Comments on: Cuisinart CBK-200 Bread Machine

By: Angel

Angel — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:13:53 +0000

I received the Cuisinart CBK-200C as a Christmas gift, and have yet to use it (thankfully). I was going to use it today but upon taking it out of the box and opening it up I was disappointed.. I really do not like how tall and narrow the pan is..
I was excited that it has a gluten-free setting, as I am gluten intolerant and allergic to wheat. But after reading all these reviews I think I’m just going to post it up on craigslist and find myself a better product!!

By: Zelda

Zelda — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:23:57 +0000

I have the same problem with the shaft/seal. I’ve had the machine for 2 years and loving it. The shaft/seal was starting to get loose 3/4 months ago and some ingredient leak into the machine. It became so loose that water started to leak out the last time I used it. I’ve always washed it by hand. Hope they can improve this. Will have to order the pan. Didn’t keep the receipt and didn’t register on line when I bought it.

By: julie

julie — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:06:26 +0000

Burnt bread everytime, and this is not addressed in the troubleshooting portion of the guide…go figure!! What is the solution, please?!

By: tOM Trottier

tOM Trottier — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:02:12 +0000

The electronics in mine just failed after about 2 years. The screen is blank and the buttons don’t beep.

By: Pam

Pam — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:24:18 +0000

Glad to see a couple of success stories with the Cuisinart bread machine. I’ve been using mine for a year now and have had great results. I make several different kinds of bread and they all turn out great. We do not buy store bought bread anymore, it just doesn’t compare. I haven’t had any of the problems mentioned above with this bread machine. I highly recommend the Cuisinart bread machine.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:42:31 +0000

Got mine for a wedding gift in November and absolutely love it! We make bread a couple times a week, too. No issues and the bread comes out perfectly every time. It is a little noisy when it first is mixing ingredients, but nothing terrible.

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:57:26 +0000

I’m amazed at how many problems some of you have had. We are on our second Cuisinart CBK-200 —we wore out the first one! We never buy bread any more because we make at least one loaf a week. It always bakes perfectly, and we haven’t had a bad loaf yet.

By: Louis

Louis — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:09:23 +0000

My wife has this machine for 2 years now (BKR-400C from costco) and she uses it every weak. Had to fine tune a few receipe to make the bread how she likes it but overall she is very satisfied with it. However the shaft/seal at the botom of the pan will eventually break making ingredients leak into the machine. Her mom has the same machine and it happened to her too. You can however order the pan from Cuisinart for about 20$ with shipping wich is pretty reasonable. I would prefer a better build but… I took the pan apart to see why it broke and think that if you hand wash the pan instead of putting into the dishwasher it should last longer. Water gets into the shaft from being upside down in the dishwasher. The retainers that hold the shaft in place then rust and brake making the shaft loose and not sealed. So we will try handwashing the next one and regularely lubricate the shaft with a non toxic lubricant and see what happens.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:50:32 +0000

I make (okay, made) great bread with this breadmaker. Now it’s leaking oil at the base of the paddle. I can replace the pan to address that, but there’s another problem, so I have a question: when using the dough cycle, I noticed that the paddle mixes for three minutes (as the manual says) but then it doesn’t move after that. The manual says it should be kneading for 27 minutes after the initial 3-minute mix. Same thing on the white bread cycle…it mixes for 3 or 4 minutes and then it seems to move straight into rising rather than the “knead” portion. The total time seems to be correct, but my ingredients are not getting mixed and the dough is not kneaded enough.

Am I right that these stages are not working the way they should? Do other users’ breadmakers run a decent, long kneading period near the start of the cycle as indicated by the manual? Or is it meant to run the paddle for the first 3 or 4 minutes only and then go directly to the first rise? I’ve usually used the timer and so have slept through the process most of the time!

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:48:27 +0000

To Linsay: Try pressing it down first.