I'd love your advice. Do you have a KitchenAid? Which one? Do you love the one you have, or do you wish you had a different one? What KitchenAid would you buy if you wanted to bake regularly, but not professionally?
Saturday, April 21, 2012
KitchenAid Advice!
For the past four months since my hand mixer broke, I've been doing all my mixing by hand. I'm ready to upgrade! I'm getting a KitchenAid stand mixer (a belated Christmas present), and I'm having a hard time deciding exactly which one to get. I'm not sure if a 5-quart or 6-quart stand mixer would be better.
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I have a 5 and since there is just the two of us now at home, I wish I had the 4 as the 5 is large and I think my smaller amounts would do better mixing in the smaller one. That said, if you are going to be doing a lot of larger items, get the 5. And if you want to do bread, make sure you get one that will accommodate that...my 5 was supposedly bread-friendly, but it broke mixing bread dough and I am afraid to use it for anything since. I am thinking about getting a 4 just because I would like it to mix the half-size recipes that I am now making. Hard to explain, because the 5 does mix the smaller amount easily, it just feels like there is too much in there for such a big bowl. See what others think. I end up getting my hand mixer out always for the smaller batches now.
ReplyDeleteI'd say get the biggest and best you can, if you think you'll use it a lot. I have the 6 qt, 575 watt, professional, and I looooove it! I use it all of the time, for breads, desserts, everything. I think I got it about....4 or 5 years ago maybe. I would get the same one in a heartbeat. Have fun shopping! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm extremely fortunate and actually have two KitchenAid mixers: the six-quart professional that was a Christmas gift from my husband and a four-quart Artisan that my aunt won in a contest and gave to me. I love them both, but if I had to choose I'd go with the larger bowl-lift versus the smaller tilting head since I make so much bread. A friend of mine also has the six-quarter mixer, but for smaller things she purchased a three-quart (I think) bowl with whisk that fits on the bowl-lift type mixers. If you make a lot of stiff doughs, I would really recommend a bowl-lift model regardless of capacity.
ReplyDeleteI use the 6 quart professional and its perfect for me because I make so much bread. I have heard that the artisan ones with the tilting heads aren't as great for kneading tougher doughs
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