Any advice about buying a mixer ?

August 27, 2012 - 9:50pm

talalzahid

Any advice about buying a mixer ?

Hi everyone :)

I was planning to buy a kitchenaid series 6 ( around 550$ value) and then started to read the reviews about it on amazon and I was shocked buy how many people is hating it and how many times it would break.

I would like to make artisan bread with it (sourdough, ciabatta, baguette doughs) looking to working with 3-4 lb

Any recommendation for anything better than kitchenaid and in the same range price please feel free to drop a line. Thanks in advance :)

Taz

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Yerffej

Aug 28 2012 - 6:49am

Hi Taz, You can search the

Hi Taz,

You can search the archives here for a lot of information on this subject. Personally, I would NOT buy a KA mixer for bread.

Jeff

plevee

Aug 28 2012 - 9:47am

I highly recommend the

I highly recommend the Compact Bosch mixer. It kneads up to 6# of dough effortlessly and efficiently. It costs less than half the price of the KA and can handle whole grains and stiff doughs without stripping gears. Patsy

Niashi

Aug 28 2012 - 6:14pm

I agree with the other

I agree with the other recommendations about the Bosch. I myself own one, the Bosch Universal Plus. I love it to death. If you plan on using the paddles though, make sure you buy the metal bracket for them, because with some doughs, it'll completely thrash the plastic one the Bosch comes with.

LindyD

Aug 28 2012 - 6:15pm

Ditto Patsy

If you are looking for a stand mixer, talalzahid, the Bosch compact is far superior to the KitchenAid. And at considerably less cost. I have both and the KA collects dust for the most part (except when I need to grind meat or mill rye berries).

http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/bosch_compact_mixers.aspx