The device and the principle of operation of the bread machine

A bread machine is a home appliance designed for making dough and baking bread at home. With this machine you can make both the most ordinary bread, and the product with all sorts of additives. Such a useful thing in the household is recommended:

• people experiencing difficulties with the purchase of bread, in connection with employment or its irregular delivery;
• to fans healthy eating, because in this case there is 100% confidence in the quality of the product;
• those who know how to correctly count money, and not spend it in supermarkets;
• professional housewives, for whom the loss of half an hour to go to the bakery is an unaffordable luxury;
• entrepreneurs, because now any cafe wants to attract customers with their own baking.

There is no need to describe the benefits of fragrant, crisp, always fresh homemade bread, it’s better to tell you how the bread maker works and how to choose a good unit.

Unit device

The principle of operation of any bread machine is quite simple. Standard device device:

• main body plus heating heaters, removable top cover with control display;
• flask or baking dish.

Last made of non-stick materialsIt has several blades for kneading dough. The blades are mounted on the drive shaft, and it is attached to the transition sleeve, and thus mates with the rotation mechanism. During the preparation of the dough, the mechanism makes the blades move, thus making the dough kneading. There may be two blades, but there are models with one.

In the standard version, all components are made of Teflon, but there are also more advanced models with a ceramic coating.

The body of most products is made of plasticand only a few expensive models are dressed in a stainless steel case. Plastic, too, is of different quality, more expensive is not so fragile and does not smell during work.

Machine control

Although there are still electromechanical modules, in most models the control is electronic. The standard version provides contact buttons, and advanced models - touch control. The sensor is certainly better, because neither flour nor other ingredients will interfere with its operation, unlike the version with buttons. Yes, and in the care of the sensor is extremely unpretentious. On the integral display, all necessary information for work is fully displayed (the specified baking weight, the desired color of the peel, the type of program, the duration of the process).

A nice addition is the automatic reclosing the apparatus after a power outage - the machine itself will restore work according to the stipulated program. The rest of design additions make life easier, but you can do without them: indication by flashing buttons, mechanical timer, touch switches, beautiful display.

The mode of protection against children is very useful, it protects the lid of the bread machine from abnormal opening, because the inside of the machine is very hot and it is dangerous for the child.

Possibilities of the bread machine

Most bread makers bake bread of the correct oblong shape, but there are models on the market with additional molds for making round bread or French baguette. You can put the dough in the form of small pieces, which makes it possible to obtain small buns. Bread machines can be used not only for their intended purpose, they can automatically knead dough for other products, for example, dumplings.

Homemade bread can be baked either using built-in automatic programs or manually. Manual version is available in all models, but requires some experience and skill.

The process of making bread takes up to 6 hours, in addition, large-capacity machines publish significant noise. You should also take into account that a lot of space is required for a bread machine in the kitchen, approximately the same as a microwave oven. Yes, and the weight of the device ranges from 4 to 8 kg. Therefore, it is necessary to consider its location in the kitchen in order not to assemble and disassemble with each use.

Subtleties of choice

The main parameter is product weight. Its variations are possible from 300 gr., Up to 2.5 kg. For a small family of three people with their heads enough bread maker, baking bread weighing 0.5 kg., But if the family is larger in composition, you need to buy a large bread maker.In this case, it is desirable that the acquired device could vary the weight of the baked bread: 600 gr., 1000 gr., 1200 gr. In this case, do not throw out excess bread, and the cooking time will be different.

It is impossible not to take into account such a circumstance as solidification time finished product. Since homemade pastries do not use preservatives used in industry, after a day it becomes stale, which means cooking for home bread is not worth it.

Power breadmaker has a range from 400 to 1800 watts. From this parameter in direct proportion is the scrupulousness of kneading dough, and the preparation time of the product. Simply put, the greater the amount of power, the faster the finished bread is produced, but the greater the power consumption. It should be borne in mind that slower pastries are usually tastier than fast food.

As a rule, all purchases are completed with a video disc with instruction on how to use the device.

Embedded software

Any bread maker is equipped with a set of basic programs. These are the options for the preparation of various dough, crisp crust, accelerated programs. A bread maker may have a set of 25 programs, but not all of them are widely applicable in everyday life. Plus, we must understand that each additional program increases the price of the product. In various models there can be such interesting functions:

1. Very attractive, but ineffective program for cooking preserves and jams. In an average size bread maker, you can get about 600-800 grams. product that is not very suitable for making confitures.
   
2. The program "Rye bread»Allows you to get a very fragrant and tasty product.
3. If the house is often cooked various flour products, then, of course, an option is needed for cooking dough. Such a function greatly facilitates the work in the kitchen.
4. Option "gluten free bread»It will be useful if there are patients in the family who do not assimilate ordinary bread. Such a program is useful for diabetics and those who follow a healthy lifestyle.
5. Baking function bran bread gives you the opportunity to constantly have bread at home rarely available for sale.
   

6. There are devices, using which you can cook butter and homemade yogurt. For these types of products included are special containers.For the fermentation of yogurt through the gradual heating of the necessary milk and sourdough. The LG HB-2001BY bread machine will make homemade butter from quality cream for an hour and a half.
7. Option baking cupcakes is needed, as a rule, only to satisfy the curiosity of the hostess.

Extra options

It does not make sense to purchase a modification with built-in viewing window. After all, the display shows the entire course of the baking process, and there is no need to watch him through the window. Moreover, given its design features, the window contributes to an increase in unproductive heat loss, as a result, you can lose the fried crust. During the work of the bread machine, such a window is completely fogged up and becomes clean from moisture only at the finish.

Many bread machines are equipped with so-called dispenser. This is a small tank with a dosed out, from which various additives are added to the dough: sesame, raisins and others. All this is quite acceptable to add to the dough manually, when the machine finishes working with the main components, which it will notify with an audible alert.

By irrelevant include the option maintain temperature for one hour.After all, thanks to the timer, you can clearly determine the time for which you need to get hot bread.

But the option “yeast-free pastry” completely depends on the taste preferences of users.

Products from the bread machine turn out to be a little more expensive than shop bread, but only high-quality ingredients will be used to make it. Well, in terms of taste, bread factories are far from quality home baking.