Wow, blast from the past -- Kelly's comments sold me a mixmaster!

[mattl]

I was on ebay looking for a bowl for my model 12 mixmaster, I've got 2 small, but no large, none of the thrift shops around here ever have much Sunbeam stuff.  Anyway came across a listing for a chrome Mixmaster with 2 bowls and beaters for $12.99 plus shipping.  It's a MMB model, did a google search and what should come up?  This info from Kelly -- it's pure Kelly...

"The MM was introduced in 1968 with a 175 watt permanently lubricated motor.=
It is the most sleek and graceful design of all Mixmasters and while some=
would call it the harbinger of things to come for the future of Sunbeam it=
is a nearly bullet proof mixer. The motor wattage was increased in 1971 t=
o 200 watts and the increase in power is felt in this mixer, perhaps the be=
st of the best. In the years ahead the motor would go to 225 watts and in =
1975 dough hooks were added along with another 10 watts, a noisy but effect=
ive squirrel cage fan and vents cut into the underside of the mixer body to=
cool the higher heats greater torque and wattage would create. Your mixer=
was made around 1974 and in 75/76 the dough hook model number was 1-7 and =
shortly after a 1-7A. While the MMB did not come with dough hooks if you a=
re careful not to over burden the mixer it performs well with dough hooks t=
o make yeasted doughs, heavy batters and dough hooks do a splendid job of f=
olding in egg whites or whipped cream to batters and mousses without lose a=
single cell of air and volume. If you look in the files of Kelly's mixers =
you will see pictures of dough hooks used with earlier Sunbeam mixers. Let =
me know what you need for your mixer and I will be to happy to send it to y=
ou.
Kelly

 

After reading that I could not not buy the mixer.  Kelly sure knew his mixers and was always willing to share.  I think of him often when I make one of his recipes or use the toaster he gifted me.  He was truly one of a kind.  I hope his family is doing OK...
 
 

 

[retrogirl]

I have visited this site occasionally for years. I was a member about 10 years ago under another name, but I only posted a couple of times and my account was deleted due to inactivity. Way back then Kelly was nice enough to send me a stainless steel bowl for one of my Mixmasters, and he wouldn't even accept postage in return. Of course I did not really know him, but he seemed like a warm, generous person. A while back I came across a post referring to him in the past tense so I searched and found the thread about his passing. It might seem silly to be moved to tears over someone I had never met, but I was.

Virginia

 

[rp2813]

Search hits are leading to AW more and more all the time.

 

I feel very lucky to have known Kelly, first on line through this site, and then to have met him in person at Kevin's event, where he was a marvel to watch at work in the kitchen (although it was anything but work to him), and the stunning amount of food he turned out was perfectly prepared, absolutely delicious, and a true reflection of the love he included in everything he made.   He was the joy of cooking personified.

 

Kelly's giving nature went beyond food, as Virginia's post above confirms.  I think of him often, and I know he's smiling down on me when I throw something together, even though my baking practices are clumsy at best.