Stand Mixers for Busy Kitchens

Many today’s cooks often prepare a dozen doughnuts or batch of bread on the occasional holiday, and in those situations, mixing or kneading the hard way goes with the “specialness” of home baked sweets. For cooks who habitually bake, unfortunately, that step of food preparation can be more toil than celebration. If you happen to be one of the aforementioned busy cooks, your busy kitchen should incorporate a dependable stand mixer. We have selected three especially well-made appliances for you to contemplate.

The KitchenAid Artisan Series stand mixer has long been the appliance the majority of customers imagine each time they talk about stand mixers. KitchenAid has been making some incarnation of this mixer for generations, and it might have the best stand mixer in stores today. KitchenAid’s 5 quart bowl and substantial motor make it ideal for double batches, and the 10 adjustable speeds and three attachments mean that you benefit from a wide variety of functions to work with. This Kitchenaid Artisan incorporates a splash guard and a tube for pouring in ingredients, so that KitchenAid’s mixer is also a convenient mixer to cook with. The KitchenAid Artisan series mixers cost about $285, and are available in a dazzling array of colors, therefore you may purchase the best mixer sold today in your favorite color, as well.

Hamilton Beach also makes a top quality stand mixer designated as the Eclectrics 63221. While this model must manage without KitchenAid’s reputation, it still offers quite a few convenient attachments. The 4.5 quart bowl is slightly smaller, but it offers the same attachments and it’s own splatter shield with pour spout. This machine can be purchased in six colors, and is noticeably lighter than the KitchenAid model, so it has an interesting habit of “walking” across the tabletop when mixing a especially heavy bowlful of dough. All things considered, though, Hamilton Beach offers a very well-made stand mixer for about $180.

Cuisinart is also a brand with a long reputation of marketing reliable machines, and the heavy-duty Cuisinart SM-55 is going to keep this company’s reputation clean. This powerful mixer is lightweight enough to be picked up without much effort, but stable enough to ensure that your mixer will not do a bread dough polka. Cuisinart’s model uses the usual whisk, dough hook and paddle utensils and also a splash guard in keeping with our other two models. One thing Cuisinart has which makes this appliance very special is the timer.

You could actually program that timer and walk along to attend to another job, and the machine will turn off as soon as the job is finished. The motor has a rather charitable 5-year warranty, and you will find a large variety of attachments which can be bought separately, to include a pasta maker and a meat grinder. The Cuisinart SM-55 is offered in black, white and brushed chrome, and will run you about $250.

If you are dedicated to cooking, but prefer to perform your upper-body routine somewhere besides your kitchen, one of these mixers will probably meet your requirements.

Khetani Raza operates an Small Appliance Review website that informs his readers about the different styles of Zojirushi Rice Cooker available.