Hi, I just read the posting on the Breadman Tr2200C. The discussion about
it's programability is fairly accurate but doesn't cover the full picture of
how extensible (baguette joke!) it's programming truly is.
Not only can you custom program 5 bread programs for your favorite recipes,
there are 5 blank programs in memory that you can save/erase, You can ADJUST
EVERY SINGLE Bread program the machine has to accomodate your flour, altitude
and the weather!
For example, just select white bread and the loaf and crust color. Instead of
pushing start, press Program time and temp.
The entire screen changes and you can scroll thru each stage of the baking
process and fine tune and adjust times for each mixing, cancel out a punch
down if you want, or if it's really humid out and you're wary of
overproofing, you can reduce the proofing times. You can save this info or
erase it and go back to the original program after you're done baking ..You
can't erase the original programming..don't worry..
You can use the fully random pause and take out the dough, shape it, fill it,
etc and put it back in the pan (even remove the blade so you don't have that
big hole in the bottom) and bake it off...
Zo is a truly fine machine...but they don't seem to update the program
capabilites of their machines and after all breadmachines are driven by chips
(IC) and look how fast the PC market changes...
One thing i learned in baking school is that you can take the same brand of
flour from a major mass consumer brand and the flour you buy in california
and the flour you get in Conneticut will not be the same, so don't get
frustrated just get a machine wether it's Zo or Breadman that you can
program...!
A bientot!