Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
One of the most important features of a bread machine/breadmaker is the pan size and shape. It should be one of the most important purchasing decisions you need to make. There is no standard so everybody makes their own size. I've been making bread in a bread machine for almost 12 years using the same oster breadmaker but recently decided I wanted to buy a new one because mine is getting up there in age and has baked over 600 loaves of bread (not counting buns, cakes, jams and other things I have made in it). So looking over models available with features I wanted, I couldn't decide which one to get. Why? Because nobody publishes the internal pan size. That should absolutely be one of the most important measurements included in its specs. But nobody includes it. So I came up with the idea, I would record and upload this video and ask others to post as a comment their breadmakers brand, model number, internal pan size as measured, and it would also help if you included if it was a horizontal loaf or vertical loaf (although most manufacturers now include that but some don't). I did find a website that had some breadmaker pan sizes listed but it was maybe only 15 different ones and seemed to be dated for all but the model they recommend you buy which is uber expensive imho.
The bread pan size determines how your finished loaf will look. It determines if your bread will fit in a standard toaster without cutting it down smaller. If your bread machine says it will bake a 2 lb loaf but the pan is really small in size, that means you get a huge height bread loaf and if you are like me and don't care for a lot of excess bread, this matters.
As an example, the bread pan I am measuring in this video does a great sized loaf if you bake a 1lb loaf, a 1-1/2 lb loaf is just getting to be annoyingly too tall for me and a 2lb loaf is just a whole lot of "tall bread" .... but I have simply learned to bake smaller loaves over the years. Neither the 1-1/2 or 2lb loaves fit in a standard 2 or 4 slot toaster but I hardly ever eat toast anyways and can just make toast in a regular oven .... but had I know this when I first bought it ... maybe I would have found something with a pan shape that fit more what I wanted. I am also suspecting the same thing will happen with the "breadmaker I am testing" which can do a 2, 2-1/2, or 3lb loaf ... I think because of the pan size that a 2lb loaf is similar in size to the osters 2lb loaf where it has a lot of excess bread so a 2-1/2 or 3lb loaf will just be even more excess bread, but that pan size wasn't included on the manufacturers website or specs from the online store I bought it from or at the website I mentioned above and even though its a slightly larger pan in length than the oster, it makes it just where the pan won't work for a 1 or 1-1/2 lb loaf so I am kinda stuck baking a 2lb loaf which imho is too tall.
So I am reaching out to you and asking you to post a comment and include your bread machine brand, the model number, if its a vertical or horizontal pan, and its inside measurements. If we get enough people to do that, then people can find this video and look at pan sizes for the models they are considering before purchasing. Together we can solve a simple problem!
One of the most important features of a bread machine/breadmaker is the pan size and shape. It should be one of the most important purchasing decisions you need to make. There is no standard so everybody makes their own size. I've been making bread in a bread machine for almost 12 years using the same oster breadmaker but recently decided I wanted to buy a new one because mine is getting up there in age and has baked over 600 loaves of bread (not counting buns, cakes, jams and other things I have made in it). So looking over models available with features I wanted, I couldn't decide which one to get. Why? Because nobody publishes the internal pan size. That should absolutely be one of the most important measurements included in its specs. But nobody includes it. So I came up with the idea, I would record and upload this video and ask others to post as a comment their breadmakers brand, model number, internal pan size as measured, and it would also help if you included if it was a horizontal loaf or vertical loaf (although most manufacturers now include that but some don't). I did find a website that had some breadmaker pan sizes listed but it was maybe only 15 different ones and seemed to be dated for all but the model they recommend you buy which is uber expensive imho.
The bread pan size determines how your finished loaf will look. It determines if your bread will fit in a standard toaster without cutting it down smaller. If your bread machine says it will bake a 2 lb loaf but the pan is really small in size, that means you get a huge height bread loaf and if you are like me and don't care for a lot of excess bread, this matters.
As an example, the bread pan I am measuring in this video does a great sized loaf if you bake a 1lb loaf, a 1-1/2 lb loaf is just getting to be annoyingly too tall for me and a 2lb loaf is just a whole lot of "tall bread" .... but I have simply learned to bake smaller loaves over the years. Neither the 1-1/2 or 2lb loaves fit in a standard 2 or 4 slot toaster but I hardly ever eat toast anyways and can just make toast in a regular oven .... but had I know this when I first bought it ... maybe I would have found something with a pan shape that fit more what I wanted. I am also suspecting the same thing will happen with the "breadmaker I am testing" which can do a 2, 2-1/2, or 3lb loaf ... I think because of the pan size that a 2lb loaf is similar in size to the osters 2lb loaf where it has a lot of excess bread so a 2-1/2 or 3lb loaf will just be even more excess bread, but that pan size wasn't included on the manufacturers website or specs from the online store I bought it from or at the website I mentioned above and even though its a slightly larger pan in length than the oster, it makes it just where the pan won't work for a 1 or 1-1/2 lb loaf so I am kinda stuck baking a 2lb loaf which imho is too tall.
So I am reaching out to you and asking you to post a comment and include your bread machine brand, the model number, if its a vertical or horizontal pan, and its inside measurements. If we get enough people to do that, then people can find this video and look at pan sizes for the models they are considering before purchasing. Together we can solve a simple problem!
