Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #150369 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Size: 2 LB
- Brand: Toastmaster
- Model: 1148X
- Dimensions: 16.70 pounds
Features
- Bakes 2-pound, horizontal loaves in under an hour
- Electronic touchpad control with 8 programmed settings
- 13-hour timer for preprogrammed baking makes meal planning easier
- Nonstick loaf pan for easy cleanup; recipes included
- Measures 14 by 10-1/2 by 12 inches; 1-year warranty
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
80 of 83 people found the following review helpful.
By A Customer
I was HIGHLY disappointed in this machine. I got this machine last October, had it for 2 months and it died after making horrible clunking noises for a week. I took it to the certified repair center who had it for a month and said they fixed it, but when I took it home to make pizza dough it died the same day. I was FURIOUS and shipped it back to the company. I will say I got very prompt service from them and had a new one (they couldn't fix mine) on my doorstep in 10 days from when I had sent it. I was happy until the new one started doing the SAME THING after 4 months of use. It just died 2 days ago. Needless to say I am looking for a different brand. To be fair I will say that I use my breadmaker 5-7x/week. However the Welbuilt machines I had previously took that kind of workload for 6 years without a problem. So Don't buy this machine unless you are only using it on a rare occassion!
65 of 67 people found the following review helpful.
By Carol Alaniz
My husband and I chose this breadmaker as a 10 yr. anniversary gift from his employer. I have used it only 2 days and I have two main complaints about it. One, I don't like that this is a vertical machine, I like the top of the bread to be like the bread found in grocery stores. Two, on the basic medium cycle, the bread got way too dark and I had to turn off the machine even though it had 32 minutes left to bake the bread. My son said the bread was burning. Who knows what the bread would have looked like if I had left it in the machine until the end of the cycle!
The recipe book is easy to understand and has a lot of information; I suggest that you read it a few times all the way through before you start to make bread. I have not used any of the cycles except Basic Medium and French. My husband and I feel that we will only use the 1 lb. and 1.5 lb. setting, because when I made the French Bread on the 2 lb. setting, the bread was not dense like normal french bread--it had a lot of holes due to the need to expand the dough to make a bigger loaf. I made the second loaf of bread--the one I had to remove early--on the 1.5 lb. setting, and it was fine, nice and dense. The machine is noisy when mixing the bread, but that doesn't bother me. The inner pan is very easy to clean, though it cannot be immersed in water/dishwasher. Bread is very easy to remove from the pan.
Lastly, I found that as soon as I start the machine, it mixes, but I have to open the lid and give the machine a little help by scraping the flour from the corners and bottom with a rubber spatula. The blade does not get all the flour from the corners and the bottom. The flour will lay there even after the machine starts mixing the dough ball back and forth. This doesn't bother me either, I don't mind scraping the flour; I'd rather do that than have lumps of flour in the bread or flour on the outside of the loaf.
Since we didn't have to pay for this, this breadmaker is an ok machine. It does what it is supposed to do. My husband is a fresh bread lover, so he is pleased with the bread. However, if you are paying $100 and up for a breadmaker, look at other models first.
91 of 99 people found the following review helpful.
By John A. Radi
You know, it's funny because I wanted this thing so badly but I couldn't "justify" paying $1-200 to make bread at home. Years went by that I just kept wanting it.
What's so funny is that if you look at my other reviews, I don't even blink when it comes to spending $2-300 on a device that replaces my $10 dayplanner, or $200 on an MP3 player to replace my walkman!
I realized that I had this "kitchen" mental block going so I caved in and bought the Toastmaster. I haven't regretted it since. There are a LOT of breadmachine cookbooks out there - but here's what i've done to make owning one of these Very economical, easy, and fun.
1. I MASTERED the plain white bread recipe. Every little spoonful of ingredients makes a world of difference. Your altitude, humidity level - everything can influence your recipe. So rather than switching recipes all the time (too many changed variables - that's the engineer in me speaking) I keep the same recipe.
2. Once I had the recipe mastered, I measured out Dozens of ziploc bags filled w/ the recipe - this only takes a half hour or so, and will last you months and months... about 30cents per ziploc bag.
3. Now, anytime I want bread I just dump a ziploc bag, add water, butter and yeast - and customize the bread - this is the key part.
**If I want raisin bread, it's my basic white - plus cinamon, and raisins...
**If I want to bake in the oven and make a braided bread - I start w/ my basic white and add some spices or flavors...
**I don't even use a recipe book anymore and since it's so easy to do I make breads all the time. I personally believe simplicity is the key that makes this breadmachine great.
Now how does this breadmachine excel? I can't say exactly because I haven't compared it to others. But I can say that I have no complaints, that it's cranked out maybe hundreds of loaves and never fails me. VERY easy to clean (IMPRESSIVELY Easy I should say) and even easier to master.
Don't hesitate if you've been thinking of it. Just don't get some wimpy 1 lb machine - even a single guy like me needs the full 2 lbs (who cares if you're feeding the ducks w/ the rest - no big deal, but what are you going to do if you have guests over - give everyone a slice! )
Enjoy!
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