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I've been having great luck recently finding vintage and newer primo small appliances and today I grabbed this Kenwood A901d mixer with the additional food processor accessory as well as the dough hook, balloon whisk and some other strange beater that looks like a snow shovel or something I'm not sure what it's for. Anyone know? Now I just have to find the blender to go on top. These are great heavy duty mixers like a KA, this one has 500 watts, planetary action, and runs very smoothly. I'll have to test it out on bread dough to see how it compares with the Bosch but I suspect it won't be any match. It's my second Kenwood now, I've already got the original vintage a700d with most of the attachments including the blender.
 
almost forgot, i grabbed these two old items as well for a couple of bucks..
On the left is a 60's Sears Hostess Center, basically it's a can opener and you can remove the can opener with the big knob on the side and attach a meat grinder. It's huge and heavy but the motor in it sounds wonderful.. The red switch on the side is the on/off switch, it doesn't start like a regular can opener pushing down on the lever.

On the right.. a Mary Procter Lifelong glass percolater with the lighted bowl. Like the one of Roberts in the other thread but not as nice as this is a newer model and more plasticky. Mary Procter (Silex) Lifelong models were meant so you could take them apart and buy new components if part of the machine broke.
 
K Beater

Hi Peter,

The strange snow shovel like beater? If you hold it up, does it look like a letter K?

If it is, this beater is for folding, mixing and creaming rather than the whipping or beating which is done with the wisk.

I have a 901a a 701a and a 700a.

The 901 and the 700 are fully restored and run like a dream. The 701 is ok, but a bit noisey at times.

I've spent that much restoring the 700, and the fact that its now at least 53 years old, I dont use it much. I've found that the motor doesnt vent very well and tends to get quite warm.

My kenwood repairer told me, that the 700's were all hand made, including the motor and associated components. (IE motor was wound and assembled by hand) All this was done in a little factory in Woking in the UK.

The 701 was when they aimed to reduce the cost, and it used components that could be sourced from other suppliers.

Thats 700 is so hard to maintain because when the Kenwood factory stopped parts, there was no where else to get them.

Parts are now NLA for the whole 7xx series and some are getting difficult to find for the 900 Series. The intention is now, that you should just upgrade to a new model. :( Its very sad
 
I have three Kenwood machines-they are excellent.They also appear under other brand names in the US--Viking,DeLonghi,and Hamilton Beach Commercial.The attachment in the last picture goes to the Puree-straining attachment-the paddle like beater is used to force food thru a screen you put into the main bowel.If you don't have the screen insert-you should be able to get a replacement thru Kenwood,or Ebay.I like Kenwoods better than WP made KA mixers-the Kenwoods are better quality.Hobart made KA mixers are the best.At present my WP KA mixer is lonely sitting in the corner-use My Viking Kenwood more.On the screen-if you know the qt or gallon capacity of the bowel-Kenwood should have the puree screen that would fit.The device works like a food mill.such devices make better purees since the material isn't cut like in a blender or food processor.Another possibility-Hamilton Beach commerical suppliers may carry puree screens.
 
Well there is this funny looking bowl insert, it's in the picture but hard to tell it apart from the actual bowl, but it doesn't have a screen on the bottom, is that part of the puree attachment?
 
Yes,sounds like it the part that must hold the screen in the bowel-I beleive the screens came in diffrent hole sizes-depending how fine you want the puree to be and to exclude skins,seeds,or pulp.when I looked at the first pix again of the machine with bowel-could see the insert.the screen would fit into the insert.then you would put the paddle beater on the machine and put your food to be pureed into the top part of the bowel.I haven't used the device-just saw it in an accerreys list for one of the machines I have.
 
Love the Kenwood! Those machines are real workhorses. The foodprocessor attachment was a later addition I think (not sure though). The colander and sieve attachment is on the Kenwood page. Here's the link. It looks indeed like it comes with an insert for the bowl. Probably you need to take out the insert for using the machine as a mixer.

Kenwood UK | Kenwood Home page

The UKs Leading brand in food mixers, food processors, & breakfast, building products that stand the test of time since 1947
www.kenwoodworld.com www.kenwoodworld.com
 
Peter,

I'm coming to your house to swipe that beautiful Mary Proctor percolator. You and your finds, you make me so jealous!
 
Love the Kenmore Hostess Center. Been looking for one for a while now. I like the older design, which was more horizontal and had takeoffs of different speeds on either end.

Nice finds!

veg
 
Pete you are one lucky guy, you sure do find the neat things. Where did you find this one? That beater is sure a mystery to me. Have fun and keep us posted after you try that beautiful Kenwood out. Terry
 
Louis, on that Kenwood page you'll see another model called the Patissier which looks to be the new rebadged Hamilton Beach. Doesn't say if it's the plastic bodied Walmart version or the all metal one. They're not bad mixers actually, 1/2 the price of a KA here but not up to the task of kneading more than 2 cups of flour. I bought one last year at WM but returned it for that reason and got the Bosch.

I'm scared to use the percolater because the rubber gaskets are pretty old looking. The glass carafe has an opening in the bottom (hence the gaskets needed) for the stem of the filter basket to go thru into the base unit. If I can find new workable gaskets I'll give it a go, needs a new light bulb as well.

Veg.. there's a Sears Hostess Center of ebay right now though it doesn't look to have the can opener attachment or all the slicer dicer pieces, just the meat grinder.. I bid on another one and got it, complete.
 
That older Kenwood Chef from the 50's really gets the heart racing - what a beauty!

I found the KitchenAid version of the puree/sieve attachment about a year ago. It's never been used - and still hasn't been ;-)

Congrats on all the good finds - your thrift stores are amazing!
 

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