Breville Baker's Oven BB280

Perfect – Perfect for making your own bread or croissant recipes and works constantly every time. Very easy to use and to clean. A great way to entertain young children as well. Show details

Finally a good tesult – Had all sorts of problems with my baker's oven using Lauke Bread Mix until I finally did the maths and now perfect loaf every time. My ingredients for perfect loaf- 400g of any of the Lauke Bread Mix, 280g warm water, three quarters tsp yeast, 1/2 tsp bread improver- measuring must be exact and use whole wheat setting. Add a little more water… Read more

for German Grain and little less for the Rye - check as mixing to make sure all flour has been absorbed. Mostly I use a mix of 200g of crusty white bread mix plus 200g of any of the other flavours eg German grain etc. Good loaf every time.

Gluggy gluten free bread – I have tried making gluten free bread in this machine 15 times and I thought it was me until my friend who makes Beautiful gf bread in her breville bakers oven tried to make a loaf for me in my machine (same recipe) and yep gluggy bits. Hers has an upright tin and makes the most beautiful bread. Her lid is heavy. My lid is plastic and not very… Read more

heavy. The machine didn’t even come with the right blade I had to order that separate from Breville! It was a birthday present.

Great machine – This is my first bread maker, so before buying I read a lot of reviews of this and other machines. Based on those I would not have bought this brand or model, but I got a really good deal (second hand, but like new) and I thought I’d give it a go. To my surprise, this machine is very quiet, and I can’t believe anybody criticised it for this… Read more

aspect. It mixes the dough well which I was also sceptical about. I enjoy watching as it is happening.

Like most people I paid my learning fee by stuffing up my first 3-4 loafs, which was disappointing, but since then my breads are better and better. Mistakes I made: did not push the bucket down enough, so the dough wasn’t mixed properly (well, hardly…), put too much water (or not enough flower) and not enough yeast in the mix, so the loafs came out flat and dense; put too much something in the mix and the dough rose above the bucket and overflew the edges, onto the heating element, then got burnt (an hour cleaning fixed it). It is important to follow the recipes to the word and in my experience maybe put in a touch more yeast. Try the smaller loafs first and only bake the larger one once you perfected the ingredients. If you prefer a harder crust (like we do), once the bread is ready, you can put on the “Bake Only” function for 15-20 minutes. Unfortunately you have to turn it off manually after the desired time as it is set for 1 hour only without being able to adjust it. Makes great bread; simple to use; quiet; relatively small; has timer to wake up for the delicious smell of fresh bread; easy to clean Nothing really except the bake only function could have been set up so the baking time is adjustable. Engineers: a simple programming could fix this!!!

If your not getting good bread -Try this – My first Breville is still going after 10 years but the case is getting very brittle so bought the Bakers Oven and although I really preferred the shape of the tin of the old original this one is doing fine when you realize that we are paying under $100 for these current machines. For those having trouble making the perfect loaf try this: Get a… Read more

digital set of scales and measure everything. Put 289 mls (or grms same thing) of tepid water in the pan. Not cold, not hot. This is most important. Then add 436 grms of Laucke Crusty Breadmix, make a slight hollow then add 1 1/4 teasp of the Laucke Yeast that comes with the breadmix. Set on Basic and Crust on H for dark. Three hours later you should have the perfect loaf.

Store breadmix in the pantry but roll down your yeast packet, store with clip and keep in the freezer.

These measurements have given me the perfect loaf. Anymore and the bread hits the glass top and that means you have to clean it. I have a folded piece of alfoil that i sit on top of the glass on the outside while the bread is cooking for the last hour, just make sure it doesnt slide over the air vents. I really believe if you do not get good results with these measures and the Laucke Mix you machines would have to be faulty. If you get your measurements right, its great

A good introduction to Breakmakers – I received this Breadmaker as a gift, and only used it sporadically for the first 12 months. It made decent loaves, however always seemed to hit the window at the top when rising and was a pain to clean this part. The kneading blade also tore a huge chunk out of the bottom of the loaf when removing. When me and my partner moved in together we… Read more

started using it 2-3 times a week. I got past the window sticking part by only making small loaves, which would easily feed us for 3 days, or feed us and a couple of friends for dinner. Fresh bread always and just what you need. Unfortunately just as I was starting to get used to it, the program failed and the kneading blade would run constantly. It was outside its warranty and a service technician told me that he knew exactly what it was, but the part was dearer than the machine was worth. I reluctantly let it go, and even though it had its faults and died early, it made fantastic bread and was an essential kitchen item. Great, delicious bread, easy to use, delay timer. Small loaves only, kneading blade bad design, poor quality electronics.

