Reddit · r/Kitchenaid · 3 days ago
Found the 7-qt mixer too large for single batches of cookies, bread or icing, since it pushes the mix up the side and needs lots of scraping.
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Reddit · r/Kitchenaid · 3 days ago
Their Artisan 5-qt (SM150) works fine at higher speeds but has an oscillating hunting noise at low speeds, which a repair reply diagnosed as a worn speed control plate.
Reddit · r/Kitchenaid · 5 days ago
Has used their 5-quart tilt-head mixer for years for bread and pretzel dough, and finds it handles small batches of bread dough very well.
Reddit · r/Kitchenaid · 5 days ago
Regularly makes pizza dough from scratch in their Artisan 5-quart mixer.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 14 days ago
Their fairly new KSM70 7-quart bounces and shakes at high speed with a small amount in the bowl, and they were told it needed the dime test.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 18 days ago
After about ten years of bread making, their Professional's head fell off: the planetary shaft's press fit had failed, a known flaw of that model type.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 21 days ago
Has had both a Pro 600 bowl-lift and an Artisan tilt-head for about ten years; the Artisan handles cake batters just fine, while triple or quadruple cookie batches go in the Pro 600.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 24 days ago
Has used KitchenAids since the 1990s, a Professional 6 since the early 2000s and a 7 quart since 2023, and says they have all been workhorses.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 24 days ago
Loves their Artisan and finds their mum's bowl-lift model harder to work with.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 24 days ago
Runs a small macaron business with more than ten KitchenAid mixers of many models and finds them nearly indestructible; the Artisan is their favourite model.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 24 days ago
Their entry 4.5 qt 300 W tilt-head has worked for 7 years, cream on speed 10 and bread on 2, but speeds 9 and 10 now run the same.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 25 days ago
Loves the Costco 6-qt lift and never regretted it, using it for anything from one egg to full batches.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 25 days ago
Their pink Artisan, a birthday present two years ago, disappointed from day one: the motor sounded like it would die on basic cookie dough and the bowl kept unlatching, breaking two glass bowls, and a replacement base plate from customer service didn't help.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 27 days ago
Having owned both, they say the Classic is clearly not as robust as the Artisan.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 27 days ago
Their favourite is the Artisan, which has been going strong for their bread baking for over 20 years.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 27 days ago
Very happy with the 5.5 qt bowl-lift they bought last year; they make sourdough with it weekly, up to 1 kg of flour, with no issues.
Reddit · r/Breadit · 29 days ago
No problems with the app on an iPhone. It automates mixing, heating, or stirring for set times, so prepping or cleaning can continue. The app isn't required to use the machine.
Reddit · r/Breadit · 29 days ago
Love it this year. It functions absolutely fine without the app, which wasn't a selling point at all.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 29 days ago
Bought a Costco lift mixer to complement their tilt-head and found it a total piece of crap, so they returned it and bought one elsewhere that worked much better.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 29 days ago
Bought this Sam's Club bowl-lift and calls it junk for bread: a trained baker, they have to babysit it on doughs for fear of overheating, the hook often won't grab the dough, and the bowl-height screw needs fiddling.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 29 days ago
Bought the Costco 6-qt lift mixer last year for $200; it lacked a spring washer, the metal beater does not mix well or scrapes the bowl, and the manual limits kneading to two minutes, but they don't regret the price.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 29 days ago
Has had the Costco 6-qt lift for a few years and uses it for pizza dough all the time without an issue.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 29 days ago
Bought the Costco 6-qt lift last year, has used the heck out of it with zero issues, and prefers bowl lift to tilt-head.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 29 days ago
Bought a 5.5-qt lift from Sam's a few years ago at a deep discount and says it has done everything they have asked of it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 29 days ago
Bought the 6-qt lift on sale and found it way more than they needed: heavy, big and mostly overkill, so they swapped it for a 4.5-qt Classic tilt-head.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 29 days ago
Their 6qt Costco-style mixer bought secondhand started screeching with a metallic smell after two uses, but KitchenAid chat support sent a brand-new replacement within a week.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 30 days ago
Has the Costco 6-qt lift and calls it a great mixer, but it is too big for their baking, so they often reach for a hand mixer.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 30 days ago
Their Artisan, a wedding present in 1997, still works great and they love it, though they rarely use it for bread; they considered a 7 qt only for the odd bigger batch.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 33 days ago
Used a Kenwood kMix for about three years until it gave out, the motor smelling of burnt plastic on a basic cookie dough; it looked nicer on the counter than the KitchenAid tilt-head they switched to, but they find the newer kMix's build quality lacking.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 33 days ago
