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Question: Loud?  Is this machine loud during knead cycle compared to others or where it affects your conversation while in the same room?
Document: The B&D; is loud! At least it's very loud compared to the Zoji. I can't remember how loud my old bread machines were. I've had my Zoji for three years and have felt pretty happily spoiled by its excellence. But if a little noise doesn't bother you, the B&D;'s loudness certainly is NOT a deal breaker.4.
)You cannot change time in the bake cycle at all - it is always set to one hour.The lid is not removable for cleaning, just as with my other two machines.Teflon baking pan - I would prefer non-stick ceramic, but couldn't find a machine with this feature yet. I hope they will start making those.My first bread machine was expensive Zojirushi, that always left the top of the loaf under baked and couldn't knead the bread correctly.
But the B&D; seems to *require* this to be done. If all ingredients are scraped together, then it does seem to mix and knead well though. The paddles are not in any sync or configuration unless you move them before placing the pan into the machine -- I did not try different configurations, which might help (e.g.
There were no clumps of flour stuck in the corners. I was impressed.I've made many loaves in the past few weeks and have come to like this bread machine. I like how it gets all the ingredients out of the corners. I appreciate that it can handle a lot of dough. I do like to knead dough, and most of my favorite breads are not suitable for baking in a bread maker.
The recipe called for me to warm the water and other ingredients to room temperature. I don't have time, so I don't. This is a test for me. Will it work anyways? Yes!! This machine will. I keep my yeast in my fridge and it still did very well.#3  You can see it. I have never had a machine that you could actually see through the window and observe what was happening inside the machine.
I have an existing Zojirushi bread maker, but I've been looking for something quieter. This breadmaker came along at a good time!The Amazon price on this is 1/3 as much as the Zojirushi I bought four years ago, but it can do everything my old unit can, feature for feature. It's also MUCH quieter. With some stages, we couldn't talk over the old machine, and we could hear it from the next room.
It does not do a great job of incorporating the ingredients before the kneading cycle is complete. I have learned that it if I have ingredients to add, I am better off just using the dough cycle and adding extra ingredients outside of the machine, and then finishing it in the oven.--The digital dial of my old machine indicates the stage of the cycle:  Is it pausing between kneads? Is it in its first rise? Is it starting to bake? Who knows what stage it is in.
It was also difficult to lock the pan back into the unit after washing. I tried numerous times and succeeded only after aligning the direction of the paddles just right. It's also not as well-made as the higher-end bread machines (the top "wobbles" and the pan is very thin). Compared to my current bread machine, the West Bend 41300 Hi-Rise Electronic Dual-Blade Breadmaker (a similar model at around the same price point), this one definitely ranks below that.
The display is a little faint as others mention, but it's still very readable. There's also no apparent way to disable the stage and completion beeps, but these sounds are at a reasonable volume.
The B&D; does turn out a decent loaf of bread, but the lack of included recipes (and scaled ingredients for smaller loaves), and more crucially the lack of knead and rise times, can make this less than user-friendly.
Answer: It does make noise but not enough to make you yell to the person you're conversing with.  If I had to compare it to something I would say an automatic pet feeder dispensing food.  It's nowhere near as loud as say a food processor or blender.