that struggling glitch of getting the pan in and out. My loaf of rye bread using my own recipe, turned out beautifully. A 1.5 lb loaf. A beautiful golden brown crust on the light setting, and soft inside. It baked very uniformly, and gathering and putting the ingredients in only took minutes. I'm going to be using this to make pizza dough, sweet dough for cinnamon rolls, savory rolls, and then simply baking breads and cake cakes in the machine. I'm very very happy with my purchase, ... but I AM worried that trying to have to force it to lock in each time will become more of a problem as time goes on.