Mixed up again

[mixfinder]

I wanted this hamilton Beach model K to arrive before the Sunday gathering with Charles. Neither Charles nor John had seen one in action before. I has really been used hard but is whisper quiet. I like the look of the clear glass HB bowl with chrome. When this model was new you could buy the minute timer as an option and the HB escutcheon on the stand is a knock out plug for installation of the timer.

 

[mixfinder]

General Electric

In 1975 General Electric released a new line of stand mixers with dough hooks, a locking head and a timer that stops the mixer when it reaches 0. Its quite loud, powerful and GE tried to make an attempt at Bowl-Fit beaters with this model. The first run had beaters so sharply tapered at the bottom unless you had a depth of ingredients more than 3 inches it hardly mixed. The next run had a conical and squarish beater but still not ideal.

 

[mixfinder]

No such thing as a bad mixer

I gifted this mixer to my aunt in 1976 when she helped me paint a house I bought. I had an ulterior motive, in wanting to see how it worked without buying it for myself. It has stood the test of time, raising her five kids and cooking for the holidays. I take it off the stand to knead large batches of yeast dough.

 

[danemodsandy]

Beachy Keen!

Kelly:

The GE people must have been looking straight at a Hamilton Beach when they styled that thing, LOL.

 

[petek]

That's a new one on me. Is it real chrome or plasti-chrome, the GE that is.

 

[mixfinder]

Pure

It is pure plasticity, but has proven to be pretty dependable. The third generation of beater lickers have begun with my nephews first grandchild.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Licking Beaters

Does anyone ever really outgrow this? Everytime I make a cake, frosting, or anything sweet (like me) I find myself licking the beaters, bowl, spoon, and scraper.

 

[swestoyz]

Kelly - that is a nice HB you have. I didn't know that the timer was an option on these as I assumed they were standard.

I passed up an exact match to this while in Minnesota a month ago. I'm kicking myself now....

Ben

 

[travlincub321]

Kelly
In my adventures yesterday i stopped at a Goodwill in downtown beaverton, and found a faberware mixer... Very very heavy.And worked.. But it had no beaters and no price tag... So i passed on it..Shoulda snapped a pic but there where gazillions of people

 

[travlincub321]

Love the GE btw

 

[mixfinder]

Farberware Mixer

In the 80's Farberware sold a Kenwood Chef in a 5 quart size with brown and rust detail. Currently Kenmore and Farberware both sell an older style two beater mixer with a timer and 16 speeds. With a 4 quart and 2 quart bowl it's loud and runs a bit fast on it's lowest setting.

 

[travlincub321]

Thats the one..Thanks for the info

 

[circlew]

Kelly,

Does your Hamilton Beach K have a metal or plastic base (stand)? I have the Sears CounterCraft version I bought my Mom for Christmas about 25 yrs. ago. It is chrome with a black plastic base, and stainless bowls. It came with the wind-up timer installed in it. A dough hook attachment came with it, but never cared too much for how it worked. The mixer itself works very well. The only bad thing about the plastic base is that the head is somewhat heavier, so not as stable as I think it would be with a metal stand. Yours looks very nice.

 

[mixguy]

Model H

Kelly, the HB mixer you are showing there is a model H, not a model K. The were made from 1956-until 1960. The successor is to model K looking similar with a red knob on the bowl control, white motor handle, gray turntable, and HB on the chrome strip on the front of the mixer. Model H was the first stand mixer to have five year guarantee. This was the first HB mixer to have the timer in the stand as an optional feature. I like the styling of this mixer better than the previous model G and the latter model K. Model H has fewer crevices, making it easier to keep clean and has the mix guide in the magnified window. The model K has the mixguide attached to the outside of the motor. The mixguide was reduced to a decal on the model M.

 

[mixguy]

GE stand mixer

Kelly, I used A GE Mixer very similar to your chrome and black one and found it very quiet. I agree with you about the beater shape, GE tried to mimic Sunbeams "bowl-fit" design, they fell short in getting it right. I found the design of attaching the motor to the stand and the stand it self very flimsy. The mixers were not durable either having motor or governor failure .

 

[petek]

My model G

Have never got around to cleaning this one up