Product DescriptionCuisinart CBK-200 2-Lb Convection Automatic Breadmaker Audible signal lets you know when to add fruit, nuts, and other ingredients 15-minute pause Bake-only option 12-hour delayed start Power-failure backup Limited 3 year Warranty Bake only option Brushed stainless steel
What Others Say
Become empowered to make the bread you like!
This is the first bread machine I have ever owned or used. I have been using it almost every day since I got it three weeks ago and I am completely satisfied with it. Waking to the smell of fresh baked bread has certainly improved my morning. So far I have tried only a few of the recipes from the book that comes with it and they were immediate successes.
This bread maker is pretty easy to use: You have to fill in the ingredients, obviously. It is important to measure them carefully, though. Then there are only four settings that you can adjust: which of the 16 programs you want to use, if the loaf is 1lb, 1.5lb or 2lb, if the crust should be light, medium or dark, and the time until finish. The programs are fixed and work ... Read More
Very Nice But Not Perfect
This was my third brand bread machine purchased. The Cuisinart CBK-200 makes lovely bread, is sturdily built, has a nice three-year warranty as opposed to the usual one-year, and has the best recipe book of any breadmaker I've ever had. I just had a couple of things I didn't like about it. I didn't like the non-backlit digital readout being on top of the machine, because it was very hard to see. I also didn't like the tiny viewing window. Lastly, I thought the machine was quite noisy when kneading. For those reasons, I returned this machine. I'm not sure if the noisiness was due to the normal performance of the machine or if it was a defect of this particular one.
Disappointing
I have used bread machines since the late '80s and this one is the least reliable. I am careful to select the right size loaf, but the bread is almost always overcooked. I don't trust the recipes because so many of the ones I have tried are way too dry.
I do not recommend this machine or the recipe book that comes with it.
Read the instruction book first, then use a spatula
I am amazed at the number of negative, or misguided reviews for the Cuisinart CBK-200. If your machine is a lemon, my apologies, but the truth of the matter is that a large number of the negative reviews here show that they simply failed to read the instructions. You CAN stop the machine in mid-cycle (hold the off button for three seconds); you CAN mute the add mix-ins beeps (simply press the button off); and you CAN turn out wonderful breads, with the right textures, crusts and sizes. It's all at your fingertips. Whether you are an experienced baker, or someone who bakes every now and then and has used other breadmakers, or -- even -- someone who is new to bread machines, my suggestion is that you start with a boxed mix. King Arthur, for instance, ... Read More
Great Bread Machine
I bought one of these for myself to replace and older Hatachi machine. It is a great work horse of a machine. I have noted that the recipe book for the machine tended to make too moist a dough, the loaf was rising too high and then collapsing, but that was not the fault of the machine. If you keep your eye on the kneading and add more flour as needed it turns out fine.