Has kneaded dough in their 2009 Artisan for 17 years, briefly tilting the head to free dough from the hook, with no problems or failures; they keep batches under about 5 cups of flour and use a Pro series for larger ones.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 34 days ago
Ended up getting the KSM70 and is very happy with it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 35 days ago
Bought a Proline 7 three years ago in Canada; it arrived on time in perfect condition and they still use it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 36 days ago
Has had their Pro 600 for about ten years, makes two loaves of bread weekly plus bagels, pretzels, buns and pizza dough, and has needed no gear replacements, only an annual grease check.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 40 days ago
Kneads weekly sourdough and very stiff peanut-butter cookie dough in their Pro 600 and says it never lacked the torque, after cleaning and regreasing it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 41 days ago
Their first impression of a brand-new KSM55 bowl-lift was how loud the motor is.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 43 days ago
Their KSM150 Artisan is 15 years old and going strong, needing only one worm gear replacement after years of bread making.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 44 days ago
Their secondhand K5SS ran fine until the paddle stopped turning while combining a very wet bread dough; likely a stripped worm gear, with a repair quote of about $120.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 44 days ago
Their Artisan's head bounces when making pizza dough, so they keep the speed low to avoid overheating it and wearing the worm gear.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 46 days ago
Uses a 6 qt bowl-lift for double batches but does not care for it and would use a 5 qt tilt if they could get away with it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 49 days ago
Has had their Artisan Design Series (glass bowl) for about ten years and says it has performed quite well, with the glass bowl holding up.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 52 days ago
Has a KSM55 bowl-lift and loves how stable it is, with heavy cookie dough being a beast for it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 52 days ago
Had the 7qt bowl-lift and liked the bigger bowl capacity and extra power.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 52 days ago
Replaced a tilt-head whose motor they blew out with a KSM70 and loves it: used two or three times a week from egg whites to heavy bread dough, it stays put and kneads serenely instead of juddering across the counter, and they like the half speed and soft start.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 52 days ago
Loves their 5.5 qt bowl-lift and has made many batches of cookies, loaves of bread and pizzas with it; not a purchase they regret.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 53 days ago
Their KSM55 bought in October 2023 has developed vertical play in the beater shaft after a few years of heavy sourdough use.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 53 days ago
Their new Artisan Plus tilt-head handles 1 kg of flour's worth of sourdough (about 1.8 kg of dough, two loaves) just fine.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 54 days ago
The Artisan tilt-head 5KSM125 bought for their wife in 2020 now runs at one low speed on every setting and won't turn off.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 54 days ago
Happy with their 5.5 qt bowl-lift and its spiral dough hook, which works far better than the C hook, though no silicone-edged scraper they found would scrape its bowl properly.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 55 days ago
Bought a new 5.5 qt bowl-lift three years ago, uses it a couple of times a week and calls it a buy for life.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 56 days ago
Bought a two-year-old KSM55 second-hand and found three of its internal gears had crumbled, needing a new motor.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 56 days ago
Has had a KSM55 from Mr. Mixer for a year without an issue.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 56 days ago
Upgraded from a 5 qt tilt-head to the KSM70 for large-batch baking and calls it a very good decision.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 57 days ago
Their new Artisan, three or four weeks old, gave in on fairly tough wholemeal dough with the dough hook, likely stripping the sacrificial gear.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 61 days ago
The kMix seized up and went completely dead, with no lights or noise, after stale bread jammed the mincer attachment. Replacing the plug fuse and socket did not help and they could not find the thermal fuse.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 62 days ago
Their 25-year-old Artisan is still going, though it needs a tune-up; reading about new ones failing, they'll keep maintaining the old one.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 64 days ago
Has used a 5qt Heavy Duty lift mixer for over 20 years for cakes, cookies and small batches.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 64 days ago
Uses a 6qt Professional 6 lift for all dough making and double batches and says these mixers do a lot of work now that their hands are arthritic.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 64 days ago
Bought a 5 qt tilt-head Artisan a month ago, calls it their baby and kicks themselves for waiting 30 years; recommends a double-sided scraper beater.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 65 days ago
Used the onyx black Artisan they got for Christmas 2007 until about 2024, then swapped it for a discounted Pro bowl-lift and now regrets giving the Artisan away.
