Panasonic SD-RD250 review

Whether you are a novice or an advanced home baker, the Panasonic SD-RD250 breadmaker is all that you could ever need. This machine offers five different cooking modes. The basic mode is ideal for making bread out of whole and white wheat. French-style allows you to prepare crispy French sticks, the pasta mode to make homemade dough for pasta, pizza mode for pizza base dough, and the cake mode for baking cakes for any occasion.

The use of this machine eliminates the usual kneading that comes with baking. You only need to put out the ingredients on the pan, follow the instructions on the LED display, and push the button. The rest will be taken care of by your SD-RD250. The programmable timer can be set in a 13-hour delay baking time. You can prepare your dry mix and put it on the pan, set the timer, and you will come home with the aroma of freshly baked bread in your kitchen. You have two choices for your loaf size and crust color control, which can either be light or darker crusts.

The unique innovation of this product is the unique raisin and nut dispenser. This appliance can drop 150 grams of sliced fruits, nuts, or raisins in the dough at the perfect timing. It also allows even distribution of these ingredients to your dough. The baking pan is coated with diamond fluorine making it non-sticky, scratch-resistant, and to last longer. The non-sticky feature also makes it very easy to clean. This device has a very compact design that takes up very little space in the kitchen.

Here’s an introductory video for this bread maker:

Product Specifications

• 550-watt oven
• Five different cooking modes
• Rapid bake and 13-hour delay baking are available
• Two loaf option with two crust color choices
• It has indicator lights for checking the progress of baking
• Scratch-resistant bread pans
• Automatic nut and raisin dispenser with 150 grams capacity
• Dimension at 14.6 x 11.1 x 12.8”
• Comes with measuring spoon, cups, manual and free recipes
• One year limited warranty

Pros

• The baking modes include basic, French, pasta, dough, and bake modes.
• The unique nuts and raisin dispenser makes even distribution of these ingredients on the dough.
• The 13-hour delay baking features allow you to have freshly baked bread anytime you want.
• The breadmaker allows you to have two options for sizes of the dough and two options for the color of the crust.
• It has an easy to follow instruction manual and easy to use control panel with LED display.
• The fluorine coating on the pan makes it resistant to scratch and easy to clean.
• It was awarded Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.
• The breadmaker comes with measuring cup, measuring spoons, and free recipes.
• It includes a limited one-year warranty.

Cons

• It has limited baking options.
• It makes a tall loaf rather than the horizontal one.

Customer Reviews and ratings

The Panasonic SD-RD250 is a highly recommended product. Customers find the five cooking modes of this product as an excellent feature allowing you to come up with different types of bread. This rapid bake is ideal if you are short of time, and the 13-hour delay baking feature allows fresh bread any time that you want. Other reviewers also commended the quality of bread that is produced by this machine, and the capacity of it is another advantage: it can accommodate up to 2.5 pounds of bread.

The innovative feature of the automatic dispenser of Panasonic SD-RD250 is highly commended by many owners. It dispenses other ingredients such as fruits, nuts, and raisins to be distributed on the dough on the perfect timing. The distribution is so even as compared to other products, which clump the ingredients on one side only. The dispenser is also removable from the machine for easy cleaning. The materials used for the baking pans are excellent, which makes it resistant to any scratches.

There are some noted downsides to this product. For one, this is not very ideal if you are into advanced baking and would want many more varieties of bread to be baked. This device can make some noise, especially when kneading, but some owners welcome this noise as this is one proof that the machine is working. The product design is not sleek enough and might need a larger space to occupy in the kitchen.

Conclusion

The Panasonic SD-RD250 is a well-priced bread maker that offers features for excellent bread baking. Users expect high quality from Panasonic, and this product precisely represents the company’s commitment to providing the best household products.

Update

While SD-RD250 is a good model, it’s a bit old for now. However, there’s a model similar by features and price Zojirushi BB-HAC10.