Nothing wrong with the brevile – 12 year owner of Breville bread maker then it apparently died the same time I opened a new jar of yeast tried everything including another two jars of yeast must need a new bread maker tried the new one same result so did what Breville advised used warm water hey great. got in my rubbish bin retrieved the old one hey its alive and working well  Show details

Reliable Bread Factory – I received my bread oven as a Christmas gift in 2011. Since then, I have baked 796 loaves of bread, with this machine. My recipe for white bread is; 300ml water, 2 crushed vitamin c tablets (500mg ascorbic acid), 20g olive oil, 16g white sugar, 5g iodised salt, 500g wallaby bakers flour, 12g yeast. N.B. the vitamin c is used as a substitute for… Read more ·  3

soy bread improver. It makes the bread take shape and rise. Up until 1995, all bread was used with ascorbic acid (vitamin c). It stops collapse.

Fruit loaf just add 3g cinnamon powder, 2g Chinese five spice powder, 30g currents and 40g sultana. This machine is awesome!!!!

My Breville has been fine – I only ever cook wholemeal and happy enough, and this one doesn`t have that long initial wait time before starting as my other machine.

Hate it! – I bought this to use in winter months to get up to kneading so i could shape and bake in my oven as i find bread too small to completely bake in the bread maker. I make our own bread a lot in summer by hand as it rises better. I had to reprove the dough from the breadmaker by hand as the machine doesn't do it properly! Needless to say this machine is looking for a new home now that we have lovely warm weather again.  Show details

Bought this today...have had a breville years ago...never failed..this one gets stuck after kneading – No not happy....do not buy....purchased today..followed all instructions. ..had a breville years ago and it never failed...this one can not get past kneading...bad product!...I will try a different brand...very dissapointed in the new model.....how difficult is it to make a loaf of bread...might go back to basics and bang it in the oven...money wasted.  Show details

An effort to get the damn thing to work! – Won't knead by itself! It's like it can't start by itself. I manually start it by turning it and it spins, so I put the pan back in and click and it stops shortly after. So frustrating! Hasn't once worked for me since I bought it! I got this with a voucher for my birthday after wanting one for years only to be left disappointed.  Show details

trips safety switch on baking – We got a Bakers Oven as a gift which keeps tripping the power safety switch every time it reaches the baking stage. I made dough without any problems but it does not like baking anything ? any ideas ?

Never a problem – The machine works flawlessly. Sometimes I don't. Great machine but just hold back a little on the yeast so that the bread doesn't rise above the pan. It's opened up a new world of creativity to me! I find it easy to clean and very easy to use, after a few mistakes on my behalf.

I should have known beter – Breville bakers oven would not buy it full stop have tried 4 times to bake a loaf off laucke multigrain soy @linseed it started well till half hour befor end of baking then all fell in to a heap crusty on outside on the inside it was stiky followed recepy to a t and still a flop after 4 times i give up Would not bake

Good for kneading, not so much baking – If you're just looking for a machine to knead up dough, then you will have no problems with this bread maker. I've had mine for almost a year, using it a few times a week and I haven't had any problems. It comes with a timer so you can control when the dough / bread is done, which is great if you want the bread to be ready by the time you wake… Read more

up / get home from work

I can't say I'd recommend using it to actually *bake* bread though, besides the odd shaped cube it makes the quality & taste of the bread isn't that nice - you're much better off using the dough setting, hand shaping, & baking.

The machine can be a little bit jumpy so I'd keep it away from the edge of your benchtop. Relatively inexpensive, kneads dough well, preset timer, I wouldn't use it to actually *bake* the bread in.

Awesome can't miss bread maker – Breads and jams have been a great success with our long lasting bread maker. I have trouble believing the poor reviews here- I use Laucke bread mix and have never had a bad loaf from this machine. Our machine was purchased second hand and has been working fine for 5 years since. It Works Online manual difficult to source (get with the 21st century Breville) Show reply

Good while it lasted – We rather enjoyd the bread produced by the Breville Bakers Oven. It was especially easy when using premix bread flour and always lovely to wake up to the smell of fresh bread. Overall: I'd recommend the Brevile Bakers Oven to friends but don't expect it to last! If we buy another bread machine, I will look at other brands more closely but may end… Read more

up getting this one again because of the price. It's easy to use and keep clean, has some recipe suggestions, and was priced within our budget. Downsides are that it is quite noisy and sometimes woke me up at night, but I think this would be common to a lot of bread makers, and as with many modern appliances, the heating element has broken after just 2 years!

