Comments on: West Bend Baker’s Choice Plus

By: CAN I USE A GLUTEN FREE MIX IN IT?

CAN I USE A GLUTEN FREE MIX IN IT? — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:58:23 +0000

I CAN ONLY USE GLUTEN FREE BREAD. THE MACHINE I HAVE NOW IS NOT SET UP
FOR GLUTEN FREE. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL SETTING FOR THIS?

By: dj evans

dj evans — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:38:49 +0000

i have a westbend 41060z. it is now 15 years old, never broken down and i got a spare blade and oan for it. i have 4 kids and its always ready to go! wouldnt have anything else!! love it!

By: nitabreak

nitabreak — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:49:10 +0000

Hi:
I got this bread machine in a garage sale and cannot get a decent loaf of bread from it. I followed the recipies exactly and it constantly comes out too dense and moist in the middle and the crust is very hard. I have been baking bread in machines for years and this one confounds me!
Is it the machine or me? What am I doing wrong? nitabreak2@yahoo.com

By: Brooke Greene

Brooke Greene — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:03:10 +0000

I was fortunate to find one of these at a garage sale. At first, every loaf I made came out with an uneven, gnarly top. I learned that this machine likes a slightly wetter dough than many machines. Now I’m really happy with the quality of my bread. I’ve never had a loaf over-rise and fall in this machine, and the crust has more “character” than the typical bread machine loaf. If you can find this machine used, snap it up!

By: Karl Bratcher

Karl Bratcher — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:06:28 +0000

Retiring and moving to Maui in 1996, my wife and I purchased a new West Bend 41088 Traditional Style Bread Maker and have continued to make bread to our delight. We make on the average One(1) loaf (2 pounds) on every day of eating on the last loaf made. We usually discard the last tow inches on the older loaf. We bought this awesome machine from K-Mart in the city of Kahului.

It does make a little more noise than I really want but age tends to take its toll with everything. The pan is beginning to show wear and year and a paddle embedded slightly in the loaf which comes out out with no difficulty. At $71.95 a decade and half ago this machine never stops. If it ever fails we will by its offspring top model which we see sell as low as $73.00,

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:48:14 +0000

I love this machine and use it almost every other day. As long as the machine part works, I’d purchase another pan for it. Parts do wear out. The cost of buying a new pan is much better than buying another machine. The results for whole grains and regualar white flour breads are quite good. The only time my bread didn’t rise, was when I forgot to put the paddles it!!!!!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:45:05 +0000

You can find manuals for older West Bend items (including Breadmakers) at http://manualfox.com/link/westbend.htm
You can also send them a search request and they will try to find your specific manual. They already helped me a lot.

By: Evonne

Evonne — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:49:29 +0000

where can i perchase the instruction manual for the west bend baker’s choice plus 41090? please help!

By: susan

susan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:34:35 +0000

I lost my recipe book/manual with my west bend bread machine. Is there anyway to get a new one? I liked the recipes in it.

By: JJ

JJ — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:57:22 +0000

The Zo BBCC-X20 has never made a good loaf for me and I have been using a breadmachine for years, which finally wore out.
I will be returning my X20 tomorrow