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Title: Stumbled right out of the gate...
Review: After reading tons of reviews and doing a lot of research I bought this for my wife for Christmas. I pikced this one because she bakes 1-2 loaves a week and is a serious bread maker. Five minutes into the first use (using one of the simple recipes provided to test) it made a loud screech and broke. The paddle wouldn't turn. After playing with it we got it going enough to finish the bread (which was good by the way). But it was clearly broken - I suspect the drive belt came off. Maybe we just got unlucky but my wife had been waiting for a new machine and we are very frustrated.
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