This is the most powerful Kitchen Aid I have ever used and it works awesome. I do wish the top tipped up like the other models, but that is the only thing I would change.
While purchasing a new kitchen mixer may be exciting, it is often a hard decision. So many kitchen mixers are available, most with remarkable testimonials. So how do you choose which appliance is best for your kitchen? Could a KitchenAid Artisan series be the ideal fit? Here follows some pros and cons of the KitchenAid Artisan mixers.
Advantages of the KitchenAid Artisan Mixer
Big capacity - The 5 quart stainless steel bowl allows many batches to be mixed at once.
Powerful motor - Enjoy making lots of baked goods? The Kitchen Aid Artisan stand mixer can power through recipes having up to 9 cups of all-purpose flour.
Uniform mixing - A ten speed sliding control changes easily between stirring, mixing, and whipping. Since the beaters contact the bowl in 67 places, the ingredients are completely mixed.
Simple clean-up - The nylon-coated attachments and the kitchenaid heavy duty stand mixer stainless steel bowl are dishwasher safe. An included pouring shield keeps the ingredients in the bowl and off the counter.
Expandable - With the purchase of various add-ons, the KitchenAid Artisan series stand mixer can become a complete kitchen machine assisting in various chores such as making ice cream, stuffing sausage, and grinding meat.
Numerous colors availalbe - Color-coordinating your kitchen with a KitchenAid Artisan series stand mixer is effortless with 20 different colors.
Ease of access to the beaters and ingredients - The KitchenAid 5 Quart Artisan stand mixer is the largest capacity tilt-head stand mixer manufactured by KitchenAid.
Fail-safe warranty policy - If there are any problems in the first year, KitchenAid will replace it without any questions, delivering a new Artisan to your doorstep and arranging for the pick-up of the broken one.
Disadvantages of the KitchenAid Artisan Mixer
Space required - Owing to the tilt-head model, the KitchenAid Artisan might be unable to fit beneath your kitchen cabinet during use. Make sure you have adequate space to slide the Artisan forward on the counter when you want to use the mixer.
Insufficient power or size - The Artisan may have too small of a bowl or might not be strong enough to fulfill your needs if you regularly make large batches or use whole grain flours. KitchenAid produces two models with more power: the Pro 5 Plus and the Pro 600.
Less stability for heavier doughs - The bowl-lift machines have greater stabililty when mixing thick recipes than the tilt-head models.
Heavy-duty dough hook unavailable - The KitchenAid Artisan Series ships with a nylon-coated C dough hook rather than the PowerKnead dough hook available in the Pro 5 Plus or Pro 600 models.
Help finding KitchenAid Recipes?
I just got the 5qt. heavy duty stand mixer for Christmas (insert happy dance here). However, the recipe book that came with it is about 1/2 the size of the one that came with kitchenaid heavy duty stand mixer my Mom's 5 years ago. The KA site no longer has a recipe section and I am dying to try the pasta attachment. At one time there was a recipe for a VERY buttery VERY vanilla crunchy cookie. It could really only be made with a heavy duty mixer because the dough was so dense. Now that I have the hardware to create the little darlings I can no longer find a recipe.Any and All help will be greatly appreciated!
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
Watch the video related to kitchenaid heavy duty stand mixer
 |
 |  |  |
 |
recent bookmarks tagged kitchenaid%20heavy%20duty%20stand%20mixer
{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
This is the greatest for those that have kitchenaids. It works so quick on batters. It only takes 5 turns around the bowl to have the brownies mixed up. And no more stopping half way through to scrape the bowl or the little bit in the bottom that never gets touched by the other beaters. Everyone should own one.
The Sideswipe is great for soft batters-pancakes, cake mix, and icing. It keeps you from having lumps of flour in the bottom or stopping and pushing stuff down into the bowl with a spatula. It whips up icing very nicely as long as you soften the butter a little first. It isn’t has heavy as the other attachments (not metal) but it seems to be of good quality and cleans up easier than I thought it would. The Sideswipe should be included with every Kitchenaid.
Ordered the SideSwipe after seeing it reviewed on TV. It works great. I didn’t have to scrape the sides of the bowl at all. Worked so well I’ve already told all of my friends that have a KitchenAid Mixer that this is a “Must Have”
So I had the BeaterBlade for my 5 qt tilt-head mixer and loved it. Bought it for my new 6 qt Proline lift bowl model… and it just about knocked the bowl off its perch. Returned it, and decided to try the SideSwipe because I really enjoyed not having to scrape the bowl of my previous mixer. It still knocked the bowl a bit, but I just took a pair of scissors and trimmed down the little fingers by a couple millimeters, and now I’m perfectly happy with it. I actually like it better than the BeaterBlade because it doesn’t fling ingredients out of the bowl. You do have to scrape in between the fingers of the SideSwipe afterward, but I’m ok with that. Mostly because it means I get to eat a large portion of the cookie dough or cake batter stuck to it.
Related to the scraping the beater issues, I’ve noticed that some batters tend to clump around the lower midline of the beater, in the little cavity above the fingers but below the circle. Usually this goes away simply by increasing the mixing speed. If not, all it takes is one good poke with a spatula to break up the glob, and it all gets mixed in.
works well especially with thick batters! love it, but am not sure why KitchenAid doesn’t endorse it. Jealousy cause they didn’t think of it first????
You must log in to post a comment.