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CaboSailor 
We have a Zojirushi that we love. We don't let it actually bake the bread but use it to mix and knead the dough. We form and perform the final rise manually prior to baking in the oven.
When shopping for the original, I kept seeing reviews that used the Zojirushi as the yardstick. So I bought the yardstick.
Our King Arthur flour cookbook presented the opinion that the bread machine does a better job of mixing and kneading than a stand mixer or by hand. True? Maybe, but we still find it convenient.
Rich
You know I have read of people doing this and I don't understand Cabo why even buy the bread maker. Just buy a kitchen aid mixer.
Recently ChefTalk received the newest zojirushi bread maker model and so far it is actually pretty decent. The main gripe I have is that it does not cook the top of the bread enough. I am testing some ways to remedy this but it seems like an expensive appliance and you should not have to fiddle with it to get it to work right. Another thing I have learned is that it has two paddles for mixing which is excellent. As a result when I use Beth Hensperger's recipes (Bread Baking cookbook) you do not need to add wheat gluten. With the breadman bread maker you do.
