Stand Mixer Help

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Nice mixer Thunder77. No more MCS for you-------------------------until tomorrow!

[Thunder77]

MBMorgan Gee THANKS! Here I thought I was safe for a while....

[MBMorgan]

You'll want attachments real soon ... I'd start with the meat grinder followed shortly by a pasta maker. Gotta love MCS ... 😁 ...

[Thunder77]

Well, after much research and deliberation, and a lot of great input from Pit members, I picked the Kitchenaid Professional 5 Plus. Excellent price on Amazon. This thing is a BEAST!! It powers through bread and cookie dough like nothing. So far I am in love. MCS has been assuaged for a while.

[Cheef]

I put in the wrong link. Kitchen Aid makes an attachment. Try the oat groats--big difference!
https://www.kitchenaid.com/shop/-[KGM]-400565/KGM/

[Darchie03]

Hello all. I am in the market for a stand mixer. Two models I am considering are the Kitchenaid Artisan series 5qt, and the Kitchenaid Professional Plus 5 quart. I intend to use it to make lots of dough: bread dough, pizza dough, etc. And my daughter will use it for making cookies. The Pro series is a bowl lift type mixer, and the artisan series is a tilt-head mixer.

My concern is that the Artisan series has a 325 watt motor. Is this sufficient for mixing bread dough? I don't want to buy an under-powered mixer and burn it out. Also, Are there other brands that any of you have that you are happy with?

Thanks!

Go with at least the pro 600 any thing less has nylon gears instead of steel & mixing dough often they won't last. Was not always this way, years ago they were all steel gears.
Dave

[Thunder77]

Fascinating! Never even HEARD of oat groats before.

[Cheef]

Thunder77. If you go with the KitchenAid? Consider a flaking attachment for it.
This is a BBQ forum so excuse the kind of off topic post but fresh flaked oat groats for oatmeal is a whole new experience. I could always eat oatmeal disguised with milk and brown sugar. My wife convinced me we had to try fresh oatmeal with nothing else on it and it is definitely nothing like what you buy in the box. I actually eat and really enjoy fresh flaked oat groats. You find them in any health food store and that attachment will change your mind on oatmeal.

http://pleasanthillgrain.com/appliances/mixers

[Cheef]

My wife has used a Bosch Universal for years. A LOT of bread dough has gone through her machine.

http://pleasanthillgrain.com/appliances/mixers

[Michael Brinton]

I remember an ATK article about this very choice. The power/watts in the motor of mixers is deceptive, a marketing tool. Both got the job done fine (kitchenaids out performed higher watt motors, see the food lab 63-63 "the wattage is the power consumed by the mixer, not the power produced by the motor"). A 325 watt kitchen aid has more power mixing, than an 800 watt cuisinart. The cuisinart just uses electricity less efficiently. The main difference was that the tilt lock feature failed after an abusive mixing bagels until one broke test. The bottom bowl lift module solves than. I personally have the tilt and just hold the top down when I'm mixing roughly, it really does jump up I could see it breaking if you mix a lot.

[Spinaker]

Never say "No" to more power.

[Breadhead]

For Ciabatta dough or any real high hydration dough I use the flat beater attachment to start. Once the dough sticks to that attachment I change to the dough hook. That reduces the total mixing time in the mixer by half.

[Thunder77]

Shame on you Scott! 😜 Just kidding!

[Baron]

Look into the KA outlet website. Got the Pro 6 qt. a few years ago with a sweet discount. They have other appliances too.

[scottranda]

Have to have a dough hook for bread. It's necessary. I don't even use any other attachment for bread.