My husband gave me this mixer as a gift. I’m a cake designer. I was sooo happy when we finally got the KitchenAid K45SS Classic 250-Watt 4-1/2-Quart Stand Mixer. It was definitely an excellent purchase considering it’s the perfect tool to bake cakes with the quality my clients deserve! KitchenAid is fast and because of that it’s possible to bake more cakes than with a regular mixer. Furthermore, the KitchenAid mixer has much more power and it is much easier to clean and use. As a matter of fact, it does an incredible job on anything you can beat or mix! If you are a cake designer, don’t think twice! Get one now!!
The time has come to buy a Kitchenaid mixer. It has been worth the wait but which one to buy? You can choose from the Artisan mixer, the Professional series, and the Standard collection. Each has different features depending on your personal needs and choosing can be a bit overwhelming. To make the selection easier, I have put together a quick reference guide to the most popular features.
Tilt Head vs. Bowl Lift
The tilt head is what you’ll find on traditional home use mixers. The head tilts back for adding tools and then tilts forward to fit inside the bowl. These mixers are normally a few pounds lighter and fit easier on the counter kitchenaid mixer 353k due to the smaller height.
The bowl lift is found in more commercial settings. The bowl is lifted up and down by a swing arm while the head stays still. These normally have more power and are better for making harder dough.
Size
How much do you plan on making in your mixing bowl? In general, the more you pay for the mixer the more bread you can make. For example, the basic model costs around $200 and will make 3 ¾ loaves of bread. Compare that to the Artisan series for around $300 that makes 4 ½ loaves, while the Professional series makes 6 ¾ loaves and costs around $400.
Color
The Standard series, while it is less expensive, does not come in as many colors as the other two.
Both the Artisan series and the Professional series come in a variety of colors to match practically any kitchen.
Only the Kitchenaid Artisan comes in pink. A portion of the Cook for the Cure Pink Product series goes to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research.
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I got this only cause my kitchenaid came with a silver one that is not dishwasher safe.
Great for lazy people like me
I lost my flat beater (don’t know how)and went for a long time without it. While looking at other KitchenAid items I saw new beaters and ordered. Good price and quick delivery.
I’ve owned my 4 1/2 quart mixer now for about 7 years. I use it quite a bit, and just recently the coating on the top of the beater started to crack. I do wash mine in the dishwasher, and am not sure if that has something to do with the rate of deterioration. My mom has a similar one for a 5 qt mixer that’s over 30 years old, and she hand washes hers. Nonetheless, I can handle $12 to replace it every 7 years. I can’t imagine life without my mixer, and this is the attachment I use the most often.
Glad I purchased this part. Use it often and it works perfectly. A fair price!
This mixer is beautiful. It works great. We have made a few batches of pizza dough, cookies and brownies. THe only thing that we don’t like about it is that if you are making small batches of things the bowl is really way too big. I wished they had a diffeent size bowl that you could interchange with the 6 qt one.
This is a fabulous purchase. I use it almost everyday. Really easy to operate. Heavy duty. I bought the ice cream maker attachment as well, and all I can say is YUMMO! I saw a few reviews about it being a bit difficult to attach the ice cream blade, however it was as easy as hooking up a beater. (Hint; just look at the length of the two sides of the attachment and match it according to the picture of your model.) I looked at the other Kitchen Aid models, and am happy I bought the deluxe, lift bowl. It makes a large batch for one thing, and the power is incredible. I can make a quart of whipped cream in a minute, and my hands are free to do other prep work. I definitely use the shield when I have a full bowl, so don’t be fooled by what the adds say about the refurbished ones, “that you don’t need it”. (They can be ordered separately though.) With power like this, I will be ordering all the attachments for sure, which will eliminate many appliances. Just another reason I am happy to have this powerhouse. REALLY WORTH THE MONEY!
Always wanted a KitchenAid mixer and I bought the workhorse. Simply put, it makes baking and whatever else you would use a mixer to make so much easier! It is well worth the money.
The product was delivered promptly in excellent condition. The seller did everything expected in the transaction.
I love this product. I was going to buy a manual grinder because my mother used to have one, but I decide to get the attachment instead. I have a Vita Mix and I grinded meat once and the cleaning process was so painful. With The Kitchen Aid it is so easy, just get all parts apart and wash it. and it is so fast. Very happy with my purchase.
I’ve had my mixer for 10 years. My husband calls it my cement mixer. It is heavy. I don’t keep it on my counter because it takes up too much space, so I move it every time I need it from cupboard to counter. I don’t mind because this mixer is consistent in the way it beats! I only make cakes, icings and cookies, but it performs beautifully today as the day I received it. I’ve never had any problems. What makes this mixer even better are the additional attachments. On days when I ran out of ground beef or ground pork, I didn’t have to make a trip to the grocery store. I only had to reach into my freezer and pull out some sirloin or pork shoulder butt and then grab my meat grinder and within in no time, I had ground meat! Same for the pasta attachments. When I ran out of spaghetti, I only had to pull out the mixer, make some pasta dough and push it through the spaghetti attachment. This mixer is versatile and will not let you down. I love my mixer!
I’m glad I got this because once I started researching baking, I was no longer interested in retail baked goods (except for Dunkin Donuts’ Old Fashioned Donut). I plan on baking American classics with my kids just as a part of their childhood even though I plan on serving them an authentic Chinese menu otherwise. American desserts are just fun but there are too many bakeries that take liberties with using too much sugar and butter and sometimes artificial fillings to make children loyal customers. I’d rather bake at home than buy anything that tastes like they didn’t clean the sheet pans between bakings.
This mixer a bit heavy, but that is a small price to pay for a well built work horse.
I have had two empire red Artisan mixers in the past five years. They are gorgeous BUT both have suffered from the same three serious problems: 1. the slow speed burned out in the first month on machine number 2 when I kneaded soft brioche dough and now the mixer has only two speeds: fast and faster. 2. the mixing bowl sticks to the metal plate so that dislodging it requires a healthy husband or a liberal amount of WD40 or both. 3. the pin holding the armature to the base slides out when the machine gyrates, which it does something fierce when kneading for more than three minutes. This is one of the worst engineered products I have ever owned, and Kitchen Aid’s service is not helpful. I’m going to buy a Breville next and abandon KA for good.
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