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Customers most agreed on the following attributes:
from Notts, UK on 5/12/2008
Very good and looks attractive, just watch out for the mistake on the dough program on the numbering. You will see what i mean!
from UK on 5/5/2008
Haven't bought a loaf from a shop since we got the breadmaker. Haven't smelt or tasted bread like this since I was a small boy in the local baker's. The bread we're eating is fresher, more nutritional and half the price - with all the work and complexity of turning on a microwave.
from Conisbrough, South Yorkshire UK on 3/29/2008
All the bread I eat in its various forms is made completely (or by making dough) by bread machine and has been for about 8 years
from United Kingdom on 3/10/2008
Dont know how I lived with out the bread machine! Not bought a loaf of bread since I bought it. Tast better than any shop bought bread.
from London on 3/5/2008
great bread results. unfortunately, the blue pan supplied is faulty (gets scratched) and need replacement by Kenwood. Not enough recipes with manufacturer's instructions.
from York, UK on 2/18/2008
Very simple to use although the recipes in the booklet didn't produce very good results. Used another book I received free with the make and the results have been spot on. Used daily for first week, now apx 3 loaves per week.
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from UK on 2/12/2008
All breads so far baked are very solid and heavy, does not seem possible to get light 'fluffy' bread or a deep brown crust
from Wiltshire on 2/10/2008
This unit makes fine bread. Its more about a few things that are not so good really. No viewing light means you have difficulty watching the fascinating process. The crust selection could be useful but pale is very pale and highest setting seems about right for most things. The recipe book supplied does not match the unit and needs experimentation with quantities etc but Kenwoods website gives good working recipes. GO ON bake some bread but forget diets!
from Wales on 2/6/2008
I use the product to make a variety of breads..
It does not have the functions of the old machine..(1)It cannot be delayed on 'rise' setting or (2) extra baking toward the end of the cycle. (3) Annoying the display is not illuminated at all! (All found on my Kenwood bread machine!
from Eastbourne East Sussex on 2/5/2008
It is a great breadmixer for my gluten free bread but it sounds quite 'tinney'when mixing.Also my main gripe is the kneader paddle gets baked in the bread and you land up with a loaf with a big hole in the middle.The bread itself is really great spoilt by this one problem.For me I still think it was a good buy as nothing is perfect these days.
from Leicester on 1/18/2008
It is easy to follow the recipes and to use; it mixes the ingredients well; it turns out a consistently good loaf and the fast bake programme really works and saves time. All in all, a really useful machine. I use it most days and it looks stylish on the worktop. A great addition to the home and to healthy living.
from Suffolk on 1/14/2008
Perfect bread every single time, very simple to use and cheaper than buying bread from the shops, and it tastes better too. The only bad thing I can say is that the mixing paddle gets stuck inside the bottom of the loaf, making it very difficult to get the loaf out of the tin, and when you eventually do get it out there is a hole where the paddle was.Saying that,I have never used another bread maker and perhaps they all get stuck to the mixing paddle.
from Hornsea UK on 1/11/2008
The product is not bad but for its price it doesn't have much more than the cheaper breadmakers you get from the large supermarkets, only simple recipes were published with the breadmaker operating instructions and when i went onto the website were it said more were available the recipes were not that good, also the one we wanted was wrong it instructed us to use a wrong setting for the breadmaker also to use the wrong amount of salt which we did and had to throw away the bread which took almost 5 hours to make!! My friend had a cheaper make and had hundreds of recipes available for their specific bread machine and i thought Kenwood was a good make and should of supplied lots of recipes.
from wirral, uk on 1/7/2008
We use it for everyday bread, and have enjoyed trying variations of this. Best is the milk loaf. Hole left by the dough paddle is a pain, as was the measuring spoon whose markings rubbed off! Kenwood were happy to send out another for free.
from Bedfordshire, England on 1/7/2008
Bought this for Xmas and have used it several times already. Great results with both white and wholemeal flour. Not difficult to use with easy instructions. Should have got one years ago!
from leicester england on 12/19/2007
this product performs as well as it looks and very easy to use. All in all excellent product the only bad thing it is a little noisy
from Solihull, UK on 12/3/2007
Really easy to use - but Instruction book recipes too simple. having said that the product makes good bread even if you are not too fastidious with quantities of ingredients
from Teesside, U.K on 11/24/2007
Very easy to use. Lovely home baked bread without any fuss.
from UK on 11/22/2007
Does not have sufficient heat therefore top of bread is always soggy. I have stopped using it.
from England, Lincolnshire on 11/21/2007
At the moment I am only making 1 breadloaf a week for my family and occasionally 1 for a friend.
from Slough. uk on 11/20/2007
The Free book is a waste of time. Most of the menus in it are for useing an oven to finish.
The book always shows yeast to go first, yet all
recipies in the downloaded Kenwood book always shows water first, also the instructions that came with the machine.
The A4 instruction sheet showing stages 1-20 is incorrect as far as item 14 ( start ) is concerned. The machine shows the start button as an triangle pointing to the right, sheet shows a circle with a vertical line in the middle.
Finally how on earth is one supposed to measure accuratly, 315 or 255 or 280 ml in that plastic beaker supplied. You keep mentioning to measure accuratly, so provide an Accurate measuring device. Finally it would be a good idea to provide 2 measuring spoons, one for liquid, the other for salt and yeast etc.
After all that its a great machine.
from hertford uk on 11/20/2007
I cook a loaf using the timer setting, every night. It takes 2 minutes of my evening and we wake up to the smell of freshly baked bread every morning. Is there any nicer smell to wake up to?
from England on 11/20/2007
Had my last breadmaker for five years, different make and a much better machine. Very disappointed in this model, blade always sticks inside the bread, dough too sticky and wet, bread too heavy. Recipes not very good with leaflet or free book. Would recomend buying something else
from Wales on 11/20/2007
I like to make fresh bread to go with simple home made soup- it's great and easy to use and I can add what I like to the recipes- (and of course leave out the horrible additives contained in some shop bought bread)
from scotland on 11/20/2007
this bread maker is fantastic, i use it every week and the breads are delicious, highly recommended
from North Yorkshire on 11/20/2007
I only use this product for breadmaking at the moment but have started experimenting with different recipes/ingredients and the machine has been very forgiving producing wonderful tasting bread every time. Only downside is that paddle SOMETIMES stays in the bread.
from southampton, hampshire on 11/20/2007
Makes many types of bread all of them delicious.
Would recommend it.
from Dartford, Kent, England on 11/20/2007
Our Morphy Richards died so I decided to change makes. The Kenwood makes much nicer bread and the recipes seem identical, how does that work?
The only thing I dislike about this is the non fold down mixer that the Morphy Richards had, a really good idea but no other company seems to do it. Why not???
Makes really nice crusty bread and pumps the fresh bread smell out round the whole house making you really hungry! Timer mans you can set it the night before, and its nice to have bread without all the additives. Good recipe book and settings on the bread maker too.