Reddit · r/Cooking · 68 days ago
Upgraded from a tilt-head to the Pro 600 years ago and has no regrets.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 68 days ago
Bought the Professional 6-qt bowl-lift new 16 years ago and has had no problems yet, calling it great for double recipes.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 69 days ago
Had issues with a tilt head two weeks after getting it and found it shook with 350 g of flour, which KitchenAid told them was close to the 500 g limit.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 69 days ago
Their tilt-head mixer bucked when kneading and eventually snapped.
Reddit · r/Cooking · 69 days ago
Sold their Artisan for a 6-qt Professional bowl-lift and says it has been rock solid.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 69 days ago
Got a good deal on a newer 5.5 qt bowl-lift but wouldn't buy it again knowing older bowl-lifts can be refurbished; still uses it for bread.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 69 days ago
Their wife's Artisan handled about three years of semi-professional production after nine years of use before the speed control acted up; KitchenAid serviced it and it runs like new.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 69 days ago
Their KitchenAid Artisan 5 qt died while making a particularly dense dough.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 69 days ago
Bakes every week and loves the 5 qt Artisan their grandmother gave them; recommends adding the spring and washer to keep attachments secure.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 70 days ago
Their tilt-head bounces like crazy just from shredding chicken, even though it is only a month old and used about four times.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 70 days ago
Says the tilt-head is horrible for kneading dough: it bounces around, the top gets hot, and they never had great luck.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 70 days ago
Their tilt-head has always struggled with kneading and the bowl would twist right off the base unless the handle is pressed against the stand.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 71 days ago
Their new Artisan makes the same odd noise as a friend's; it's improving with use, and the friend who took one apart blamed poorly distributed grease and lower build quality on current Artisans.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 71 days ago
Their four-year-old Classic 4.5 qt, used often for two years then stored, now gives off a slight burning smell making cookies.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 78 days ago
Wanted one for years but their tilt-head Artisan from last Christmas has been nothing but problems: the head lock doesn't work and it bounces all over the counter, and KitchenAid wanted $65 shipping to look at it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 81 days ago
Their 600 Pro was repaired at the factory and failed again just 1 year and 3 months later.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 88 days ago
Got a refurbished 5.5 qt bowl-lift that was basically new; it has more power than a tilt-head for heavy cookie and bread dough and doesn't bounce around.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 88 days ago
Just bought a refurbished 5 qt tilt-head and is super satisfied with it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 89 days ago
Owns a KitchenAid Pro 600 and a NutriMill Artiste, baking a loaf every 10 to 14 days, and finds the KitchenAid much easier to use, assemble and clean.
