Customer reviews from oster
Oster - ExpressBake 2 LB Bread Maker - Black
Average customer rating
3.8
(15 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 15 reviews
5 Stars
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1 Star
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75%of customers recommend this product.
(
9 out of
12)
Customer Reviews for Oster - ExpressBake 2 LB Bread Maker - Black
Customer Rating
5
Best bread maker
on October 12, 2024
Posted by: Bobs your uncle
From beginner to expert you will love this product
Written by a customer while visiting oster
Customer Rating
5
Easygoing and delicious bread
on March 16, 2024
Posted by: Bagamuffins
Bought one of the first ones on the store rack way back
Written by a customer while visiting oster
Customer Rating
5
Dependable
on February 25, 2024
Posted by: Christopher the cook
from Tucson AZ
Gender:Male
I've had this machine for over 10 years. It does exactly what I program it to do every time. The bread that comes out is exactly what I expect. We are going to start making pizza dough.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting oster
Customer Rating
1
on December 9, 2023
Posted by: Oh Oh 5
Gender:Female
je l ai achete aujourd hui aucune instruction en francais dans un pays bilingue juste en espagnol et anglais et on est au canada je ne recommende pas votre produit et en plus defaut de fabrication
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from osterBy Oster®, Brand Team, January 4, 2024
"Merci d'avoir contacté Oster®. Nous sommes désolés d'apprendre que la machine à pain que vous venez d'acheter n'est pas accompagnée d'un manuel d'instructions en français. Ne vous inquiétez pas, nous sommes heureux de vous aider. Pour connaître la disponibilité du manuel en français, veuillez nous contacter directement ou remplir le lien ""Contactez-nous"" ci-dessous. Nous espérons que cela vous aidera. Nous vous souhaitons une excellente journée !
https://www.oster.com/support/contact-us"
https://www.oster.com/support/contact-us"
Written by a customer while visiting oster
Customer Rating
4
It may be me...
on August 19, 2023
Posted by: LoafUforever
from USA
Gender:Female
Adorable machine. Great features, all of which I'd like to explore. However, the primary purpose was to make my own (edible) gluten-free bread (I heard you roll your eyes; not my choice but the MD said my blood test indicated significant immune system reaction to gluten). For the life of me and my reputation as a research scientist specializing in experimental thermodynamics, I continue to fail at making even marginally suitable loaves of gluten-free bread. I want to keep this machine as I'm sure it will be great when I make sweet breads of all sorts and even jam! Yet, once again, the paramount reason for its purchase was to make edible gluten-free bread.
I tried three different brands of gluten-free flour comprised of different mixture content and ratios. I followed the gluten-free recipe in the manual to the letter multiple times (think double digits and don't judge). I tried permutations on ingredients. Some were recommended by the manual and others from different sources, which included the addition of egg versus just slightly increased moisture, the modification of the masses of flour and instant bread machine yeast, and different flour mixture compositions. I attempted variations on baking time and color selections. Not once did I get a normal bread dome, bread interior, or bread color. Instead, the domes are pale, rough, dry surfaces reminiscent of poorly laid concrete. The exterior surfaces are nearly always pale. Only one time did a browned exterior form although the dome still maintained a horrible concrete texture. Meanwhile, the interiors were dense in all experimental loaves and ranged from almost cracker-crumb dry to overly moist. Never once did any loaf appear similar to those pictured in the advertisements and support.
Again, experimental scientist and research professor here with an undergraduate and two advanced graduate degrees in chemistry, so I know very well how to design and execute with great precision single parameter variation experiments. Thus, to the reviewer with the sweeping comments about failing to make some anticipated standard level of bread is due to one not grasping the functions of the machine, well, raspberries to you is all I can say. It may be true in some instances, but it is not a absolute. In the case of my gluten-free bread maker journey, certainly the operations and features of the machine aren't a mystery. What astounded me is how/why in the blazes did anyone write such a crummy manual and Oster happily signed off on it. What befuddled me is why the bread maker gluten-free recipe simply doesn't work. My hypotheses on my repeated failures to form edible gluten-free bread include: 1) the gluten-free flour variety included in my experiments are representative of a small sample of those available and may not reflect the manufacturer choice, which is unknown and not in the manual (i did try two flours most frequently recommended in reviews elsewhere); 2) I need to do homework and compile the fundamental underpinnings of making bread and how specific ingredients perturb its formation and its development of desired properties; 3) the machine that I received might not have been carefully delivered and was subsequently damaged internally; 4) none of the above will help in my case and I will forever fail at this one endeavor although I've mastered everything else to which I've applied myself. Where to begin?
To the manufacturer: I hope that you can appreciate how maddening this is. Please modify your manual appropriately. I am happy to consult.
To others as inexperienced at making bread as I was, let's not give up. Surely there's some old text out there that contains the secrets to bread making. Very likely, others have acquired this information and will kindly share it while supplying all of the necessary details for a successful outcome.
