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.