Wattage power in mixers

[iheartmaytag]

A gas or diesel motor had a very different torque curve than

Yes, But--But. My point is the motor is not directly driving the beater, whip, or dough hook. It is going through a gear system that gives the motor (regardless of wattage) a mechanical advantage over direct drive.

Hence: a 300 watt hand mixer that IS directly driving the beaters, in my limited mindscape will have less mechanical advantage than a stand mixer with the same wattage but a gear drive system. I will betcha (got that word from Sara Palin) that the stand mixer will out torque the hand mixer.

 

[petek]

Equal time, equal time... for those that may not have seen it here's my old Bosch Youtube

 

[rp2813]

Sandy, thanks for the good explanation on the noise produced by the Professional series. They are definitely louder than the tilt head models, but you have eased my concerns over the noise being an indicator of anything seriously wrong.

Ralph

 

[jons1077]

Kelly,

My goodness I just drool over your Pro model in copper. That machine is just breathtaking! I'm glad to hear you do quintuple batches in yours for bread. I was afraid that quadruple might be a little too much. I would venture to say that the only parts that would wear out on the mixer would be the stand itself. The motor and attachments definitely are solid and strong.

I like to use accessories also. I've made several different ice creams with the freezer bowl and it does rather well. Also like to make my own pasta with the rollers. I just recently got the slicer/shredder attachments. Also very good with cheese grating, etc.

People can snicker at me for having a mammoth mixer like that but the fact is I USE it. It may be a bit loud and quite heavy but I love it. Yah I don't whip it out to mix a simple cake batter. I have my $5 hand mixer for that. But it makes bread nearly effortless and anyone who makes bread knows that is a painstaking process.

I'll have to take a snapshot of mine to post. My only disapointment was not having shiny black to match all of my KAs. This one is grey but still nice looking.

Thanks for listening and happy mixing!

Jon

 

[mixfinder]

Afraid ot Use It

Jon, I know exactly what you mean about being afraid to use it. My first 6 Quart Kitchenaid came from a Bakery that closed. I read complaints on the internet about them stopping mid mix. There was a thermal fuse that shut down the mixer if it got too hot. I lived in fear of it burning out as it required a service outlet for repair. It never did give me any problem and the newer models have a thermal link that shuts it down if its being abused and lets it come back on after it cools. I felt more comfort in having that model. That said, I have literally mixed tons of dough baking for Gilda's Club, Church, neighbors, family, weddings and reunions. I don't believe that any Kitchenaid used properly will every have issues. I lucked out and bought the Copper Pro620 from an aggregious seller on ebay with low ratings. People quit bidding when his responses to their stupid question became volitile. He also had a rating of 92%. I got it for 167.50 and shipping. It was a touch over $200.00 brand new and still had the sticker of $899.00 from Williams Sonoma.

 

[mixfinder]

Bosch Bash

The Bosch makes short work of bread mixing and long on stretching the gluten. I have been really impressed with the smaller Bosch that uses plantetary drive. It is more comparable to the Kitchenaid. It is extremely lightweight, very powerful and so quiet. I haven't made peace with the beater down approach to a mixer I would use as a daily driver, but I'll give you Bosch bread hands down the winner.

 

[rp2813]

Well, my partner was bent on butching up the Professional so he got flame decals for it. The machine has the not-stainless-but-not-pewter-either-but-maybe-fake nickel paint job on it. Since it's just a modern Whirly product I didn't care, as it was my gift to him anyway, but there will be no pimping of the Hobart.

We found a 60's vintage slicer/shredder attachment set (aluminum housing with cursive KA logo) at a garage sale many years ago. It was in a cardboard box marked "Mixmaster attachments." I just recently replaced it with a new one and gave the vintage one to a friend with a 4C. That was very satisfying in a frighteningly OCD sort of way. . .

This set is great for large grating/shredding/slicing jobs. Just don't turn it up to 10 or things will literally go flying.

 

[sudsmaster]

Yes, I have used the grating attachment (coarse) to mill soap into sort of flakes for laundry use. Works well if the water is hot.

I probably have the same pewter painted Professional as you. I like the color, but I probably won't be "pimping" mine out.

The 6 qt Epicurean has a dark brownish gray fine crinkle finish. At first I thought it would be hard to clean, but it seems to repel things like flour, and wet stuff is easily removed. And fingerprints don't show up. The finish is sort of reminiscent of that used to find on old vacuum cleaners.