Terrible bread – I've had 2 previous breadmakers both of which made good bread. Recently I bought the Breville Bakers Oven because I thought I'd go back to my own bread. I've wasted heaps of ingredients making the most terrible bread. It either rises and then flops or doesn't rise at all. I've tried all ways, changed flour, yeast, sugar - you name it I've tried… Read more

it. it will be going back to the shop next week Small so it fits on the bench Doesn't make bread, just sticky, awful, damp half-baked dough

Bread won't rise, online customer service doesn't work – We bought a Breville Baker's oven two weeks ago and have used it 3 times. So far none of the breads that we have made have risen. At first we thought it was the pre-mix flour (Lauke wholemeal) we bought, so we made it from scratch and followed the guidelines of the instruction manual. Didn't work. In fact the bread looks exactly the same, flat… Read more

(half the loaf tin provided) and wet in the middle.

We have tried 2 different heat settings (whole wheat and the frech bread setting). We have used 2 different types of flours and methods. And nothing works.

So we tried to register the product online in order to ask for help, and guess what? When we to tried to log in, the online customer service had a "fatal error" message. We originally had a Panasonic breadmaker which worked like a charm, so what's wrong with Breville?? The price Doesn't work

Bad Bread Machine – 2 days out of warranty and it broke - designed not to last with poor quality manufacture and materials. Breville service wanted $100 +postage for a new bucket. Try to avoid Breville appliances. Their wiz stick broke aswell, it now fills up with water when it is washed and then leaks out whilst in use into the bowl. It did work when I first purchased it. Designed not to last

becareful – loved the bread machine it cooked well the first few times i cooked wheatmeal ,then decided to cook white bread followed the recipe exactly and went to bed,woke up 4hrs later, to a smoked out house,and ran to the kitchen to found my bread and had risen over the side very shocked and not happy will never do tht again with a bread maker if i ever… Read more

buy another this ones pretty much ruined now.so i wouldnt leave it cooking over night.also the dough hook is annoying as when removed leaves a large hole in the bottom of loaf which when making a sanwich falls to peices soo you only get four good slices the rest wasted wheatmeal bread was nice. found the dough rose over the side with white bread,nearly causing fire,didnt like dough hook rips bread.

Good value full featured bread machine – This machine is a good, low cost, simple entry level machine. The wide pan is good for making large loaves, but means that the ingredients are not always well mixed. It lasted three years using it twice a week on average. The motor is noisy and the machine moves around alarmingly so you need to allow space around the machine. The blade drive plate… Read more

failed when the metal prongs became weak/soft and would no longer turn the blade. The pan clips are fairly cheap and the thin pan is adequate for a couple of years use. Overall better than the Sunbeam entry level machine, but not as good as the Panasonic machines at twice the price. You get what you pay for!!! Good value, lots of features, makes large loaves. Wide pan means bread not always mixed properly. Poor drive plate design. Noisy Motor

Was ok for a few months! – I make bread near everyday so after 10 months the machine has had a decent work out. Two months ago the LED timer started plaing up,now machine flashes EEE and wont work at all, has been returned, awaiting replacement. Bread tastes beautiful when it worked didn't mix properly, some loaves had lumps of flour

White bread recipe – After a longer period of using this machine, I thought I might share my perfected bread recipe :) If you are having problems with your loaves, give this one a go! In the order it goes in: 350ml water 500g Laucke crusty white mix About 1 3/4 tsp yeast (I typically do 1 tsp then a heaped 1/2 tsp. Cook on the Rapid setting for the whole… Read more

duration (the book says to take small loaves out 10 minutes early, but this makes an undercooked loaf with this recipe). The loaf should rise right to the top of the pan but not touch the viewing window. Leave it to stand on a cooling rack until cool. I use an electric knife to slice it.

