Kitchenaids no longer the best
I purchased a Kitchenaid 600 from "Tuesday Mornings"in Gastonia, NC. When I got home I started wondering why a company which used to have one of the greatest names in mixers would dump their 600's on the market for a mere $299. When I got home I checked out several sites with reviews on the 600. My suspicions were confirmed. Loud gears, oil spewing out of the accessory take off port and finally death of the machine. I had wanted one when I first got into baking bread and found that after the company changed hands the first time they had substituted the metal gears with nylon and the machine would break down very shortly when making any quantity of bread so I bought the Electrolux Assistant which was around $599 at the time, it's a veritable monster at making bread, never even slows down. After reading the many problems people were having with the 600, even with the new metal gears but with the plastic gearbox I was convinced the KitchenAid's of old were never to be again (when...
Baker's Dream
This machine has a lot more power than our older and smaller model. My wife is a serious cook and baker, and this was a Christmas present to her. I was nervous that she would be so attached to the old machine that she would not like it. But that turned out to be wrong!
Plusses: more power; more capacity; all-metal attachments (not painted like the old ones).
Minuses: You have to get used to the stationary mixer/ raise-and-lower bowl design: I don't like the audio frequency put off by the motor.
great addition to my kitchen
I absolutely love this stand mixer. It's my first and I've been very impressed with how easy it is to use and how well it mixes bread dough!
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