Vintage Hamilton Beach Stand Mixer

[xraytech]

Hi Guys,

 

I was doing a bit of spring cleaning today and I pulled out this near mint Hamilton Beach M2B stand mixer. I picked her up about 7 years ago at an auction and I believe it was unused or very lightly used at that time, its very clean and runs well.This mixer is very clean and has only a few minor scuffs or scratches on it

 

However I am looking to get rid of her as I'm more partial to my Sunbeam model 12s, I've used this maybe about 10 times total .

I've posted a few pictures, so if anyone is interested in adopting this mixer shoot me an offer, or depending on the item I may be open to a trade as well.

 

 

 

[xraytech]

back side,

still has a label for its 5 year warranty

 

[xraytech]

Bowls

The small bowl still has its sticker intact

 

 

[mixfinder]

Well Oiled

This mixer was at the end of the run with oil ports for routine maintenance.  It is quieter and more powerful than later "Solid State" models that came pre-lubricated from the factory.  A quiet, dependable cake baker and whipper of eggs and cream.  HB doesn't excel at heavy batters but would do well with an occasionaly stint of choclate chip cookie dough.

 

[tolivac]

I would be interested in your HB mixer.

 

[mixfinder]

Interested

Rex, I hope you get the Hamilton Beach.  They are unique to every other mixer ever made because of the conjoined beaters.  I find them truly annoying for anything heavy but wait until you look at a bowl full of creamed sugar and butter for the lightest Red Velvet Cake ever or see how quickly they whip egg whites and cream.  The bowl and beaters are smaller more like a Dormeyer but the Bowl-Control lever lets you move the bowl back and forth continuously during mixing which Dormeyer made more difficult with the click of two fixed positions.  In heavy batters the bowl gets pushed away from the edge so you need to hold the Bowl-Control still to keep the beaters in the thick of things.  Rex with your Viking, Kitchenaid, Sunbeam and now Hamilton Beach you could do some really cool comparison testing for us all to enjoy.

Kelly

 

[xraytech]

Rex,

sent me a private message with an offer

 

[mixguy]

Hamilton Beach Model H

Nice looking mixer, easier to wipe clean thant the previous model G. The guarded beater is more difficult to clean. Like this mixguide window too, Consumer Reports judged it difficult to read. I like making divinity with this mixer over any other. The model 25 gets too hot to touch when run for a long period with any load (egg nog). Easier to use than Mixmaster as a portable. Chops nut in a batter but it really strains the motor, I don advise doing that even if it is in the the HB recipe book. Bowl Control tension can be adjusted a little stiffer. The beater doesn't follow the bowl contour as well as bowl-fit beaters. HB had a bowl speed button under the beater before Sunbeam too. The dough hook accessory created in the 1970s is okay for occasional use. The juicer strainer doesn't swhake like Sunbeam's. to use the PTU for grinding/chopping or the slicer/shredder is two handed affair, best to keep and had on the mixer motor handle to keep the setup stable. If worked well once you have all food, material and supplies organized. Model M came with only the large bowl, the small bowl an addititional purchase.

 

[circlew]

Bought the Sears version in chrome w/ stainless bowls for my mom's Christmas present back in the early 80's. We liked this mixer better than the Sunbeam Model 9 we had before.

I haven't seen it for a while, but it's around somewhere - probably at storage.

 

[kevin313]

I'll defer to the experts here about the merits/drawbacks of the HB. I have one, a model G, I think, that I bought for $10 at an estate sale a couple of years ago. I do find the conjoined beaters to work well for creaming, but they are hard to clean. That said, it is a fairly quiet machine and it's fun to use every once in a while. I really love the deco-styled base on mine.

I also agree with Kelley's observation about the bowl-control lever. I like that it has sort of an infinite setting.

I used mine a couple of weeks ago to make a bourbon-butter cake:

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[gansky1]

Love the stickers!  My grandmother had a HB stand mixer that I never saw outside the cabinet until it was time to clean out the house after my grandfather died.  I'd asked about it over the years but was always told that it didn't do anything better than a cheap hand mixer and that it took up too much space on the counter.  Grandma had spent the better part of her life without electricity so had a more intimate, hands-on approach to mixing and beating.  It was beautiful, same style as these earlier versions with the small window for speeds.  Don (jetaction) gave me a beautiful HB like the one on offer, it really is good at creaming and batter mixing. 

 

[tolivac]

Watched Kevins video recipe on the Bourbin butter Cake-Looked like the HB mixer did just fine in processing the ingredients-esp creaming the sticks of butter without cutting them up first.I have a HB mixer somewhat like Kevins that I got from a yard sale-it only had the base and beater assembly.Bought another newer HB mixer from a yard sale-only had the large container-used the yard sale HB G a few times for pancake batter and such-does well I am hammering out a deal for Sams HBM2B mixer-since it has both containers-this would be more useful than the beat up one I found at a yard sale.I am anxious to get Sams mixer.Would be fun to use with the Sunbeams and KA,and Viking.I haven't had the time to do any baking-usually ginger cookies on the holidays-becuase of overtime at work.Mostly I have been using my mixers for making pancake and waffle batters,french toast batter.And use them for scrambling eggs-the "Cheezy Eggs" my Mom used to make for me when I was a child.Just scramble some eggs and add two good spoonfuls of Cheeze Wiz to the mixture-then cook in a pan as usual.and this was one of the first things my Mom showed me how to cook-then was able to fix them for myself.The mixers do a better job of preparing the batters as opposed to the VM and Blendtec blenders.Used to use these for batters-the mixers just do a better job for batters.The blenders process them TOO much-even at their lowest speed.I always thought HB mixers were the other choice to Sunbeams-they were less expensive than the sunbeam-but nonethe less does an excellent job.the one peice beater that came with the yard sale one-just put it in the dishwasher-like the other beaters-DONE-CLEANED.My Viking has solid cast SS blades so these can go into the dishwasher-one of my KA mixers has the uncoated alloy beaters that can't go into the washer-have to clean them by hand.I like the planitary mixers for dough mixtures-the twin whip mixers such as Sunbeam and HB work best for batters in my veiw.
And with the mixers Kelly sent me-he included a book on the HB mixers-this will now be very useful.And in the HB book they tell you you can use the bowel shift lever to move the beaters so the mixer can process the ingredients better.Those older Sunbeam and HB books had a lot of tips on how to use their machines-and get the best from them.You don't see that in more modern cookbooks that come with the machines.VM's old cookbooks were full of tips,too.The cookbooks Kelly included with the Sunbeams I got from him are interesting and useful.Will have to try some of the recipes.and all of the attachments you could get for the Sunbeams in those days-really cool!

 

[davey7]

I just saw a mixer similar to these at a silent auction this weekend (I should have paid more attention, but I was tired...). I think it was only like $18 or $25 when I checked.