Excellent! – I have had my breadmachine for 2 years, I use it fairly frequently (about 4 times a week), I've never had a problem with it, all my bread recipes come out perfect, I'd say it's worth it's weight in gold, it sure beats making bread by hand. Reliable, inexpensive, easy to use, easy to clean  Show 4 replies

So far, So good – For an entry level machine (I paid $99.00 in early 2011 from a national chain store) it is fine. Easy to use and good instuction manual. So far it has been reliable and it is in constant use. I note that others users have had trouble and I will update this review should this happen to me... Every loaf made so far including heavy german… Read more ·  1

grain breads has been very useable. Sometimes it does touch the top of the machine, despite me being very accurate with measurements. Not sure if this is a bread machine fault or using the wrong setting. In any case it tastes good. Price and easy controls,... Fresh Bread! Ok so far...

Blew up on third use – This was my first breadmaker. It got me hooked on how easy and clean dough and breadmaking can be. But, after kne grain and one white bread it blew up within the first week on the first attempt at pizza dough. Second cheapest breadmaker on comparison. Nice bread, it got me hooked on breadmaking. Broke in first week, luckily store offered refund… Read more

towards different make (panasonic). Bread marginally better on Panasonic though Breville would have been sufficient if it had lasted

Faulty timer – Was wonderful for the first 6 months. Then the timer started going too fast so bread didn't have enough time to rise and bake properly. Also couldn't relibaly set time we wanted it to be ready. Returned it to Good Guys who replaced it no poblem, but first time we used the new machine the same timer problem happened. Returning second machine… Read more

today and will exchange for another brand as, judging by our own experience and other online reviews, this is a product wide problem. Disappointing! Reasonably priced, made nice bread at first. Timer really needs to work properly for good results

OK – For a first timer is a worthwhile buy. It was much noisier than our first breadmaker which was also a Breville and our current Breville. As it got older it started to jump around on the bench during the kneading cycle.. beware of sitting it too close to the edge of the bench. Generally the bread itself rose well, baked well and tasted great.… Read more

Cheap. Lasted more than 2 years - baking 2-3 loaves/week. Easy to use. Purchased because previous bread maker was a Breville as well. Made nice loaves generally but see below about paddle. Noisy. Pan too light. Spindle did get stuck - found a work around - loosen up IMMEDIATELY. Sloping lid means would sometimes rise & hit the glass (pain to clean). Did I say noisy???!! Paddle used to remove great chunks of bread and leave gaping holes in the loaf.

Terrible – Previously, we used another breville breadmaking machine for many many years and were very happy., the motor finally packed up, but we had well and truly got our monies worth from that machine. We decided not to go for the ultimate breadmaker this time., and we regret that decision very much. We now may purchase another brand altogether for our… Read more

next machine. Looks good, its quiet when operating. simple to use. Many failures., even when following brevilles recipe book closely., it will not produce the large size loaf successfully, as it hits the glass window and then you end up with a soggy topped loaf. Removing the finished loaf from the pan without leaving a large hole right through the centre of the loaf is almost impossible., the paddle is obstinate and will not detach itself from the inside of the loaf., this means that you only end up with 3 or 4 full slices out of each loaf., the rest is mutilated.,

Terrible – Not happy! Not buying another Breville! Recommend you don't either -especially having read so many similar stories on this site! Guests went without bread today... 1st bread maker - so home cooked bread; gift Only ever made about 25 loaves before it died (out of warranty). Of those 25, some didn't rise at all, others hit the roof and sunk back.… Read more

Half were good. Paddle leaves a big hole in loaf and so not many whole slices can be cut. Often, the dough making phase missed clumps of flour in the corners, that would remain as large flour corners to the loaf when left on a timer or if not checked on part way through to add more water

Terrible – I wouldn't recommend this product the bowl leaks. When I contacted Breville they said I can purchase a new bowl for $59. I t still was under warranty and I think it is a design and manufacturing problem. So now I have a useless piece of white goods on my hands! It made very nice bread. The bowl leaks after not much use.

Terrible – There is obviously a design or batch fault with these units - do not buy one! Even if you are lucky enough to have one that does not blow up then the spindle in the bread pan slogs out making the pan leak and the unit useless. Worked OK for a while. Tjis unit failed after a year of intermittent use. It blew a track right off the circuit board! A friends unit failed in EXACTLY the same way in a similar time-frame.

Bad – Don't buy! It really is worth it in the long run to spend a bit more for a better product that will last longer and not waste your bread mix (and your money)! cheap Spindle seized up, now the mix no longer gets mixed and you end up with baked half mixed bread when your expecting a lovely fresh bread in the morning. This happened of course when the machine was just out of warranty.