My son bought one at an estate sale when he went to college. He buys flour and yeast in bulk. The yeast costs about the same for about a pound of it at Costco as for a strip of three packets at our supermarket. On the internet he found the recipe booklet that was supposed to be with the machine. After a while, he altered recipes to make them as he wanted, including using other grains and extra gluten. Then he started using the machine only to mix and raise the dough. He would then put the dough into traditional loaf pans and cook it in the regular oven. His machine made round loaves and sometimes he wanted square slices.
He finds his bread machine very money saving compared to purchasing the kind of dense expensive bread he likes.
He tells me there are a lot of bread machines to be had for $5-20 at estate sales. He paid $6 for his.
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