Sales Rank: 153


Features:

Measures 14 by 8-2/3 inches by 14 inches; 1-year warranty

325-watt mixer with 10 speeds; 5-quart stainless steel bowl

Tilt-back head for easy access to mixture

2-piece pouring shield with large chute for adding ingredients

Includes flat beater, dough hook, and wire whip

Average Rating:
Rating: - What a great mixer!
I shopped around a long time before I bought this mixer. Based on other reviews and the great reputation of KitchenAid, I finally took the plunge. While it's a lot of money to shell out for a countertop appliance, I've found that it's been worth every last cent. No more scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula, no more unmixed flour in the bottom of the bowl, and it is pretty and sleek enough that I can keep it sitting on my counter!

The pouring shield makes it easy to dump ingredients in, and not get them poofed back in your face! I occasionally whip up batches of decorator's cake icing, which requires 2 pounds of confectioner's sugar. On my old mixer, everything within a 1-yard radius of the mixer would be covered in with a layer of sugar. Not any more. The pouring sheild keeps the mess contained to the bowl and the underside of the mixer head. I wanted a mixer with a tilt-up head instead of the bowl-lift mechanism on other KitchenAid models. It's designed well so that tilting the head back doesn't even knock the pouring shield off with the beater.

I make a lot of focaccia bread, and mave always hated the 10 minutes of hand kneading. So I dumped the dough in my kitchen aid and ran it at the lowest speed with the dough hook. It came out beautifully. Not sure how I ever lived without this.

The only problem is that with the black model, it ends up looking a little streaky if you just wipe it down with a sponge. Be sure to wipe it dry, too! My boyfriend, the cuisinally challenged, put the regular beater attachment through the dishwasher, and it came out with some sort of powdery-looking deposits all over it. Working on getting that cleaned off.

Overall, I would highly recommend the Artisan mixer. It's powerful enough for the heftiest mixing jobs, and was thoughfully designed with the practical cook in mind.

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Rating: - Still running after almost 30 years
I inherited my Kitchen Aid mixer from my parents, and it's still going strong after living almost as long as I have (only 30 years, which for people isn't much, but for an appliance is a lifetime). Between my mother, father, and I, I think we've made thousands of cakes, pastas, cookies, sausages, souffles and other wonderful things and this mixer shows absolutely no signs of giving up. It has 5 speeds, is plenty powerful for mixing even the biggest batch of tough dough, and comes with attachments that let you grind meat, make pasta, and a whole slew of other things. It even has a splash guard for big batches, so you can keep your kitchen clean.

Compared to hand mixers or almost any other brand of mixer, the Kitchen Aid is superior. You can feel the quality in every part, from the heft of the mixer itself, to the fabulous joint that connects the top to the bottom stand, to the switch that turns it on and off: everything about it is made with care and attention to detail.

Even if all you do is make cookies, it's worth it to get this mixer. It cleans up easily, and is a cinch to use. You'll pass it on to your kids. I know I will.

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Rating: - Never need anything else!
I love this KitchenAid mixer. The day it arrived, I was cooking up a storm in the kitchen. It is so easy to use and looks beautiful with any decor! I used to try to mix everything with a hand mixer...no more! Now that I have this stand mixer, things run a lot smoother in my kitchen. I bake everyday and I wonder why I waited so long to get this in the first place. The price is great, too. NO MORE hand mixers for me...give me the KitchenAid. I can't wait to see how my homemade cakes come out with this thing! After one use of this product I am totally thrilled with it. Buy this and you won't be disappointed!