Zojirushi BB-SSC10WZ Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker Review

Is there anything better than the smell of freshly baked bread? Perhaps it’s the satisfaction of not putting in all the elbow grease yourself.

That’s where the Zojirushi BB-SSC10WZ Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker comes into play. It not only performs the manual labor of creating bread, but also includes several different bread-type options, a delay timer, and an intuitive design.

With that said, no product is without flaw. There have been complaints about the capacity and the lack of a viewing window, but before you make a decision, let’s take a closer look at the Zojirushi Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker. It might become your new favorite kitchen appliance.

Zojirushi BB-SSC10WZ Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker: The Details

In a Nutshell

• Weight: 16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 13.6 x 8.9 x 12.5 inches.
• Loaf Capacity: 1 lb.
• Settings: 17 settings.
• Timer: Delay timer up to 13 hours.
• Stand-Out Feature: LCD panel.

Features

Capacity

The Zojirushi Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker allows you to create a one-pound loaf of bread, as well as cake, pizza, pasta dough, and even jam. This is enough to easily supply a dinner table, or feed a small number of snack-ish people.

Settings

There are seventeen different settings included with this breadmaker, including multigrain, whole wheat, quick whole wheat, gluten-free, sugar-free, vegan, pasta dough, cake, and jam. No matter your tastes or dietary preferences and restrictions, you can find a setting for the bread (or dough, or cake, or jam) you want.

Timer

This breadmaker features a built-in timer that uniquely accommodates certain bread types, since different recipes will require different cooking times. There is also a thirteen-hour delay timer, allowing you to place all necessary ingredients in the machine, set the time to your preference, and let the machine get to work exactly when needed.

If you want fresh bread ready as you return home from work or as you first wake up in the morning, that’s easy to manage. A newly baked loaf of bread to enjoy each day with breakfast is possible with the timer feature.

To properly use the timer, just set it to the time that you want your baked item to be finished – it adjusts in ten minute increments. Then simply hit “start” and a melody will play, acknowledging your selection.

LCD Panel

Everything is controlled on this Zojirushi breadmaker via the LCD panel on the lid. Whether you’re choosing a setting, setting the timer, picking the bread’s darkness, or something else, the LCD screen and its buttons allow you to scroll through the options.

Once you’ve picked everything, you need only press the “start” button near the top panel. If you’ve chosen a setting by mistake, there is also a “cancel” button. Everything is clearly labeled, making it easy to navigate.

Auto-Add Dispenser

This breadmaker also has an auto-add dispenser. This allows you to incorporate nuts, fruits, chocolate chips, or other small items in the bread dough exactly when needed – and not a moment too soon.

Just fill up the compartment and key the dispensing option into the LCD screen. You don’t have to wait around for the bread dough to be the right consistency and then put in the extra ingredient by hand. This dispenser is also removable and washable.

Double Heater

With this Home Bakery Maestro breadmaker, there’s no lengthy pre-heat time. It has double heaters, ensuring the space heats up very quickly. The result? Bread that is light and crust that’s crisp and airy. It also cooks the bread much faster than an oven or other breadmakers on the market.

Quick Course

The Home Bakery Maestro comes equipped with a setting to bake a loaf of bread very quickly. When you select the “quick course” choice for white bread or whole wheat bread, the loaf will be ready in about two hours and twenty minutes.

For comparison, regular white bread or regular whole wheat bread will take about three hours and thirty five minutes to complete in the Home Bakery Maestro.

Homemade Course

This option allows users to input their own preferred kneading, resting, rising, and baking times. There are three Memory slots within the Homemade Course option, which gives you three separate options to program different times and save them in the machine.

The instruction manual included with the Home Bakery Maestro walks you through programming the Homemade Course time settings, which is fairly involved. There are two “knead” timers, separated by a “rest” timer. Then there is a “shape” timer, followed by three “rise” timers. The “bake” timer comes last.

The manual gives you a walkthrough of a basic white bread to recreate using the timers, and you can customize these Homemade Course options endlessly.

The manual also gives you tips for the timers if you want your bread to be more or less risen, a darker or lighter crust, or that sort of thing – kind of like a “Frequently Asked Questions” or a troubleshooting guide for breadmaking.

For more advanced bread bakers, this is the perfect combination of settings to create the exact loaf you’re craving. This may be too much customization for beginning bakers or users who don’t want to fuss with the machine too much, but there are ample options for simple loaves too.

