Hi, all
I have not heard anyone mention the new DAK Gourmet Turbo Baker IV.
The original DAK company went out of business but it's bread machines and
gourmet baking equipment is now sold by DAK Gourmet Products, 19749
Bahama Street, Northridge, CA 91324
They do have an 800 number for sales but I can't find it just now.
This is the big glass dome topped machine that can make a very large
round loaf. It looks much like the WELBILT that had the dome, sort of
looked like R2D2 the robot.
Anyway, I had a DAK Turbo II for years and really enjoyed it. Gave that
to my daughter and bought this new Turbo Baker IV. Would you believe
they RECALLED it??? They sent a letter saying that the motor was not
strong enough for heavy doughs (it really got hot) and they would have
it picked up, a stronger motor installed , and the machine returned to me
all at their expense. We did that. I have been testing it out. I never
had failures with my original DAK, but this one is very "iffy". I don't
always have good luck .... maybe 50/50.
The Turbo IV has a lot of bells and whistles and I don't know how to make
the settings, and even t though it has "dark, medium and light" crust
settings, I was told always to set it on "light". It gets plenty dark
enough on the "light' setting. One improvement I can notice is it has
more stable "feet" and doesn't walk like the original one sometimes did.
I still use a nonslip-grip fabric under it, however as it sits near the
edge of my counter when I use it
I would like to hear from anyone who has this machine and has some good
hints to offer.
Thanks. Write to magherrick@juno.com