KitchenAid Artisan Tilt-Head Stand Mixer Reviews

Bought an Artisan hoping to use it for bread and pizza dough but found it unsuited to heavy dough and disappointing; still loves it for other things.

Their Artisan, bought as a gift two years ago, has gotten stuck and not spun since it was used twice.

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.

Their new Artisan, three or four weeks old, gave in on fairly tough wholemeal dough with the dough hook, likely stripping the sacrificial gear.

Their tilt-head mixer bucked when kneading and eventually snapped.

Their KitchenAid Artisan 5 qt died while making a particularly dense dough.

Says the tilt-head is horrible for kneading dough: it bounces around, the top gets hot, and they never had great luck.

The front attachment hub on their Artisan 5KSM185 stopped turning, though the mixer arm still works.

Their KSM150 Artisan, a 2024 wedding gift, spins for about 10 seconds and then blows the fuse in both homes they've tried.

Their 5KSM150's paddle stops spinning under a normal load while the motor runs, likely the sacrificial gear.

Their wife's refurbished KSM150 Artisan, about three years old, won't turn on at all after sitting unused.

Their new gift tilt-head clicks and bounces when mixing and struggles to reach the sides of the bowl, especially with dough.

Their tilt-head broke its internal gear after being used with a spiral dough hook, and they had to replace it.

Their Artisan started giving electric shocks to the touch while they were trying to bake bread.

Their tilt-head never stayed locked in whatever speed or attachment, so they had to hold it for 10-12 minutes of kneading before upgrading to a 7-qt bowl-lift.

Their current tilt head bobs up and down and will not stay locked when kneading dough.

Says the Artisan is not built for life if used for bread: under load it overheats, drips grease into dough and strips the plastic drive gear.

Has had two tilt-head mixers and says whenever you do bread dough or tough cookie dough the head shakes and the tilt lock comes undone, which gets annoying.

Their struggling Artisan sparked, popped and smoked when plugged back in after being reassembled.

Their Artisan head bounced and no longer locked into place when mixing dough, so they switched to an Ankarsrum.

Makes so much bread that they burned out their tilt-head mixer.

Their Artisan 5-qt head bobs violently and unlocks while mixing a single batch of cookie dough; the warranty replacement does exactly the same, so they are considering a bowl-lift.

Their Artisan recently broke, not spinning and making a sound.

Their Artisan beater head sits too low and at its lowest clearance won't lock in place.

Made lots of bread in their Artisan until it gave out one day making Christmas cookies; it was repaired but never quite the same.

Third Artisan in about fifteen years: burned through two doing a few pounds of sausage grinding or 5-6 cups of flour of dough, and the current one handles light jobs but heaves kneading small doughs.

Bought an Artisan in December 2021, used it about 10 times, and it died mixing butter for frosting; KitchenAid said out of warranty.

Their Artisan's motor would get stuck even mixing loose dough, and the bowl wouldn't lock in place right.

Burned out the motor of their entry-level Artisan after a while of making marshmallows as a hobby.

Just got their first Artisan and it is very apparent the motor cannot handle bagel dough.

Their five-year-old KitchenAid has a tilt-head pin that keeps coming out, and it cannot be tightened.

Had an Artisan with many issues: it felt flimsy, was not big enough, the beater hit the bowl edge, and the motor could not handle bread dough kneading.