Some if not all of the KBS/Keepez/other Bread Machine include a “Stir Fry” menu.
KBS “Stir Fry” notes: The comment I read but cannot find at the moment was something like seemed to be an odd feature: Me: Not so much odd as not very effective. Bread Machines evolved from Rice Makers.
The Stir Fry menu setting is, in theory, supposed to allow you to, well, stir fry the ingredients for a stir fry entree. I suspect because it does not get hot enough, it does not seem to do a good job.
This includes the protein aka “Meat Floss“, which, in many stir fry recipes is a shredded meat. “Meat Floss” is Chinglish (translated from Mandarin to something related to English) for shredded meat.
I have not tried (if you do, let us know how it worked) but have thought it MIGHT be useful to par-cook/soften veggies to be added to the dough. Par-cooking is something I do larger batches and then freeze in recipe portioned sizes for our mostly two person home. Again NOT something I tried because their are better tools and methods.
Goldilocks Notes: This tiplet applies to ALL home bread machines.
– If your dough is too wet, it will often result in a “collapsed” (concave) Top Often with spots of raw or wet dough. Short Explanation: too much liquid creates larger weak steam pockets during the baking process. When as the bread cools and the steam evaporated, the top is no longer supported and so collapses. The other issue with over hydration is spots or gobs raw uncooked dough throughout. Sometimes simple longer bake times can solve the problem.
– If your dough is too dry, it will often result in failure to rise, crumbly messes, and in a best case scenario, something that may be possible to use for croutons, or bread crumbs. Worst case scenario: brick suitable for door stops.
– In the third image, “Just Right – Almost ” The hydration looks good, but the sides have not been “scraped” down or back into the dough. This may/often result in “white flour” spots on your bread. Not the end of the world, but easily avoided.
-Yes, sometimes you do have to open the top. The trick to opening is to (a) open as early in the process as possible, and since the touch touch test is best done just after the first (rather brief) Mix & Rest – easily solved. -The second trick is to CLOSE the lid if your are doing something that takes longer, like removing a paddle, or adding a flavoring swirl. The lid should only be open long enough to remove or replace the pan. -When the paddle is removed, to compensate for the possible loss of heat, I do leave it in the machine on the warm cycle longer than usual.
Your choice, Too Wet-Collapses, Too Dry-Doorstops, or Cut Me A Slice, causes it’s “just right”
Image courtesy of the Secura manual for MBF-016.
Needs to be combined with: Bread Dense or Dry or Just Right https://wheatcarr.com/2025/01/20/bread-too-dense/
Note I have no affiliation of any type other than Butterfly Meadow is on my personal “worth considering” list.
For Nerdy Bread Machine User Entertainment. Probably not something most should try at home and definitely not before the end of your warranty… And of course we can all appreciate the Cat Comments
It no secret the search is on for the “final” Bread Machine. But more about that another time.
This Tiplet if NOT an affiliate link, it is not an endorsement of the machine cause I don’t own one and have never borrowed to try one = BUT DAMN – I do miss when all the makers wrote such helpful and generally useful manuals and support materials.
This is link to a English/French PDF version, next to impossible to find on their website (as is the machine shown as sold out for quite awhile) It downloads an approximately 7.2 mg pdf file.
Yes, some of it is strictly Breville but there is so much more and that includes enough info that I suspect one could convert almost any of their recipes to another machine using the tried and true “Stare, Compare and Dare” Method.
A lot to take in all at one time even for an experienced machine user – but I will have to send Breville a thank you note for such a great reference and encouragement to make the unit available again, cause I think this one could be the one “till death do us part”
