Interesting Kitchenaid

[northwesty]

Well, I picked up this old Kitchenaid Mixer awhile ago, and was able to figure it as a late 40s model. Anyway I have been looking for the bowl that goes to it when I came across this newer Kitchenaid that was nearly identical. I had thought the mixers made after 1950 looked alot like the ones do today, with a few different looking 1970s styles. So, is this one from the early 60s? BTW it is in like new condition so now what do I do? I think it is really cool so I guess I'll use both. So if anyone out there is an expert I'd love to hear from you.

 

[northwesty]

Another view.

Well, when I say "identical" I mean that the insides are basically the same. We use it for mixing batters mostly. Really a useful small appliance

I would have really liked to get that old GE mixer with the three beaters, but these just fell into my lap. I hesitate to start a collection, I mean my stuff is all old but mostly I just have what I need to use. Still, I find these vintage things make the time in the kitchen more fun.

 

[northwesty]

Here are a few of the other small appliances we use. I don't think the blender is particularly old, but it looks about the same as an old one. They all get their turn on the kitchen countertop.

 

[bajaespuma]

That KitchenAid with the black handle is indeed from the '40's! I have the exact same model which I inherited from my Grandmother. I can still smell the aroma of boiling water hitting Hershey's Cocoa powder for the chocolate cake she used to make with that thing. It still works although the motor smells when it runs. It needs a 3 quart bowl that you can still find on ebay. The one next to it uses a 4-quart bowl, yes? Love that Sunkist juicer.

 

[westingman123]

cracked ice chrome set--oooh!

I love those chrome sets, I have my parent's in the red cracked ice pattern. I have been searching for the laminate to make counter tops to match. You'll love the Kitchenaid, I have one I picked up at garage sale for $1.00.

 

[rp2813]

I think the standard 4.5 qt stainless bowls for today's K45 models (aka "Classic") will fit the older types too. A while back I came across two of them nested together in the "boutique" section of Salvation Army and one of them had an old logo and a flat lip around the top edge. They were $5 each. I passed them up but had a change of heart a day or two later, and they were of course already gone.

 

[mixguy]

Kitchenaid Models 3B and 3C

Very nice looking mixers there! The models differ how the beaters attach to the planetary and the motor trim.

 

[roto204]

Older bowls

The 3-B (your older one pictured) and 4-C have different bowls than the later ones. The 3-B is much steeper and has a smaller capacity, as Ken noted.

The bowls, although they may fit in the base (though not very well, depending on how "accommodating" the threading is on the bowls you find) are not interchangable. The beater of the 3-B with a 4-C bowl would not come properly near the sides of the bowl--it's too wide.

I went through this fresh heck when I mailed myself a 3-B and the bowl was smashed. Sigh. It's easiest--if you can't spot them at ten paces--to get an old 3-B off eBay with the bowl (and beg the shipper to pack it VERY carefully, in a box-in-a-box, by itself). Then you can do what you will with the motor--keep it as a spare. My 4-C--originally nabbed as a bowl donor--ended up being handy when my original unit released the magic smoke.