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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community Mar 21, 2008
Pros: Cheap
Cons: bulky, uneven baking, poor design lid
Summary: After 8 wonderful years of service my Citizen breadmaker was beginning to look like it needed replacing. Canadian Tire had this model on offer Boxing Week and I got it for a great price of $49.95 which unfortunately is the only great thing about it! ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Apr 4, 2011
Pros: Very reasonably priced
3 lb horizontal pan
Large viewing window
Dishwasher safe pan
Cons: Display/buttons don't light up
Cycle difficult to see
Not many recipes in the manual
Summary: I purchased the Black & Decker B2300 after 16 years of reliable service with my old Sunbeam upright bread maker. I was a little leary because of the poor reviews I had read but was pleasantly surprised at the first beautiful loaf of basic white ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 30, 2010
Pros: It's the same white as the microwave oven next to it on my kitchen counter.
Cons: Cheap construction, weak components, bad warranty.
Summary: The wife and I were in the market for a breadmaker. We found this Black & Decker B2300 breadmaker on sale at Sears for 75$ a couple of weeks before Christmas and we jumped on it.The first several attempts at breadmaking were very frustrating and ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Oct 14, 2009
Pros: Makes decent breadmany different settings to play with
Survived attempt at self-destruction
Cons: two beater paddles=2 big holesmajor machine motion when mixing/kneadingpoor machining tolerances
Summary: This is our second Black and Decker breadmaker. The first was the old vertical load, single beater model and it lasted for years and years and made hundreds of loaves of good quality bread. I wore out one pan (liquid leaked out the seal of the paddle) so ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Dec 21, 2008
Pros: The 3-lb loaf size, if they turned out properly.
Cons: Almost useless manual, noise, timer setup, poor quality.
Summary: Our old Black and Decker B1650 still works, but the bread pan finally began leaking and Applica (who makes the B & D branded appliances) decided in their wisdom to discontinue support for this model, which has been a workhorse for us for ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 30, 2008
Pros: It's white.
Cons: Engineered for assured failure or maybe just abysmal quality control, either way it's awful.
Summary: My old Walmart brand ( Select Edition ) bread machine has given me years of excellent service but it is starting to look a bit dated so I decided to try out the Black and Decker B2300 bread machine mostly because it was on sale at Sears. I got it ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 2, 2008
Pros: Traditional rectangular loaves
Cons: Paddles fall off, shaft falls apart, loud beeping, hit and miss mixing.
Summary: I bought this as a gift for our family. At first we made a few mistakes common to first time breadmaker users. Once we got things figured out, we began to enjoy some wonderful bread. However, our frustration began to grow as we experienced a very hit and ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Feb 25, 2012
Pros: When it worked, it made a nice loaf. Easy to clean.
Cons: Paddles fall off while mixing, Paddles difficult to remove from shafts, Oil leakage.
Summary: We've had or B2300 for 15 months now. We made a loaf about every 2 weeks for just my wife and I. Once after 4 months we noticed grey oil coming from the paddle shafts and getting on the dough. We didn't notice any more after and kept using it.
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jan 11, 2010
Pros: Nothing
Cons: Everything
Summary: This machine just *sucks*. Uneven cooking, and when you shake the loaf out of the pan, one paddle usually pulls a huge chunk of loaf out with it, while the other requires pliers to be plunged deep into the loaf to get it out. Moreover,
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Not rated yet by the Epinions community Dec 12, 2009
Pros: Nothing good to say about this horizontal model. A present!!!! It's a pain in .......
Cons: There is no logical explanation for why this Black and Decker horizontal model stopped working
Summary: Everyone says Black and Decker, Black and Decker. For house-keepers like me these gadgets are key. I used to have a bread maker before, one which was just fine. I would mix and bake as I wanted. I could add fruit and get sweet breads. Add spice and
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Nov 18, 2009
Pros: Works with simplicity, just follow the recipe instructions and add ingredients in the specified order.
Cons: Manual could be clearer on using Menu Button in the recipes.
Summary: Terrific machine baked a Sandwich Loaf with thin crust as desired to perfection on very first try.Couldn't be happier with the
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Aug 22, 2009
Pros: easy to follow instructions
easy to clean
looks great on the counter
Cons: miss the light for peeking in to see how the bread is doing
Summary: love it, the loaves come out great, did not find it to noisyreplaced my old machine with this
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 28, 2009
Pros: none
Cons: Poor quality machine, bread and recipes.
Summary: My wife is a beautiful bread maker, but to save her the work I encouraged her to buy the Black & Decker B2300 when it came on sale. Bad move! She is totally frustrated with the machine, the recipes do not work as they are printed and the
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Apr 20, 2009
Pros: Inexpensive. Easy to use. Ten programs including making jams!
Cons: Two paddles need to be removed from the bread after baking.
Crucial parts not available.
Summary: Great machine when it worked on the the limited recipies provided in the manual. It also did quite well with other bread recipes found elsewhere. We bought this machine to replace a vertical model which had become obsolete. The istruction
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Not rated yet by the Epinions community Feb 25, 2009
Pros: There are no pros to this machine. absolutely do not buy it nothing more said
Cons: There is everything wrong with this machine. Do not buy it. absolutely do not buy
Summary: This was a gift from a relative for Christmas. Had i paid the hundred plus dollars for it, i would have been very upset. This machine has never produced an edible loaf of bread.The first loaf blew the lid off and then collapsed over the
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Not rated yet by the Epinions community Jan 18, 2009
Pros: I haven't swallowed a paddle. My wife isn't going crazy.
Cons: Odd shaped loaves. Poor mixing. People still buy it.
Summary: We have owned this for one month and I've seen all different shaped loaves. You get either a massive loaf or one that looks all deflated. At first I thought my wife was loosing her ability to measure and cook, but sooned realized this
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jan 4, 2009
Pros: Bread pan is dishwasher safe.
Cons: Noisy, badly designed control panel, poor bread texture, etc.
Summary: I bought this bread machine as a replacement for my Westbend when it died suddenly (since Westbend did not support their product). It was terrible from trying to see the controls to set them (if you make a mistake, you have to start over and, I had
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 30, 2008
Pros: Easy to program
Cons: Paddles stick, not enough recipes, recipes do not work
Summary: I have used a Black & Decker bread machine before and absolutely loved it. Last year I received a Black & Decker B2300 Horizontal bread maker as a gift and was delighted. However my delight was short lived. What a piece of garbage. There are only
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Apr 30, 2008
Pros: It's big and makes a large dough recipe. The duel mixers are an amazing invention.
Cons: The buttons would be a downfall along with not enough recipes that come with it.
Summary: I got this Bread Machine for a christmas present. I was given recipes by members of my extended family and I have used all of them and love all of them. The bread machine successfully kneaded the dough TO PERFECTION and made a delicious bread. I love
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Apr 30, 2008
Pros: Good price, many settings, makes large loaves.
Cons: Built poorly, poor service
Summary: I have owned two bread makers before buying this one. The first two each lasted eight or nine years. The Black and Decker one I bought five months ago is now sitting idle and broken. I am now eating grocery store bread because the little "c" clip that
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