OK, so I stumbled upon a neglected DLX in a kitchen supply store and was able to spirit it away for something other than my firstborn. I'm starting to get the hang of it now (emphasis on "starting"). Maybe this is a silly question, but is it actually possible to allow my bread to rise in the electrolux just by pulling out the kneading gear, dropping the lid on it and forgetting about it? I heard somewhere that this would tear up the bread when I pull it out - which seems to make sense to me - but it would be pretty convenient if I could get away with this. Would it work for some breads and not others?

THANKS!

Hello,

I have a Flake Mill attachment for a DLX 9000 Magic Mill mixer. The Flake attachment allows you to flatten steel cut oats into thick, fresh, chewy flakes. This retails for $150. I'm asking $75 obo. Thank you for looking. Blessings. 

i just bought a used magic mill 9000 the other day and immediately put it to use making the apple walnut bread from this site, it was freaking delicious.  however,  i did find that the kneading roller would not hold to the rim of the bowl which is what causes it to rotate.  if any one feels their tension arm is not tight enough i have found it very easy to fix.  you will need two 8mm 1.25 thread twist nuts.  if you take the locking knob off the threaded shaft you can put the two nuts on, just until they are both on the shaft but not much further (rotating the arm toward the inside will expose more shaft threads).  use two wrenches to tighten the nuts together then put a wrench on the back nut and turn counter clockwise, the shaft should back out.  once the shaft is out i rotated the tension arm 1 revolution and put the threaded shaft back in place.  a note here,  when i first rotated the tension arm it acted as though it was rising up from the body and the holes didn't line up, this was just the increased tension on the inner spring, push down on the handle and the hole will line up again.  this will make sense once you get into it, it really was simple.

I have a 10 year old DLX Assistent mixer.   I would like a blender that will puree greens so that there aren't leaves floating in my smoothies.  I would also like it to handle frozen fruit.  I'm thinking of buying the blender attachment for my DLX.  Will it do what I want?

Thanks

I use my DLX entirely for dough mixing and I adore it but have decided to give homemade pasta a shot.  Which is the better option?  Thanks!

Funny how life works sometimes.  I complain about not being able to get an Electrolux DLX in Canada and a round trip ticket to the good old US of A gets dropped in my lap.  I'll only be in town for about 3 days, can anyone recommend a store that carries the Electrolux DLX?  It's a business trip so I won't have a lot of time for shopping around.

TIA

Sean

So I'm taking back my Cuisinart 7QT stand mixer to Sears tomorrow with a tear in my eye.  At least they'll still have to take it back because of the 30 day policy.  So my next problem is what to get to replace it.  I've been reading some of the posts here as well as elsewhere and the Electrolux DLX sounds like just the ticket.  The only problem, I live in Canada and it is not available here. I can buy it from the US and ship it up here for about $800 CDN or get it from one Canadian Web site for about $900 CDN. 

The problem is that Electrolux has terrible customer service.  I called them today to inquire about this product.  They insisted that I find the actual model number myself because they couldn't search for it, then proceeded to tell me that it was exclusive to the US and not available in Canada.  I asked about warranty information and they told me that they would not warranty it if I bought it and woudn't even provide me with parts if I needed to repair it.

If I hadn't bought this Cuisinart from Sears I'd be really stuck at this point having two of them crap out on me in less than 30 days.  It's not like Cuisinart has terrible customer service either, but if I had to send it back to the US for service everytime something went wrong it'd be a huge pain.

Are there any Canadians here that have the Electrolux?  How long have you had it?  What have your experiences been with it?  Have any of the Canadians gone through the same decision process that I am going through and decided on a different mixer?  Please weigh in.

Thanks,

Sean

Hi Everyone

I have a question for all you seasoned DLX users out there.  I recently bought one and I'm getting the hang of it for kneeding bread, but I had a question about the mechanism.  I kneed about 10 cups of flour with the roller, setting it about one inch from the side of the bowl, and when it has been kneeding for a while and the dough is nice and stiff, the arm moves out quite a way towards the center of the bowl when the dough comes round.  Is this the way is should be to kneed the bread efficiently, or should I place the roller farther from the edge so it does not need to move out so much when the dough comes around?

