Which Food Mixer?
Discussion
21TonyK said:
for home use theres not a lot to choose between the kitchenaid and kenwood.
Yep. 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. We've been running a kitchenaid for the past 10 years (gets used at least 4-5 times a week), and it's been faultless. On the other hand, my mother has a 40 year old Kenwood which is also still going strong...
Just get whatever you like the look of more.
Got a Kenwood Chef titanium as a wedding present and love it. Can't remember which came with it and which we got as extras but in total we've got beater, whisk, dough hook, blender, food processer, spice grinder, mincer, pasta maker and probably one or two other bits I can't remember.
I use it a lot for bread, do the first rise in the bowl and knock it back with the dough hook so the dough never even touches the worktop, hence a lot let mess and therefore I make a lot more bread. Pasta extruder gets a lot of use, blender is great for milkshakes, and I've noticed the Mrs makes more cakes since we've had it
Not had a go with the mincer yet but it comes with a sausage stuffer which I plan to have a good play with.
Interesting John Lewis were about the cheapest place selling them and they come with a longer warranty than most other places.
I use it a lot for bread, do the first rise in the bowl and knock it back with the dough hook so the dough never even touches the worktop, hence a lot let mess and therefore I make a lot more bread. Pasta extruder gets a lot of use, blender is great for milkshakes, and I've noticed the Mrs makes more cakes since we've had it
Not had a go with the mincer yet but it comes with a sausage stuffer which I plan to have a good play with.Interesting John Lewis were about the cheapest place selling them and they come with a longer warranty than most other places.
It's got to be the KitchenAid for me (I have one in Candy Apple Red)... I love the timeless design and the fact there's probably a colour to match your kitchen. I think the Kenwood one is probably better value and just as useful as an actual mixer, but the KithenAid is more like an ornament that you can also use...
...the problem is that soon you'll also want th emathcing kettle, toaster, hand blender....!
...the problem is that soon you'll also want th emathcing kettle, toaster, hand blender....!
I assume this is a reasonable model?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenwood-Classic-KM336-Glos...
I need one to try out Macroons as I think the hand held mixer we have will put too many air bubbles in the cookie when whisking the egg whites.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenwood-Classic-KM336-Glos...
I need one to try out Macroons as I think the hand held mixer we have will put too many air bubbles in the cookie when whisking the egg whites.
Check which accessories you might want with the Kenwoods, they do three different speeds of attachment, the titanium has all 3 driver points, that lone looks to have 2, so some stuff won't be available for it, but they may well be things you don't want anyway. (eg mincer and pasta extruder go on the slow one, food processor on medium and blender and spice grinder on high speed drive)
Kenwoods website should show you what attachments are available for each model
Kenwoods website should show you what attachments are available for each model
This is a game-changer for the home market. It has a powerful direct drive motor and is beautifully made.
It makes short work of most mixing tasks.
http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/dualit...
It makes short work of most mixing tasks.
http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/dualit...
Pferdestarke said:
This is a game-changer for the home market. It has a powerful direct drive motor and is beautifully made.
It makes short work of most mixing tasks.
http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/dualit...
Only another £90 for a Chef that does a shed load more though http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/search...It makes short work of most mixing tasks.
http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/dualit...
We got the Kenwood K-mix along with the matching stuff in the offer they had a while back.
So far it's been great. Cakes definitely improved and the Mrs is pretty good with cakes anyway.
Particularly like the creaming beater with the wipers which pick up everything off the bowl.
Made the bikers fudgy walnut cake earlier and it's definitely improved the result especially on the butter cream.
But suspect not much to choose between them if like us you are not bothered about attachments eg mincer etc.
So far it's been great. Cakes definitely improved and the Mrs is pretty good with cakes anyway.
Particularly like the creaming beater with the wipers which pick up everything off the bowl.
Made the bikers fudgy walnut cake earlier and it's definitely improved the result especially on the butter cream.
But suspect not much to choose between them if like us you are not bothered about attachments eg mincer etc.
RizzoTheRat said:
Pferdestarke said:
This is a game-changer for the home market. It has a powerful direct drive motor and is beautifully made.
It makes short work of most mixing tasks.
http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/dualit...
Only another £90 for a Chef that does a shed load more though http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/search...It makes short work of most mixing tasks.
http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/dualit...
That's an awful lot of paid kitchen help at £10/hour.
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