# KitchenAid Stand Mixer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchenaid-stand-mixer/563216 "2010-12-06T23:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchenaid-stand-mixer/563216/21 "2010-12-07T18:30:51Z")
My mom got hers in 1975 and still uses it; there isn’t a single thing wrong with it. It looks exactly like the one I got in 2005 (except mine is pink!) Mine is the tilt-head kind, and kneading bread dough is a bit of a problem because the pin that holds the head on will, every several batches, work itself loose and fall out. Then I have to bang it back in with a rubber mallet. For everything else, it’s stellar. I’d love to have the pasta extruder. It looks like so much fun, making one’s own macaroni… ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchenaid-stand-mixer/563216/22 "2010-12-08T00:15:59Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > I am sorely tempted by the pasta attachment, because it would replace the Atlas machine we already have and use (manual) but I think I will save that for his birthday. I learned how to make fresh pasta a few years before I got my Kitchen Aid, rolling out the sheets with a hand cranked machine. Maybe it’s because I was new at making pasta but it was such a tedious process that I only made fresh pasta on weekends or special dinners. Then I bought the pasta attachment for my kitchen aid. First of all, the kitchen aid does a great job of bringing the flour and egg together so I spend much less time kneading the dough (and it’s so much cleaner than when I’d make it completely on the counter top). When I flatten my pasta sheets the kitchen aid can handle larger pieces of pasta, and it churns it out far faster than I ever could with the hand crank. Now, fresh pasta is something I can prepare so quickly it’s even an option for a quick weeknight dinner! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchenaid-stand-mixer/563216/23 "2010-12-08T00:42:22Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Thanks everyone, for the advice. I just ordered a red KitchenAid Pro 500 Series 5-quart mixer (bowl lift style). > > I would have loved to shop around for estate sales, etc, but I never think far enough ahead. I look at it as paying a fee for my lack of planning. > > I am sorely tempted by the pasta attachment, because it would replace the Atlas machine we already have and use (manual) but I think I will save that for his birthday. He’s going to like it and maybe even kick the evil bread-machine habit. This thing could probably mix concrete, if given the chance. You should get the spatula mixing blade, though. Works pretty good for cookie dough. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchenaid-stand-mixer/563216/24 "2010-12-08T02:34:59Z")
I love my Kitchen Aid. I’ve had it for about 10 years. I go in spurts - sometimes I’ll use it a few times a month, sometimes I use it once in a few months. But every time, it’s worth it. If you every make ice cream (I have a recipe that works without an ice cream maker)…or whipped cream…or butter… things that you have to beat or whip for ~10 minutes… the first time you do it with a stand mixer, you’ll see why they’re so great. I wish I had the flip top version, so I could get the mechanics out of the way easier when I add flour and such. I know there is a pour shield available, but that’s just one more thing for me to wash. I have a few of the adapters, but I rarely use it. I’m old fashioned when it comes to bread - I don’t make it often, but when I do, [del]I prefer Dos Equis[/del] I knead it by hand. -D/A ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchenaid-stand-mixer/563216/25 "2010-12-08T02:41:05Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Given that level of baking, I am not sure I can spend the $300-$400 on a really good KitchenAid stand mixer. We can afford it, I just feel wasteful spending that much on a tool that might not get used more than a few times a year. How do you feel about $212? That’s the price after rebate [on Amazon right now](http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-KSM150PSWH-Artisan-5-Quart-Mixer/dp/B00005UP2K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291775996&sr=8-1). ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchenaid-stand-mixer/563216/26 "2010-12-08T12:33:42Z")
That’s a great price, but I already ordered the 500 pro series. Bummer, because the artisan comes in lots more colors! ☹ ETA: It also already shipped - Amazon pickers must be cranking in the warehouse! ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchenaid-stand-mixer/563216/27 "2010-12-10T04:27:09Z")
Crikey, I paid $200 for a Hamilton Beach _citrus juicer_. (Works GREAT with pomegranates!) By a top of the line Kitchen Aid mixer. Thank me later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchenaid-stand-mixer/563216.md?page=1)