Reddit · r/BuyItForLife · 90 days ago
Has had a kMix for a couple of years, makes everything from egg whites to bread (mostly bread), and says it is still as good as when new and very solidly built.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 90 days ago
Their refurbished 6 qt bowl-lift easily handles pizza and bread dough without straining, though it's tall and heavy.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 90 days ago
Bought the 6.6 L bowl-lift on sale; the stainless Powerknead hook is excellent for high-hydration dough and they find it strong and sturdy, great for two loaves.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 91 days ago
The front attachment hub on their Artisan 5KSM185 stopped turning, though the mixer arm still works.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 91 days ago
Their KSM55, bought new under two years ago, stops if the speed is raised more than one step too slowly.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 93 days ago
Scored a refurbished 7 qt bowl-lift last year and it's been a dream.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 95 days ago
Their circa-1996 K45SS lasted 20 years, but a chunk of the white coating on the original flat beater chipped into banana bread batter, and replacement beaters are costly or poorly reviewed.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 95 days ago
Their fairly new 7 qt bowl-lift's lift mechanism rocks like crazy, which KitchenAid calls normal; unhappy with it for bread, they bought an Ankarsrum, while their old Pro 600 was rock solid.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 95 days ago
Their KitchenAid Classic 4.3 L (5K45SS) from Costco, lightly used for six months, made a loud grinding sound mixing pizza dough.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 99 days ago
Their KSM150PS from about 2005 got them into cooking, but it isn't great at bread, struggles with lower-hydration or large doughs, and now leaks lubricant and rattles.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 99 days ago
Bought a refurbished 7 qt bowl-lift with all attachments from KitchenAid last Christmas for $250, and it arrived new and perfect.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 102 days ago
Upgraded from a tilt-head to the KSM70: quieter, noticeably more powerful in the bowl, with heavy stainless accessories and a soft start, but its speed selector, lift lever and hub lock feel less solid than the tilt-head's.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 107 days ago
Their KSM150 Artisan, a 2024 wedding gift, spins for about 10 seconds and then blows the fuse in both homes they've tried.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 108 days ago
Bought their 6.6L KitchenAid last year and loves it, finding it good quality, though it weighs over 15kg and is a struggle to move.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 109 days ago
Their Artisan was a true workhorse for 11-12 years, despite a grinding noise since new, until a bun dough made it smoke and overheat repeatedly.
Reddit · r/Appliances · 117 days ago
Their kMix bowl also stuck on the first use, and they regret buying it even at 44% of the list price.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 119 days ago
Their KSM70 got very hot in the motor when making a double batch of bagels, so they bought the 8 qt commercial.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 120 days ago
Their brand new Artisan Series mixer arrived with mild cosmetic damage and a dented metal bowl, disappointing for a $500 machine.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 125 days ago
Their new Artisan Plus in steel blue has an attachment knob that stays loose even after tightening, and it shook with the double scraper beater.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 126 days ago
Just got the new Artisan Plus in Cardamom with the Dew Drop bowl and the new pastry beater, and is so in love with it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 129 days ago
Their 5KSM150's paddle stops spinning under a normal load while the motor runs, likely the sacrificial gear.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 132 days ago
Bought a refurbished KSM55 bowl-lift in Agave and loves its power, making dough for 10 pizzas for pizza night; only drawback is no optional bowl sizes.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 132 days ago
Returned a bowl-lift they disliked and got the Artisan tilt-head instead, and has been very happy with it.
Reddit · r/BuyItForLife · 134 days ago
Bought a Kenwood Go for a small flat in France for about 200 euros a couple of years ago and is very happy with it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 135 days ago
Has an Artisan that has never done them wrong.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 135 days ago
Their candy apple Artisan has been a powerhouse for over a decade, only needing the brushes cleaned two or three times.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 136 days ago
Their roughly 10-year-old Artisan tilt-head had issues most of the year before giving up, so they replaced it with a Kenwood KMix rather than pay for repair.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 137 days ago
Their Artisan KSM150PSOB has become extremely loud on stir and speed 2, even after a full regrease.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 138 days ago
Switched from a 4.5 qt tilt-head to a 5.5 qt bowl-lift for lots of dough and calls it a gamechanger.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 139 days ago
Upgraded from a tilt-head to the 6.6 L bowl-lift for bagel and baguette dough kneading and it has worked great at speed 2.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 141 days ago
Their Sam's Club 5.5qt bowl-lift died within the first few uses from a bad circuit board fuse; KitchenAid support was poor until they messaged socials, then sent a replacement.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 144 days ago
Uses the 7-quart bowl-lift basically daily, making a double batch of sandwich bread weekly for a year and a quadruple batch of cookies without skipping a beat; calls it the best kitchen purchase they have made.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 144 days ago