Thanks

Ed

Hello there,

My name is Jennifer and I am one very grateful newbie.

My bread odyssey began a few months back while shopping at the grocery store: I'd finally had it up to -here- with the cost of bread vs. the quality.  We live in a hideously remote location, the selection is bad and we're feeding three growing boys.  My priority, of course, is my kids; I can't do a thing in the world about my location; I can definitely do something about the quality of our food.

I wish that I would have found y'all early on in my search for a mixer.  Have a little KA that I love dearly but knew it'd never do the whole wheat thing for any length of time, so we started looking for a good machine to do the job.  Researched and selected the Viking 7 qt.  Let this be your warning: STOP.  Don't do it!  Save yourself before it's too late!  I love my Viking Pro food processor; could all those negative reviews about the mixer really be on the mark?  NAHHH.  About 7 batches into its short life here, it started leaking oil from the thingie (sorry, I'm tired...waiting for the bread to finish baking) that holds the attachment.  I have a hard enough time getting flax oil past my five year old, let alone motor oil.  I shoulda known, though, when it up and died on the very first batch of dough.

So then the search was on.  Again.  This time, we'd decided on a 12 qt Hobart.  Love the machine and was totally confident that it would have the muscle--And Then Some--to help me bake simple wholesome whole wheat bread for my family.  [Note to self: simple does not equal easy.]  Was given marching orders by my DH to "Buy It Now" and just. couldn't. do it.  The cost was the thing that stopped me in my tracks.  That, and we really don't have a separate helipad for it.  And...it would be my luck that the indestructable mixer of the millenium would break down, and out here in the middle of nowhere I couldn't get it fixed in a reasonable fashion, and I'd be right back to Square One and out $1500.

So as my mouse was hovering over BIN and breaking out in hives, I had the inspiration to google "bread baking forum" and that's how I found y'all.  I was really hoping to find an enthusiastic recommendation for a reliable workhorse of a bread mixer that didn't require paletizing or a small crane to move it around.  That's when I found the reviews on the Electrolux DLX/Assistent/Magic Mill/whatever it's called.  They can call it what they want, I'm gonna call it my bread baby forever.

This is one *awesome* machine!  I l-o-v-e that the cavernous 8 qt bowl is so open (no precision aim or arm contortions required in order to add ingredients) and that I can move it myself easily; nor does it demand more than its fair share of real estate on the counter.  It's not pretty, but it is built like a tank and works like a dream.  I was concerned at first about the whole spinning bowl thing, but then I watched the video that some kind soul posted here and liked what I saw.  I still had "planetary or bust" stuck in my head, and that was a hard concept to let go of.  But something about the design and the reviews here made me take the leap, and I'm so glad I did.  It was a fraction of the Hobart's cost (I don't run a bakery and I'm not a professional, just a mom with very hungry boys : ) and just all around a better fit for our family at this time.  Granted, it's just my first loaves in the oven now, but you should smell the fragrance.  It's heaven.  It was super easy to mix, kneading was a snap once I got the arm figured out (and yes, I did walk away : ) and it made up the most wonnnnderful dough.  Really looking forward to my first try at pasta with it (we got the attachment goodies, since we weren't buying the Hobart).  (Got our DLX at www.pleasanthillgrain.com)

Anyhow, thank y'all so much for this forum and for your honest reviews and experiences with products.  The bread just came out of the oven and it's fantastic.  Wish I could share it with you.

Thank you!

Jennifer : )

Hey all you DLX users, I just took delivery of a new DLX Assistant mixer which looks like it will be fun. I have read where the first thing to know is that the water goes in first and the flour as it becomes incorporated. I'm wondering about the roller position is a little confusing. The manual says fix the roller 1 inch away for a 2 loaf batch and 1.5 inches for 3 loaves and so on. Others seem to say leave it loose and let it ride the edge.