Best for this need
Our pick
Of these three bread makers, choose Breville Custom Loaf BBM800XL when you need four to nine saved schedules and your recipes fit its program and ingredient limits. With three schedules or fewer, consider Zojirushi BB-SSC10 for routine one-pound baking, or BB-PDC20 for a two-pound rectangular loaf. Check that the Homemade timing ranges suit your recipes before choosing either Zojirushi.
Compare three bread makers by saved custom cycles, one-pound baking, two-pound loaf shape and the program limits that affect your recipes.
What the facts say
Useful conclusions from the current bread makers comparison, followed by the checked facts used to reach them.
Breville BBM800XL stores nine custom cycles. Zojirushi BB-SSC10 and BB-PDC20 each store three.
Calculation noteManufacturer-documented memory counts for these three models. The comparison does not measure bread quality or rank the whole market.
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What matters in practice
Start with the loaf you bake routinely, then check the stages and timing your recipe needs. Extra memory is useful only if you have more schedules to save.
BB-SSC10 is designed around a one-pound loaf. Breville also supports that size on compatible programs, but its manual warns that a small batch may not fill the pan enough for a uniform loaf, especially with whole grains or special ingredients. When three saved schedules cover your baking, that pan-size caveat is a reason to consider the smaller Zojirushi.
BB-PDC20 is the alternative for a traditional rectangular loaf at its documented two-pound capacity. Choose it when that is the loaf format you want and three saved schedules cover your recipes. Use a recipe written for the machine rather than assuming you can scale any one-pound batch to fit.
Both Zojirushi models let you set knead, rise and bake times in Homemade mode. Breville can change only phases present in the selected base program. Bake Only cannot acquire a knead phase. Its manual points to Whole Wheat when you need access to every phase. Before buying for a long rise or another unusual schedule, compare your required stages and durations with the exact manual.
A fourth regularly used schedule is the practical dividing line. On either three-memory Zojirushi, you must replace an existing saved cycle or re-enter a schedule when needed. Breville can retain four to nine schedules together. If you repeat only one or two, the extra memory may add little to your routine.
3 options
Breville, BBM800XL
Nine saved custom cycles with editable phases determined by the base program.
Winner whenYou need four to nine saved custom cycles, and each recipe fits the program and ingredient limits
Breville warns that one-pound recipes may not fill this pan enough for a uniform loaf, especially with whole grains or special ingredients.
Zojirushi, BB-SSC10WZ
Three saved Homemade cycles in a machine designed for one-pound loaves.
Choose instead whenThree saved cycles are enough, you regularly bake one-pound loaves, and your recipes fit the Homemade timing ranges.
Its one-pound capacity is the limit to plan recipes around. Choose BB-PDC20 if you want a two-pound loaf.
Zojirushi, BB-PDC20BA
Three saved Homemade cycles for a two-pound rectangular loaf.
Choose instead whenThree saved cycles are enough, you want a two-pound rectangular loaf, and your recipes fit the Homemade timing ranges.
Its documented loaf size is two pounds. For routine one-pound baking, consider the purpose-sized BB-SSC10 instead of assuming a reduced recipe will fit.
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You need four to nine saved custom cycles, and each recipe fits the program and ingredient limits
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Three saved cycles are enough, you regularly bake one-pound loaves, and your recipes fit the Homemade timing ranges.
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