Breadman TR444 Review

Breadman TR444
March 2, 2006

          The Breadman TR444 is a very useful small appliance for a family who likes bread or has special needs.  The Breadman TR444 is currently online available for sale online, since it is an older model.  This machine was bought for $74.99 in the 2001-2002 school years.  Currently bread makers sell for between $30 and $200.  This appliance does have some safety features; however, it is easy to get a burn just by touching it while it is making bread.  It will not allow itself to start up if the machine is too hot; however, the outside of it gets extremely hot.  There also is no latch or switch to keep the cover closed during baking.  The TR444 has a one-year limited warranty.  Obviously, the warranty is now expired since it was bought in 2001.  However, the warranty may have always been void since the Registration Card was never sent in to Breadman.  This appliance also has several nice features.  A Deluxe Rapid baking method is designed to bake bread in 60-minutes and is nice if you need bread quick.  There are also many different crust types available to allow for more consumer variety.  A nut and fruit cycle will notify the user when to add nuts or fruit into the dough, for optimum performance.  Easy controls and a LED display help the user in the selection process.  Bread machines take up a lot of room in storage; therefore, many users who use them frequently will just store it on a kitchen counter.  Cleaning on most bread makers is simply.  As the pan can be easily washed out and the inside of the appliance can be wiped down.  You cannot soak the pan in water for long periods, as it will erode the coating.  However, in this specific appliance, I had serious trouble with the pan.  It appears as if the pans non-stick surface has worn down, making it difficult to remove the bread.  In addition, the paddle in the pan is supposed to easily slide out inside the bread, but in this pan it is stuck, which also makes it tough to remove the bread.  The advantages of owning a bread maker are that the consumer can easily bake custom bread to their needs.  My aunt owns a bread maker and uses it every couple of days, because my uncle cannot eat anything with gluten in it.  The disadvantages of a bread machine are that they are loud during the kneading process.  I personally would not buy a bread maker, only because I am not that big of a fan of specialty breads.  I would however recommend a bread maker to those who enjoy different variety’s of bread.