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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.

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.