Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcarl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcarl!rusty From: rusty@sdcarl.UUCP (rusty c. wright) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Kitchen-aid mixers? Message-ID: <235@sdcarl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 14:28:41 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcarl.235 Posted: Sun Aug 11 14:28:41 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 08:38:08 EDT References: <5575@tekecs.UUCP> Reply-To: rusty@sdcarl.UUCP (Rusty Wright) Distribution: net Organization: Computer Audio Research Lab, UCSD, San Diego, Calif. Lines: 38 I have owned the smaller kitchen-aid mixer (model k45) for about 2 years now. For the most part i am happy with it. My biggest complaint with it is that it is hard to scrape the bowl; when you tilt the top of mixer up to lift the beater out of the bowl (or to remove the bowl) the beater is still partly in the bowl and you have to work around it to scrape the bowl. Since other types of stand mixers rotate the bowl it is much easier with them to simply hold the edge of the spatula against the side of the bowl while it rotates. Another problem is that because there is only one beater (the mixer uses a planetary motion) oftentimes some of the mixture gets stuck inside the center of the beater. The easiest way to get it out is to momentarily turn the mixer to high and this will cause it to be thrown out. This problem is even more prevalent with the wire wisk beater. The only time food has been in danger of being thrown out is when i put a hard, cold stick of butter in it to be creamed and turned the mixer on high. The bowl is very deep so it typically isn't much of a danger. I hever had success with the dough hook (for kneading). The dough always crept up to the top of the hook and wanted to become entangled with the mechanical parts of the mixer up by the motor. Or there was always some unincorporated flour in the bottom of the bowl that would never get mixed in. Even though it might save some time if it could be made to work, i realized that you have much greater control over the kneading process when you do it by hand. It only takes 10 minutes to knead a loaf, it takes a lot longer for the risings; if you don't have the time for the kneading then i don't understand why you are making bread (unless you have arthritis or something). Never having used a stand mixer of the rotating bowl with two beaters variety i can't compare the kitchen-aid against that. What i had previously was a small electric hand mixer that works just fine for small jobs. -- rusty c. wright {ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax}!sdcarl!rusty