Thank you for the info. I thought Zojirushi made mainly appliances for Asian cuisine that rarely has bread in it’s menu. I have a Zojirushi rice cooker and I love it. I’ll certainly explore this.
If you are also looking for a good machine, I found good reviews on the following .
http://www.brevilleusa.com/the-custom-loaf.html
See if that helps and also please do let me know what you think about this one.
I have a Zojurushi bread maker. I want a Zo rice cooker.
I think the Zoji was actually one of the first high-end bread machines (?)
From what I’ve learned reading reviews, Breville is a good product (we’ve been interested in their food processor).
The main thing is to understand how bread machines work, and then read lots of reviews. The most expensive one with all the bells and whistles isn’t necessarily the one you need, at least not at first.
One trade-off with a bread machine, is that the paddle(s) leave the bottom of your loaf with holes. I’ve never minded that, it’s a reasonable tradeoff for the convenience. Some of the newer ones have paddles that collapse when the kneading is done, and the holes or depressions are smaller; so you may want to look for that, and try and learn from reviews how well it actually works.
-JT