Panasonic SD-YD250 review

Baking bread at home has never been easier. The Panasonic SD-YD250 breadmaker offers five modes of bread making: the basic, French, pizza, pasta, and bake. With this device, you can bake your bread with additional ingredients like raisins or pieces of small cut fruits. There is a signal beep that will tell you when it is time to put these ingredients after your dough has been properly mixed. If you are on the go, the breadmaker has a rapid bake setting so that you can prepare your white bread in a little less than two hours. With a rapid-bake option, your multi-grain or whole wheat may also be turned into bread in less than 3 hours. The Panasonic SD-YD250 is really on par with other models on the market. The device has a setting that you can choose from what shade you would want to have for your bread, which ranges from light shade to medium to dark crusty.

There is also some advanced feature that this product is offering as an addition to the standard ones that you will expect from the other models. An example of this is the dispenser of the yeast located on its top. This dispenser can be set on the time that you would want the yeast to be added. It can correctly make a pizza base, focaccia dough, and even a croissant mix. There is also a 13-hour delay bake feature, which will allow you to prepare the bread mixture for cooking at a later time. This breadmaker is ideal for those who would want to wake up in the aroma of freshly baked bread.

This is what you can expect when unboxing this machine:

Product Specifications

• 550-watt oven which is ideal for making average to large loaves of bread
• Five modes of bread making
• Crust color selector ranging from light, medium or dark
• Automatic yeast dispenser on top
• The rapid baking setting for less than 2 hours
• 13-hour delay bake
• Easy to read and touch LCD control panel
• Comes with free measuring cups and spoons
• User guide included
• Dimensions are at 13.4 x 9.1 x 14 inches
• Comes with a one-year limited warranty

Pros

• The five modes of baking not only allow you to make yeast-based bread but also non-yeast such as pizza base or croissant mixes.
• It can bake three loaf sizes of up to 2.5 pounds.
• The crust color selector allows you to choose the right shade of what you think is ideal for the type of bread that you are preparing.
• The automatic yeast dispenser allows you to put some additional ingredients such as raisins or cut fruits on your bread.
• There is a signal beep that will tell you when it’s time to add these ingredients.
• The rapid baking feature allows you to prepare the bread in less than two hours and is perfect for when you are on the go.
• The 13-hour delay option allows you to have your bread ready anytime you want.
• The free additional items, such as measuring cups and spoons, allow an accurate measurement to ensure that you will have perfectly baked bread.
• The breadmaker comes with a diamond fluorine pan, which is non-sticky for easy cleanup.

This short video review might be helpful:

Cons

• It has no viewing lid to check the progress of your baking.
• The control panel does not indicate the progress of baking.
• The recipes that come with the manual seem to have confusing measurements.

Customer Reviews and Ratings

Users commend the product’s easy to use with its soft-touch control button that offers different settings for whole wheat, French, multi-grain, and white bread. It has a rapid bake setting, which allows you to prepare the bread in less than 2 hours. Besides, you can set it to dough mode to make a pizza base or croissant mixes. The option to achieve the desired crust shade- light, medium, or crusty dark is another excellent feature. You may also set it up to a delayed mode for up to 13 hours if you would want to prepare the mix first and bake it later. The automatic yeast dispenser is another excellent addition. Owners of the SD-YD250 point out that it is easy as the device has a non-stick pan.

Reviewers find the manual helpful, but the recipes that come with it have a very strange measurement, which has resulted in imperfectly baked bread.

If you’d own this machine your bread making would be like this:

Conclusion

With just a minor downside, this product is very reliable and has great value for your money. It has excellent features that each home bakery must-have.

Update

The bad news is that this machine is the thing of the past now, but the good news that there’s a Zojirushi BB-PAC20BA, which is somewhat similar to this model.