waterwitch
Well-known member
Are there any members here that are into Kitchenaid/Hobart stand mixers? I am in the market for an H-5. I'm not sure if this model would be difficult to acquire.
Kitchenaid/Hobart Stand Mixers
- Thread starter waterwitch
- Start date
Help Support :
I am not familiar with model H-5. Is it a pre-KitchenAid K-5, or something much older and more art deco in its design?
KitchenAid H-5
There is a picture of it on this link. Not sure what kind of power motor it would have. I have a KitchenAid bowl lift model that I bought in 1988 and still works like a champ. It was the largest at the time but the newer models have a little more power.
I have been making pizze dough in mine almost weekly for years among many other things and that machine still works like the day it came out of the box. It is a work horse.
Are you only looking for a vintage mixer?
http://www.decodan.com/
There is a picture of it on this link. Not sure what kind of power motor it would have. I have a KitchenAid bowl lift model that I bought in 1988 and still works like a champ. It was the largest at the time but the newer models have a little more power.
I have been making pizze dough in mine almost weekly for years among many other things and that machine still works like the day it came out of the box. It is a work horse.
Are you only looking for a vintage mixer?
http://www.decodan.com/
norgeway
Well-known member
I Have!
A bunch of them, to me, the Hobart built mixers, like the dishwashers, are far better than the newer stuff.
A bunch of them, to me, the Hobart built mixers, like the dishwashers, are far better than the newer stuff.
norgeway
Well-known member
I have.
Two model G mixers, a F, and a model 3-B, 3-C, a 4-C and a K-5 A.
Two model G mixers, a F, and a model 3-B, 3-C, a 4-C and a K-5 A.
mixguy
Well-known member
Model H KitchenAid
The KitchenAid model H was the first Hobart model marketed for home use. Sales were very slow at first because people that could afford it usually had domestic help to cook. They were first sold at the end of WW I Most all attachments that fit the port of any KitchenAid will fit this model. The original bowls were tinned steel. My elementary school cafeteria had one equipped with a disc slicer/shredder, and also had the flat beater, dough hook, wire whip and pastry knife. They weighed about 40 lbs, so one had to have a dedicated place in the kitchen to have one. KitchenAid also sold a storage cabinet with steel enamaled work surface, to store the attachments having two slide out shelves, labeled for placement. Most kitchens at this time did not have built in cabinets
The KitchenAid model H was the first Hobart model marketed for home use. Sales were very slow at first because people that could afford it usually had domestic help to cook. They were first sold at the end of WW I Most all attachments that fit the port of any KitchenAid will fit this model. The original bowls were tinned steel. My elementary school cafeteria had one equipped with a disc slicer/shredder, and also had the flat beater, dough hook, wire whip and pastry knife. They weighed about 40 lbs, so one had to have a dedicated place in the kitchen to have one. KitchenAid also sold a storage cabinet with steel enamaled work surface, to store the attachments having two slide out shelves, labeled for placement. Most kitchens at this time did not have built in cabinets
Aren't the "G" machines still made by Hobart today-sold to chefs and bakers as a "bench mixer"And for a time they were listed in the Williams Sonoma catalogs-and in various colors.And the WS price-they were over $2 K!Don't know what the Hobart dealers sell them for.I do check the used restuarant supply place here for one-so far none have turned up.Only the larger floor "drill press" models.
waterwitch
Well-known member
@ chachp
Yes. I have a model "G", and use it all the time. From my understanding, the model "G" first came about in 1927, and lasted up until...? Not sure. But being that I want to maintain my decor to the late 1920's to VERY early 1930's, a model "H" seems best to have. I would take a model "R" however... haha
Yes. I have a model "G", and use it all the time. From my understanding, the model "G" first came about in 1927, and lasted up until...? Not sure. But being that I want to maintain my decor to the late 1920's to VERY early 1930's, a model "H" seems best to have. I would take a model "R" however... haha
waterwitch
Well-known member
This little guy works great!
norgeway
Well-known member
Thats!
Just like the ones I have!
Just like the ones I have!
waterwitch
Well-known member
THIS is the type I'm after... anyone got one they'd like to sell? haha
The old vertical motor "drill press" style mixer-I think any mixer fan would want one.Heck that thing could be used as a bench vertical milling machine!Knew someone that had a vertical bench mill that looked like that mixer.Tough machines!-and don't get your tie stuck in that thing!!
Hobart Model "G"
Is the holy grail for vintage mixer collectors/users. They rarely are found at auctions/estate sales and the usual sources, but when found sellers usually know what they've got and don't part with the thing cheaply.
Being as that may was reading the archinves over on WACEM and one member got the deal of a lifetime. She or he went to an estate sale and while roaming around came upon a Hobart "G" mixer in a cabient with (IIRC) all attachements. The thing was in excellent nick as well. Upon inquiring was told by those running the sale that the mixer belonged to their mother and it was sold for (IIRC) a grand sum of $19 USD.
Member high tailed it out of there with his or her deal of the century!
The other highly sought after Hobart mixer would be the N50. These can still be found as well but also go for dear money. Quite honestly don't know where one would put a N50 in a domestic setting, but that is a whole other post.
Is the holy grail for vintage mixer collectors/users. They rarely are found at auctions/estate sales and the usual sources, but when found sellers usually know what they've got and don't part with the thing cheaply.
Being as that may was reading the archinves over on WACEM and one member got the deal of a lifetime. She or he went to an estate sale and while roaming around came upon a Hobart "G" mixer in a cabient with (IIRC) all attachements. The thing was in excellent nick as well. Upon inquiring was told by those running the sale that the mixer belonged to their mother and it was sold for (IIRC) a grand sum of $19 USD.
Member high tailed it out of there with his or her deal of the century!
The other highly sought after Hobart mixer would be the N50. These can still be found as well but also go for dear money. Quite honestly don't know where one would put a N50 in a domestic setting, but that is a whole other post.
Neat Little History Of KA
Two pages from the company itself.
http://www.kitchenaid.com/assets/pdfs/press/1342500_KAtimeline.pdf
Two pages from the company itself.
http://www.kitchenaid.com/assets/pdfs/press/1342500_KAtimeline.pdf
Another Kitchenaid Promo/Blog
Tour of the KA mixer plant.
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2006/04/inside-kitchena/
Tour of the KA mixer plant.
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2006/04/inside-kitchena/
That's a cool tour of the plant
He did that very well indeed. Love my 30 year old Empire Red K45.
He did that very well indeed. Love my 30 year old Empire Red K45.
Vertical bench mills
Except of course that planetary action on a vertical mill would probably result in broken tooling and ruined parts on the first profiling pass... although for facing it might give an interesting pattern.
Do the Hobart drill press mixers run up to 2,000 rpm???
LOL...
Except of course that planetary action on a vertical mill would probably result in broken tooling and ruined parts on the first profiling pass... although for facing it might give an interesting pattern.
Do the Hobart drill press mixers run up to 2,000 rpm???
LOL...
I love where the mixer is drawing its power from in reply #10. Very typical for the times (anybody remember revolving through GE's "Carousel of Progress" at Disneyland?) but I'm betting the lights would dim all through the house with that machine running.
