Carolyn, I have an Oster. I did have a Zojirushi (best one ever!) for around 15 years and then it kind of died on me. After that I started making the bread in my Kitchen-Aid but, for me, that is a big pain in the butt. No matter how carefully or how little flour I put in at a time it (even with the collar on the machine) I had flour flying all over the place. Frankly I think it is so much easier to just dump the ingredients in the breadmaker and push 'on'. I do NOT bake the bread in the machine. I have a microwave/convection oven that does a good job of baking the bread. I have a slew of cookbooks for the bread machine. You can do a search on the web and will find loads of recipes. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.