Post by horseyrider on Nov 4, 2021 10:45:54 GMT -6
I'd like to know.
I've long been a KitchenAid user. I started out with the small one with the bowl that sort of screws into the base. That one lasted through decades of hard use. When it wore out, I went a step up to the bigger one with the arms, I forget the model. I found out that Hobart sold their consumer division and that the gears were plastic instead of the steel I'd had before. That one died within about five years, squirting gear grease in the grinder attachment when I was turning sweet pickles into pickle relish. Next one was the KitchenAid Professional, the six quart, 575 watt one.
And after about seven years of relatively light use, it's. dying.
I've been using it despite the fact that the speed handle is getting so stiff it barely moves. It sounds um, unpleasant. And when I was getting ready to make a batch of honey butter, a piece of plastic fell out of the top and into the bowl. So, I don't have much hope for longer survival.
That brings me to my question.
There are a gazillion different mixers out there. Some are just too lightweight for what I want to do, others are way too big, too industrial, or have weird configurations. (Like, I can't figure out how the Ankarsrum mixers work. Same with the Bosch. It looks to me like there's a hole in the bottom of the bowl.) I don't mind paying a lot for it, if it means that it's versatile and will last a very long time. I've been leaning KitchenAid in the past because I have a substantial investment in the attachments. But that's a dumb reason to throw more money away. I can get different appliances to replicate the attachments.
So, what mixer do you have, and why? What mixer do you crave, and why?
I've long been a KitchenAid user. I started out with the small one with the bowl that sort of screws into the base. That one lasted through decades of hard use. When it wore out, I went a step up to the bigger one with the arms, I forget the model. I found out that Hobart sold their consumer division and that the gears were plastic instead of the steel I'd had before. That one died within about five years, squirting gear grease in the grinder attachment when I was turning sweet pickles into pickle relish. Next one was the KitchenAid Professional, the six quart, 575 watt one.
And after about seven years of relatively light use, it's. dying.
I've been using it despite the fact that the speed handle is getting so stiff it barely moves. It sounds um, unpleasant. And when I was getting ready to make a batch of honey butter, a piece of plastic fell out of the top and into the bowl. So, I don't have much hope for longer survival.
That brings me to my question.
There are a gazillion different mixers out there. Some are just too lightweight for what I want to do, others are way too big, too industrial, or have weird configurations. (Like, I can't figure out how the Ankarsrum mixers work. Same with the Bosch. It looks to me like there's a hole in the bottom of the bowl.) I don't mind paying a lot for it, if it means that it's versatile and will last a very long time. I've been leaning KitchenAid in the past because I have a substantial investment in the attachments. But that's a dumb reason to throw more money away. I can get different appliances to replicate the attachments.
So, what mixer do you have, and why? What mixer do you crave, and why?
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