Panasonic SD-YD250 Review

 

Panasonic SD-YD250 automatic yeast dispenser and bread maker

The Panasonic SD-YD250 automatic yeast dispenser and bread maker has a compact design that is suited to small counter tops. It provides LCD display controls that is easy to read with up to 6 different types of dough options as follows:

•        -  Bake only
•        -  Sandwich
•        -  Pizza
•        -  Loaf size
•        -  Raisin
•        -  Rapid bake

The bake only is a program meant for baking cakes only. The pizza is a rapid dough program for pizza and other kinds of Italian breads. The rapid bake is a function designed to mix ingredients, knead doughs, and automatically bake the ingredients. It also includes letting the dough rise. Sandwich refers to the function where it automatically produces a medium size loaf of bread that is suited for sandwiches. This function has been designed to produce soft crust. Raisin is a function where it automatically prepares dough with the option of allowing you to add dried fruits, such as the raisin. The Panasonic SD-YD250 process duration varies depending on the ambient temperature.

Preset timer

You can start baking before sleeping, set the timer, go to sleep, and wake up with the idea of your freshly baked bread smelling right from your counter top. Choose your desired loaf size, set the time and then set the controls for your desired crust. The Panasonic SD-YD250 Automatic Bread Maker automatically adds yeasts with a nonstick inner pan.

Built in handle for pan

The Panasonic SD-YD250 pan is designed with a built in handle and nonstick inner pan. The baked bread slides easily with the nonstick pan. Baking results may differ depending on the choice of ingredients, brand, quality, measurement, and energy fluctuation.

Features of the product:

• Different settings for different types of baking
• Timer allows 13 hour delay
• Recipes of about 40 doughs and breads
• Baking tips
• Bake in 3 loaves
• Bake up to 2 ½ lbs
• Digital controls

The Panasonic SD-YD250 automatically adds the yeasts, mixes, and waits for the dough to rise without baking yet. This bread maker can create croissant, pizza dough, classic fruitcake, and other custom recipes with great delicious results. Custom setting ensure user-friendly programming, top access control panel, push button selection, and LCD digital display. The Panasonic SD-YD250 Automatic Bread Maker may be set before you leave work so that after a tiresome day at the office, the warm freshly baked bread is waiting for you at home. You only need to slice the freshly baked bread when you reach home.

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Panasonic SD-YD250 Automatic Bread Maker

Let us read what the users of this bread maker have to say about the product.

 

Favorable Comments:

• Timothy Spears (Albuquerque, NM USA)

“I purchased this machine as a replacement for a Philips bread machine I’ve had for a couple of years. It’s the third bread machine I’ve purchased for myself, and had bought its predecessor (the SD-250) for my Parents some time ago. My Philips packed up (the bread tin broke away from its base), and they don’t make spares, so I have to throw the whole machine in the bin – definitely won’t buy another Philips anything. My parents have been most impressed with the Panasonic, and it’s been personally recommended to me by other people, so after reading all the reviews on Amazon.com I decided to buy one.

So, to the point, I’m thoroughly impressed with this machine. It is solid and quiet. I took the first loaf I made with it and sliced it to find an absolutely even loaf (even from the 1:55 rapid mode). All the other machines I’ve had have had some level of streaking or unevenness in the bread.

As for all the other criticism of the recipe book for its use of weight rather than volume measurements for flour, it is a far more accurate way of measuring flour for any baking. Also the manual has since been updated (no doubt as a result of these criticisms), and now shows the approximate volume equivalents in all the recipes.”

• Don F. “donaf1″ (MI United States)

“This is our second bread machine. The first was from American Harvest (two-loaf machine). Our first one was a real struggle to get to work, even though when it did the loaves came out shaped like traditional bread loaves thanks to the shaped bread pans (albeit unevenly baked). With that one my wife always had to play with the recipes, perform trial-and-error breads, besides the downtime we put up with for repairs. As it turned up we ended up using the machine very rarely. Finally when a paddle gave out for one of the pans we decided enough was enough and decided to get a new one. I did a lot of research and this Panasonic seemed to have the best reviews.

We were not disappointed. Our very first loaf was an XL 100% Whole Wheat made with our own home-milled wheat. We used their recipe from the Panasonic book. Thanks to another reviewer we used the formula noted in that review (DRY OUNCES multiplied by .2184) and, just to make sure it was on target, we referenced another chart we found on the internet … to come up with the dry weights to cups conversion (that’s the only complaint I have is their using dry weights, instead of cups in the accompanying cookbook). As it turned out, we erred on the side of the first formula (DRY OUNCES multiplied by .2184).

Furthermore, we even dared — our first time using this machine — to modify slightly the Panasonic recipe for the 100% Whole Wheat bread by replacing molasses with honey and by adding 1 TBSP of wheat gluten (will try 2 TPSP’s next time to try to get it to rise more, however, it still rose good for such a heavy bread… about 1.25 – 1.5 times the height of an oven-baked loaf). We even put the ingredients in last night and ran the timer to the 13 hour limit and the next morning at the appointed time we were blessed with fresh-baked Whole Wheat bread and honey for breakfast. (Egg bread is on its way as of this writing…)

This machine works so great and makes such great bread you can’t keep it coming fast enough. It is extremely quiet and the yeast dispenser is I believe part of the secret for its accuracy in breadmaking. If you are thinking of getting a bread machine you can’t go wrong with this one. It is fantastic and so easy to use. Our first machine seemed such a challenge to get to work that I spent little time helping my wife with the breadmaking (unless it was to repair the machine when it was broke). With this one, we both love to use it.
Panasonic really takes the trophy for this truly CHAMPION bread machine! “

 

Not So Favorable Comments:

• Many Hats

“I wish I could modify times and temperatures, but those aren’t options. I have used only the whole wheat setting so far and find that the bread comes out burned on the regular cycle. However the “Sandwich” cycle works out OK. The “Sandwich” setting is automatically programmed for a medium loaf, so you don’t have the functionality of all the size settings. But maybe that’s OK, since larger loaves have odd proportions that make for awkward looking slices. I feel like I paid for a dozen options and can use only one.

The kneading is very quiet, and the beep signals are just loud enough to be heard without being obnoxious.

The whole wheat bread made by this machine is rather dense and chewy.”

• Alaskan Gypsy (Alaska)

“I’ve only had my new bread maker a month. Bought it based on the good reviews. I do not add the ingredients as listed by the manufacture, as it tends to blow the flour all over the interior and it settles on the heating elements creating a smokey smell. I put wet ingredients in first as I have in the past with other bread makers – and there is no difference in the end results. The yeast dispenser could have been omitted as it gunks up and is a pain to clean. I would rather have seen a small window on top so I could see how the kneading process is going without having to open the lid.

In a few of my favorite old recipes – I have had to make adjustments to the amount of yeast so as to have the desired results. The Panasonic is not nearly as forgiving as other machines I have owned. Quite frankly – I have an 11 year old Oster bread machine that had never failed. Dump in your ingredients and forget it – with always perfect results. I bought this new Panasonic because of the age of my Oster. I wonder which one will actually die first? . . .”

 

Now, what do you think?  Will you buy this or look for something else?

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