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KitchenAid KP2671XWH Professional 6-Quart Stand Mixer, White
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 Rating:  - Go Big!I always wanted a KitchenAid stand mixer but couldn't justify the expense. I decided on the 6-qt. Professional model because of it's huge capacity and 525 watt motor and haven't been sorry in the 3 years I've owned it. I do a lot of bread baking at home and have never experienced any problems with this mixer. READ THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL. It tells you everything you need to know to get the best performance out of your KitchenAid stand mixer. The manual also has GREAT recipes designed especially for this workhorse of a mixer. Now my mashed potatoes are even better than Grandma used to make! The 525 watt motor powers through the toughest cookie dough recipes (their chocolate chip cookie recipe is awesome!) without bogging down. The "soft start" feature is fantastic: no splashing or flying flour when you first start to mix - it starts off slow and then gears up to your chosen speed automatically. Bread doughs are no problem at all. JUST READ THE MANUAL. It offers hints to help get you used to machine kneeding which goes much faster than conventional hand kneeding. Again, the 525 watt motor is excellent! The motor housing doesn't even get WARM. Friends with smaller KitchenAid stand mixers have told me that theirs actually get HOT when working on tough doughs. Not the Professional model! It can take it! Also, get the accessory pack. No need for a separate food processor, these do the job very well. You can even use the grinder attachment to make your own ground beef/hamburger! No more E.Coli worries, and YOU decide how lean your ground beef will be. And talk about FRESH! Go ahead and spend the money to get the best. This is an investment you won't regret. Yes, it's big and heavy... so clear a space on your kitchen counter, park your mixer there and you'll never have to move it again. Do you move your microwave? toaster oven? The KitchenAid stand mixer takes up less space than either of these and will make your time preparing recipes quicker and easier. An excellent kitchen machine and the last stand mixer you'll ever buy! Rating: - I Love This ThingI've been wanting a KitchenAid Mixer for years. Several years ago I found a great deal on the Epicurean model, but took it back after the first use because it couldn't handle small jobs. Good thing I did, because all the reviews I've read explain why it was discontinued. However, my desire for this mixer kept me searching. KitchenAid makes many variations of their Mixer, so I read all of the reviews to establish how they were constructed and what other people liked and disliked to determine exactly what was important to me. Adding ingredients to the Epicurean was a real pain. To avoid this problem I considered purchasing the Artisan because of the tilt head and pouring shield, but was concerned about whether or not it could handle the kids' favorite cookie dough. The stationary head on the Pro is not a problem. With or without the pouring shield, it's very simple to add ingredients. There were also many complaints in the reviews about lesser models with plastic gears that stripped. This model is all metal construction including the gears. Plus it has a large capacity bowl and 525 watts to threaten even the stiffest cookie dough. I expected to use it strictly for cakes and cookies, but now I'm baking bread regularly. I've never been a bread baker, but I've done wheat bread, french bread and pretzels in the past week and the kids are gleefully skipping around waiting to see what's next on the agenda. I am so glad I bought this mixer. It has power and size for large jobs and can handle small ones as well. If you like to bake at all I recommend this heavy duty model as once you've experienced its ease and efficiency, you may want to go on to bigger and better things. The metal construction and 525 watts will certainly get you there. I love this thing. Rating:  - kitchenaid pros need pros for Flour Quality AssuranceI've tried several Kitchnaid products now, including a Professional 475 watt professional with all metal gears, and a 350 watt professional with a 5 quart bowl. The biggest problem I have with Kitchenaid is that you get a different sounding machine every time you turn it on. It literally drives me nuts. I just assummed that my first machine was bad because it was refurbished. Then I remembered that episode with Emeril Live on Food nework. He asked the audience if they had any aspirin because his Kitchenaid sounded so bad. I purchased two new ones, first a 350 watt, then the 475 watt. Thanks to return policies of Costco and Frys, I had no problem returning them. Just go to any store, find a hookup, turn it on 2 or 3 times, it will not sound any better at home when mixing flour. The Kitchenaid pro series have received negative reviews for good reason. Another thing to seriously consider is that the dough hook is going to leave you scraping flour from the bowl most of the time, especially if you like to experiment and work with less flour than is required for three 14" pizzas. I take pizza dough very seriously. So unless you're focus is huge parties, you'll find that the dough hook is too short for the 5 or 6 quart bowls, and your hands will be in the bowl far more than the dough hook. The last thing is that adding flour is a pain to add as your mixing. Very few people find the cheap plastic flour addition to be any help, so you are left with lifting the bowl up and down with the Pro series, and undoing it. The head lifting mechanism are probably a better way to go. For now, I will work with an Oster 5 speed hand mixer, with 200 watts, where I can easily mix 2 to 4 cups of hi-gluten dough (14% protein) with a standard 3 to 1 ratio of liquid to flour. One thing is for sure, I find kitchenaid way over marketed, and my flour doesn't sit at the bottom any longer thanks to a simple hand mixer. 
KitchenAid KP2671XWH Professional 6-Quart Stand Mixer, White
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