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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David C Belongia, Kewaskum, WI (US);
Joanne V Turchany, Kewaskum, WI (US);
Assignee:
The West Bend Company, West Bend, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D / ; A27J / ; A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426496 ; 99326 ; 99327 ; 99331 ; 99332 ; 99335 ; 99348 ; 99486 ; 426523 ;
Abstract
A rapid cycle household automatic breadmaker for producing bread has a total cycle time in the order of about one hour, including a kneading cycle of 10 minutes, a rise time cycle of twenty minutes and a baking cycle of thirty minutes. In producing a loaf of bread, the bread ingredients are preheated by hot water to a preheat temperature of about 49.degree. C. to 54.degree. C. and maintained at the preheat temperature for the duration of the kneading cycle and for at least a portion of the rise time. The bread dough is baked at a temperature of about 216.degree. C. to 232.degree. C. during the baking cycle.