Bought a refurbished 7-quart bowl-lift that worked for about three minutes then stopped and would not turn back on, so they returned it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 145 days ago
Still uses their Artisan of 10+ years alongside a newer 7 qt and feels it was built better than today's mixers.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 154 days ago
Loves their 5.5qt bowl-lift for taking larger bowls and having a powerful motor, noting that dough should be kneaded on speed 1-2 and may shut off after 10 minutes.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 154 days ago
Loves their bowl-lift KitchenAid, bought for $299 on Black Friday.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 159 days ago
New Artisan arrived with a chipped housing from the bowl edge hitting the body in transit, and the paint finish did not feel like a 600 euro mixer, so they are returning it.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 159 days ago
Their KitchenAid came with scratches and chips twice and they returned both; a store unit had minor scratches too, so they kept it and think quality control needs work.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 159 days ago
Their roughly 25-year-old Artisan tilt-head suddenly won't power on at all after a basic cookie dough.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 170 days ago
Their silver Artisan was flawless for 8-9 years, but the new pink Artisan bought five months ago feels cheaper and its paddle keeps falling off mid-mix.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 170 days ago
Has used their newer Artisan for about three years and the paddle has never fallen off, though their old one felt more like a tank.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 171 days ago
Even dough for half a dozen sourdough bagels was killing their Artisan tilt-head, so they upgraded to an 8-qt Professional.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 171 days ago
Just bought their first KitchenAid, the Classic 4.5 qt, and absolutely loves it, though it's heavy to move around the counter.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 172 days ago
Their month-old 5-qt Artisan clicks with the dough hook or thick mixtures, moves around and sometimes changes speed on its own.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 177 days ago
Their new Artisan kneading dough on the lowest speed sounded loud and was warm to hot to the touch after 15 minutes.
Reddit · r/Cooking · 178 days ago
After kneading bread dough in their kMix the dough hook looked bent around the collar, the housing near the socket looked cracked, and there were shiny metallic particles around the socket. They stopped using it and worry about metal shavings in the dough.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 183 days ago
Their old 6-qt bowl-lift overheated on large bread batches; the 7-qt they got last year has had no issues and is much quieter.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 186 days ago
Bought the Artisan Plus after a discount made it only about $90 more than the regular Artisan. Felt the light, double flex edge beater, stainless accessories and speed upgrades were well worth it, though harder to justify at full price.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 186 days ago
Has made bread in their Artisan weekly for 14 years, two loaves at a time, without any problems.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 186 days ago
Uses their Artisan weekly for double batches of bread dough with no issues beyond the head getting warm.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 187 days ago
Their newly bought Artisan started making a lot of noise kneading a stiff bread dough, so they stopped it mid-knead.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 187 days ago
Borrowing their mom's Classic for bread, it made weird noises, got very hot and sometimes smelled of burning with the dough hook.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 188 days ago
First time using their new 7-qt KSM70 on croissant dough, it sounded like it was struggling a bit when turned up to speed 5.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 188 days ago
Their 7-qt sounded the same out of the box; it's much quieter than their old 5 qt HD but has a high-pitched whine under load.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 188 days ago
Their brand new Artisan made two very good pizza doughs, then started making a worrying noise while running.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 188 days ago
Their newly arrived Artisan runs reasonably at low speed but makes a clicking noise at higher speeds.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 189 days ago
The Artisan Plus arrived as a Mother's Day gift and wouldn't turn on to mix; the bowl light worked but the mixer wouldn't run.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 192 days ago
Glad they bought a Classic in 2019; it's still running.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 195 days ago
The flat beater on their new 6.6 L bowl-lift collides with and scratches the bowl at speeds 8-10.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 197 days ago
Has had their KitchenAid Artisan for more than 10 years without ever giving it a tune-up.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 198 days ago
Their brand new Artisan keeps dropping black grease into dough five or six batches in, so they're sending it back.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 198 days ago
Their wife's refurbished KSM150 Artisan, about three years old, won't turn on at all after sitting unused.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 203 days ago
Their refurbished Artisan moves around a lot when making bread compared with their other Artisan.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 204 days ago
Has had a certified refurbished 6 qt bought on eBay for five years, making bread or pizza weekly with no issues.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 204 days ago
Loves their refurbished tilt-head mixer, which came with a one-year warranty and no cosmetic damage, and says an aunt loves a refurbished lift-bowl one too.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · 205 days ago
Has used a refurbished Professional 5 Plus extensively for 20 years, though pasta dough was brutal on it, and is upgrading to a refurbished Commercial.