Never surrAdorable machine. Great features, all of which I'd like to explore. However, the primary purpose was to make my own (edible) gluten-free bread (I heard you roll your eyes; not my choice but the MD said my blood test indicated significant immune system reaction to gluten). For the life of me and my reputation as a research scientist specializing in experimental thermodynamics, I continue to fail at making even marginally suitable loaves of gluten-free bread. I want to keep this machine as I'm sure it will be great when I make sweet breads of all sorts and even jam! Yet, once again, the paramount reason for its purchase was to make edible gluten-free bread.
I tried three different brands of gluten-free flour comprised of different mixture content and ratios. I followed the gluten-free recipe in the manual to the letter multiple times (think double digits and don't judge). I tried permutations on ingredients. Some were recommended by the manual and others from different sources, which included the addition of egg versus just slightly increased moisture, the modification of the masses of flour and instant bread machine yeast, and different flour mixture compositions. I attempted variations on baking time and color selections. Not once did I get a normal bread dome, bread interior, or bread color. Instead, the domes are pale, rough, dry surfaces reminiscent of poorly laid concrete. The exterior surfaces are nearly always pale. Only one time did a browned exterior form although the dome still maintained a horrible concrete texture. Meanwhile, the interiors were dense in all experimental loaves and ranged from almost cracker-crumb dry to overly moist. Never once did any loaf appear similar to those pictured in the advertisements and support.
Again, experimental scientist and research professor here with an undergraduate and two advanced graduate degrees in chemistry, so I know very well how to design and execute with great precision single parameter variation experiments. Thus, to the reviewer with the sweeping comments about failing to make some anticipated standard level of bread is due to one not grasping the functions of the machine, well, raspberries to you is all I can say. It may be true in some instances, but it is not a absolute. In the case of my gluten-free bread maker journey, certainly the operations and features of the machine aren't a mystery. What astounded me is how/why in the blazes did anyone write such a crummy manual and Oster happily signed off on it. What befuddled me is why the bread maker gluten-free recipe simply doesn't work. My hypotheses on my repeated failures to form edible gluten-free bread include: 1) the gluten-free flour variety included in my experiments are representative of a small sample of those available and may not reflect the manufacturer choice, which is unknown and not in the manual (i did try two flours most frequently recommended in reviews elsewhere); 2) I need to do homework and compile the fundamental underpinnings of making bread and how specific ingredients perturb its formation and its development of desired properties; 3) the machine that I received might not have been carefully delivered and was subsequently damaged internally; 4) none of the above will help in my case and I will forever fail at this one endeavor although I've mastered everything else to which I've applied myself. Where to begin?
To the manufacturer: I hope that you can appreciate how maddening this is. Please modify your manual appropriately. I am happy to consult.
To others as inexperienced at making bread as I was, let's not give up. Surely there's some old text out there that contains the secrets to bread making. Very likely, others have acquired this information and will kindly share it while supplying all of the necessary details for a successful outcome.
Never surrender.
Keep on loafing!
Keep on loafing!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting oster
Customer Rating
1
No manual for this model
on December 25, 2022
Posted by: breadmaker
from FL
Gender:Female
My machine did not come with a physical manual in the box and I cannot find one online for it anywhere.. I cannot use it at all. Where are the instructions for this model?!?!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from osterBy Oster, December 26, 2022
Thank you for contacting Oster. We value your continued support of our products and we are sorry to hear that your unit did not come with an instruction manual. In order to assist you better, we would like to request that you contact us directly so that we can provide the manual for your bread maker with ExpressBake. Have a great day!
Written by a customer while visiting oster
Customer Rating
4
Basic bread in express mode.
on October 20, 2022
Posted by: Ghh12
from Louisiana
Gender:Male
I bought this about a month ago and I am extremely happy with it except for one thing. When making the basic 1.5 lb bread In the express mode I’m not allowed to select the crust color. It basically has no color to it. Am I doing something wrong?
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting oster
Customer Rating
3
dispenser door won't shut
on September 19, 2022
Posted by: RyanE
from Edmonton Alberta
Gender:Male
Overall I have enjoyed the machine. The dispenser door does make a rather startling noise when activated, but I got used to it. The problem is now the door won't catch to close.
Response from osterBy Oster, September 20, 2022
Thanks for contacting Oster®. We sincerely appreciate your time reaching out and giving us your honest feedback and experience with your Oster Bread Maker. We are sorry to hear that your bread maker won't close. This is certainly not the experience we want you to have. It's important to us, and it helps us to continuously improve our products and services. Please contact us directly regarding the warranty replacement. Take note that our products have a 1 year limited warranty and we would love to get this taken care of as soon as possible. We hope this helps. Have a good day.
Written by a customer while visiting oster