Culinary Art Schools and Kitchen Aid

It is a beautiful machine. It is heavy and quiet, and very powerful, like an expensive luxury automobile. It is also very beautiful. If you bake heavy bread dough’s or large batches, this is the mixer for you. I had a slightly smaller Kitchen Aid mixer, which I also loved, but the extra size and motor power of this model is invaluable. It has a very useful feature where it starts out slow when you first turn it on, then gradually speeds up. This keeps things from slopping out of the mixing bowl.

This machine replaces a Kitchenaid mixer (still running strong) that we have had for 24 years. The slow start feature is helpful when mixing dry ingredients, no shower of flour. The new dough hook is spiral shaped with no shield on the top; it is a major improvement. The kneading is more like you would do by hand, rather than the rotating ball in the bowl. The 450 watt motor offers more than sufficient power for anyone who makes bread. Kitchenaid still builds a quality product that is solid, dependable and a pleasure to own.

Had I known what a difference this would make with my cooking, I would have bought one a long time ago? Everything is faster, now, and everything I mix, from potatoes to icing, comes out smoother, too.
There are a variety of things you can make with this mixer, and I use mine a lot.

I absolutely love my new Kitchen Aid mixer! I have made cookies, puddings, cakes, meatloaf, bread, and meringue so far. Everything has turned out perfectly! It is so much easier to clean than the traditional hand mixers I have used for years. Things that I used to hand mix because I didn’t want to clean the hand mixer parts; I throw right into the Kitchen Aid. Prep time on recipes is much faster because the mixer works as you gather ingredients. Initially, I wanted a tilt head model, but am so glad I got the bowl lift design. The bowl is easy to insert and remove from the base. I was worried about the noise level of so powerful an engine, but was pleasantly surprised. Great product!