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wicked · Coach

Kitchen Aid Mixers?

ILoveChoo · Hermes

yes yes yes!
I love my kitchen aid. I seriously use it for everything. You can whip cream, knead dough, make cookies in like 3 minutes flat, make dips, etc. And with my grinder attachment I use it to make my own ground chicken which is sooooo good and way cheaper than buying it preground (plus, I see exactly what goes in it- including how much fat)

-- Edited by ILoveChoo at 16:25, 2006-05-22

Cortney1982 · Chanel

I enjoyed using them in cooking classes. I'm planning on getting one after my kitchen remodel since I think my ovens temperature is innacurate. It's so much better using them for making bread since kneading with hands is terrible, plus I would like to try homemade pasta.

lilyann · Dooney & Bourke

Yes, I think they are very worth it for what I use it for. I bake alot and there is no comparison to the cakes that I can make mixing with a hand mixer and what I get from my Kitchenaid. The Kitchenaid incorporates more air and you get a nicer, fluffier, and more tender crumb to the cake. I also do a german dish, very similar to Russian Piroghe Sp? called Beerocks. It has a potato dough that is wrapped around a beef and cabbage filling, and the dough used to take me so long to mix up before I got the mixer. I could not live without mine at this point.

dot · Marc Jacobs

i love mine. it's a godsend around xmas time when i get cookie crazy.

asking if you need one is a no brainer.. answer is OF COURSE.. hard part is picking a color.

wicked · Coach

Thanks for the responses everyone! I've been researching all week, it turns out if I use my points I have to use the equivalent of $350. worth of them. The mixers only retail for $270 so i'm going to just buy one. After reading your posts I definitely "need" one, I didn't realize how versatile they were.

Amazon has some for $210, but only certain colors and the color seems to change everyday. Today at Wal-Mart they had the 4.5 quart marked down for just $130, but it only came in white and the bowl on the 4.5 qt doesn't have a handle.

Anyhoo, I really want the 5 qt so i'm going to stalk Amazon until I see the color I want on sale and then go for it!

mikacat · Coach

wicked wrote:

Thanks for the responses everyone! I've been researching all week, it turns out if I use my points I have to use the equivalent of $350. worth of them. The mixers only retail for $270 so i'm going to just buy one. After reading your posts I definitely "need" one, I didn't realize how versatile they were. Amazon has some for $210, but only certain colors and the color seems to change everyday. Today at Wal-Mart they had the 4.5 quart marked down for just $130, but it only came in white and the bowl on the 4.5 qt doesn't have a handle. Anyhoo, I really want the 5 qt so i'm going to stalk Amazon until I see the color I want on sale and then go for it!

good for you for researching so much--the prices truly vary.

I can't believe walmart has one for $130--THAT IS A DEAL

mirbear · BCBG

Yes, love them. I have a white one my mom gave me for my b-day. I think I need a new one in one of their brights. They are great. You can do a lot with them! You can buy new attachments to do more stuff like make pasta, make sausage..whatever.

NCshopper · Hermes

You need one. They rock. Enough said.

kittenheels · Coach

Congratulations! I love mine - though I mostly use it for whipped cream :)