Troubleshooting Section

The Zojirushi Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker has an incredibly comprehensive manual that includes a helpful section titled “When the Results are Not Satisfactory.” This section walks you through more than ten common issues with breadmaking and how to solve them.

Problems range from “The crust is dark” with four possible factors, to the more complicated “the bread is not risen sufficiently” with twelve different factors to check.

Bread, cake, and jam issues are all included in this “When the Results are Not Satisfactory” section, so all chefs and bakers can use the Home Bakery Maestro to create with confidence, no matter their skill level. If something turns out poorly, just refer to this section to find the possible solutions.

Zojirushi BB-SSC10WZ Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker Review

The Positives

Easy to Use

This Zojirushi breadmaker could not be easier to use.

First, decide on your bread type, put the ingredients into the bread pan, and then shut the lid. From there, go to the LCD panel and choose the type of bread you’re making and how dark the crust should be. Next, set the delay timer (if necessary) or set the normal timer.

When that’s all done, just press the “start” button. The machine will begin mixing the ingredients, kneading the dough, and baking your bread. It couldn’t be simpler!

Versatile

This breadmaker ensures your options aren’t limited. You can make multigrain, white, whole wheat, gluten-free, sugar-free, or vegan bread. If you’re not in the mood for bread, you can also create pizza dough, pasta dough, cake, and even jam.

As a plus, the Home Bakery Maestro comes with a book featuring fifty unique recipes, so you can also test out the breadmaker’s abilities. There are countless more recipes it will accommodate, so let your creativity run wild; it serves as a one-stop kitchen shop.

Convenient

If you’ve ever made bread by hand, you know how tedious the process can be. With the Home Bakery Maestro, you need only throw in the ingredients, pick your options, and press “start.” You can go about your day and come back when the bread is ready.

If you want your bread ready when you get up in the morning, you can assemble the ingredients in advance, set the delay timer, and let it run independently. From mixing to kneading to baking, it’ll do all the heavy lifting – and leave you with the tasty, effortless result.

As a plus, the auto-add dispenser even saves you time when incorporating delicate ingredients. You don’t have to worry about soft chocolate chips or crumbly nuts getting mashed in the process. It adds them at just the right time – without needing input from you.

Easy to Carry

While this breadmaker is mildly heavy at sixteen pounds, it does have a carrying handle. This allows you to easily hold and move it from room to room.

When you’re done making bread for the day, just wait for the machine to cool down, grasp the handle, and bring it to a storage area. Not many breadmakers have this feature, and they can be awkward and bulky, not to mention heavy. With this handle, you can be sure you won’t drop it and will be able to move it with ease.

The Negatives

Not for Large Families

A common complaint about this Zojirushi breadmaker is its small capacity. If you have a large family or are feeding a group for the holidays, you may find your supply of bread limited. Of course, you can always create several loaves in advance over multiple sessions to feed everyone in your home.

Warm to the Touch

While the exterior of this breadmaker doesn’t grow too hot, it does become warm enough to warrant caution. Just like you wouldn’t touch the side of your oven while it’s cooking, you shouldn’t touch or handle this breadmaker while it’s in the baking phase. If you have children around the house, be sure to tell them to steer clear while it’s running.

No Viewing Window

Normally, breadmakers have a small, clear window, so you can view what’s happening inside the machine. This lets you check on the bread and ensure nothing has gone wrong. With this breadmaker, you’d have to open the lid and possibly mess up the baking process to see what’s happening. It’s a small thing, but the lack of a viewing window can make a big difference to some home bakers.

Overall Verdict

After going over all the positives and negatives, we do recommend the Zojirushi BB-SSC10WZ Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker. It’s easy to use, offers convenience with the delay timer and the auto-add dispenser, and boasts of a large number of settings.

While there were a few complaints about the lack of a viewing window and the capacity, it’s difficult to find fault with this breadmaker. It’s definitely worth checking out.

Where to Buy the Zojirushi BB-SSC10WZ Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker

This breadmaker is available from a few online retailers.

Walmart ($315.05)

Bed Bath and Beyond ($339.99)

Houzz ($305.99)

And of course, you can find the Zojirushi Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker on Amazon.

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That’s it for our review of the Zojirushi Home Bakery Maestro Breadmaker. Are you going to add it to your kitchen?