I want a stand mixer... Advice and recommendations?

[VettekLisa]

According to the paperwork that came with my Artisan series, it
has the metal gears, not plastic.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

KitchenAid.

My ivory beauty turns 14 this year!

 

[addiedunn]

After a couple of gift holidays came and went and I still hadn't gotten my much requested Artisan, I finally got creative with my request. I sat down with a blank piece of paper and a box of crayons and wrote a letter to santa, complete with backward letters, each word a different color, and a full color picture I drew of a RED artisan....It was under the tree in 24 hours and I was using it for cookies a week BEFORE Christmas. I love that thinkg like most men love their car. And it gets polished after each use, too.
My sweet DH still carries that letter in his wallet.
Sometimes you HAVE to draw them a picture.

 

[redhen]

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aww!

 

[The Chicken Lady]

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I am awaiting upcoming sales. Someone mentioned that all of this stuff often goes on sale in March. I *did* go to Bed, Bath, and Beyond yesterday to ogle them, and I think I may go with a red Artisan one.

My kitchen is red and chicken-themed. The bowl on the Professional one isn't that much bigger than the one on the Artisan one, and for DH and I, I won't be making 12 dozen cookies at a time.

If you guys see any sales at national chains, let me know!

 

[Mrs MIA]

Sometimes you can get a good deal on the display model.

Mine just had a tiny scratch on it, and they knocked almost $100 off the price.

I've had mine for 15 years now...

 

[msgenie516]

Hi,

OMG, you guys are making me want the Pro 600 SO BAD! But my 20 year old KitchenAid K5SS just refuses to quit! Just made a huge cake tonight with the stickiest dough you could imagine and it didn't even hesitate.

I love my KitchenAid stand mixer so much that I just bought the KitchenAid 9 speed hand mixer to accompany it. Maybe I'm foolish, but I didn't even look at the other brands.

Now I hope this is as well made as my old one. They claim that it can do cookie dough and knead bread. However, I think that is pushing it and I will be using it for small jobs and I have some recipes that call for beating various things in different bowls. I will use the stand mixer for the most difficult task and the hand mixer for the easier ones.

Enjoy your Pro 600's, I think I'm going to cry!

Genie

 

[MissPrissy]

I have extra bowls for beating 2 or 3 things in a recipe. Check yard sales and thrift stores and you can find them cheap. I picked up a entire set for my hamilton beach chrome stand mixer for $3.

 

[deb1]

Getting a kitchen aid mixer starter an argument between with my mom

My mother told me when I was first married, never ask a man for a kitchen appliance for a gift because he will think of you first as a housewife.

Well, she went behind my back and tried to talk my husband out of buying me my classic kitchen aid because she couldn't understand how I wouldn't be offended at the thought of an appliance instead of...I have no idea what.

I had to have a heart to heart with my mom about not interferring with gifts that I had asked my hubby for.

So, now I get to fatten my hubby up with homemade breads and cookies.

 

[msgenie516]

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Hi,

You were VERY lucky to find the bowls for your Hamilton mixer for $3.00! I am a garage sale "addict" (make a list from ads in the paper and Craig's List and number them in the sequence that I should go to them--with full directions of how to get there--so that I can get to all of them as quickly as possible), and I have NEVER, EVER seen a bowl for my KitchenAid stand mixer! I know I wouldn't have overlooked it, for sure.

I go out about 7:30 AM and I have been doing this for almost 30 years, even longer than I own my stand mixer, which is 20 years! I did see a couple of vintage KitchenAid stand mixers and was so-o-o tempted to buy one, but what would I do with another?

BTW, I used my KitchenAid hand mixer for the first time today and I am extremely pleased! I only made mashed (actually whipped is how they came out) potatoes, so I didn't put it to a big test. However, the task was much easier and faster than with any other hand mixer I have owned (and I owned many of them as they never lasted me very long) and the results were impeccable. There was not the slightest bit of hesitation, not even when I hit a piece of hard butter and it is REMARKABLY quiet. I just hope it keeps up this way!

Just wanted to let you know that if you are considering a hand mixer to accompany your stand mixer, this one looks like a winner!

Genie