Ladies & Gents it pays to buy Kitchenaid

My refurbished Kitchenaid Martha Stewart mixer broke down two months after I got it and they sent me another Professional Mixer and bumped it up to the more expensive one.

I say that is a damn good deal and they stand behind their products.

My folks had a KA dishwasher for 30 years and were disappointed that it broke. Go figure. They used it every single day.


I've had my top of the line KA dishwasher for 10 years now, but I only use it once a week. My KA mixer is nice too, but I don't use it much.

You can drop them and they still turn on.

30 years is a long time I bet that dishwasher is still better then the ones they have out today.

I have a pretty red professional mixer that is working fine now. It will probably break the day before the warranty runs out.

got as a wedding gift 39 years ago. It still works, came with three bowls, and 3 different blades, and guess what? It's never needed to be repaired. Sure it's ugly as all getout (olive green), but it's made 39 batches of Christmas cookies...I just can't buy into the KitchenAid price. And people tell me I am an excellent cook...even without the fancy trimmings. :)

I had to have a mixer that you can mix dough in so I got one used off of ebay and I flipped out when the motor burned out a few weeks back.
You have a good mixer and they don't make them like that anymore.

out of my price range. :7

Where ya been? I haven't had a chance to make grandmother jokes lately! :hi:

and popped in for a bit last night. It's been just crazy here at casa Grumpy. Good to see you!...I think...:7

It was expensive but worth it. I have a KitchenAid washer that's
taken more abuse in the last 11 years than I care to remember. And
still it runs like a dream. Mostly made in America I believe.

The plant is not in the states anymore and the parts are shit.

They break down all of the time at Culinary College and it's not from dropping them because the motor goes on all of them.

...Martha had been using it to shred confidential shareholder memos, so the moter was pretty worn by the time you got it.

I'm glad you got eventual satisfaction!

It looked like a 50's green that was almost clear. I don't know how to explain it and it was a disgusting green and I had to borrow the 200 bucks off of my Dad for it and he is a poor senior.

He bitched about the way it looked and said it looked like a piece of garbage. My Sister said that I told you so when it broke down.

They sent me another used one that I hope holds out until after I am done with School.

It works I am happy and it's a nice pretty red.

for a long time. The green is awful. The design is prehistoric.

If it was an old one I bet that it would still be working.

They sell crap to us these days and we put up with it.

The green was so damn ugly. How dare Martha Stewart approve such and ugly color.

:shrug:

It was that horrible green.

n/t

and is right on script with Rove's plan. She is a DEMOCRAT..hence she is being prosecuted for putting a 'put' order on her stock. She is also conveniently 'unable' to make donations to Democratic candidates while her finances are tied down.

The idea is: Think Martha not Kenny. We really don’t need the GOP play sheet here in DU.

I like her I didn't say that I didn't like her. She's OK in my book. She is a bitch just like I am.

Have had two (why oh why did I get another?) that didn't last. Now am happy with Whirlpool AND they are made in USA - may be the only ones that are, now.

That's what Kitchenaid told me.

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and were very good. I won’t use them now. They are clunky and often stall. The 300 watt 4.5 qt mixer will not turn dough well and its spade design toughens puff pastry. The 530 watt mixer works quite well but why should a home kitchen have such a beast, at 375 dollars?

I have a Kitchenaid "Ultimacook" Micro/convection oven and after 2 replacements I can now use it but the carrousel still grinds. I have a Kitchenaid Superba oven that will go into a grounding error mode if the oven and stove top are used at the same time. It has been replaced once. I have Kenmore Elite built in convection oven that has never missed a beat. I have a Kenmore Elite dishwasher and refrigerator that have never been a problem. I have a Kenmore front loader laundry set that work beautifully. All of these items were purchased a year ago. I will never buy a Kitchenaid product again. I still have to get the range replaced..a second time.

I bought a full set of the Kitchenaid silicone utensils. They suck. I do like my Kitchenaid dish towels though.

It cost me $200.00 and that included an extra bowl and the shipping was included.

it was 365 in Bed bath and beyond yesterday when I looked. I cannot remember that thing under 300 in years. The 4.5 qt is 195 today.

With a power drill motor!!!! I got a 24 volt DeWalt cordless hammer drill that I hardly use. Was gonna use the motor for an RC car (the motor turns at 2000 RPMs wouldn't need much gearing to make a fast car). The only problem would be any mixer powered by this motor would need to be bolted to the couter top, in a drill the motor has wrist breaking torque. Should have no problems with bread dough.

I hook up anywhere from 4 to 6 mixers and I go to town. I get my shit done faster then anyone at the College because I take up all the room. (Just kidding)

I TA and I do other things on the side for the teacher but when all of the machines are going the heavy tables start to move.

I have always found 1 mixer sufficient. I only cook for two people, maybe that is it. I suppose if I was cooking for a big bash..but then again I have done that and usually try to avoid baking in mass quantities.

I use a DeLonghi mixer. It is pretty and powerful.

You get the dough done and you take the bowls off of the mixer and you put them in the proof box and it home free from there on out.

I love baking bread.

but I proof my stuff out of the bowl on parchment paper. I let the poolish rise in a bowl on occasion. I have a home made proof box and I don’t think I could get a bowl under it.

I just installed a stone liner in one of my ovens and I have steam rig in it. The bread is getting better and better...

and I suppose you could put a paint stirrer bit on it and bring it into the kitchen. I have a Porter cable 3/4 inch hammer drill..I imagine that would work too.

But I was schooled in Europe and am concerned that food be eatable....

In a proof box at School and on the counter at home.