KitchenAid Mixer - Professional 5 Plus Series Reviews

KitchenAid Professional 5 Plus Series Mixer

I would have to say it is a great product, I am a baker and this is my first stand mixer. It mixes everything from egg-whites, to stiff dough. It comes with a dough hook, a whisk, and a paddle, you can purchase other attachments separately. You  only have a 5 quart bowl unlike other stand mixers that have a 6 quart bowl. The mixer cleans up well east to assemble, the bowl can be raised up and down. the top mixer part of the mixer is fixed so you have to lower the bowl instead. This mixer has made my baking experience more fun, and a lot faster.

After years of coveting a KitchenAid, I finally tracked down a bargain I thought was too good to resist.  Although it still seems like a lot of money to pay for a mixer-- I'm not an every day, or even a once-a-week baker-- I haven't regretted the purchase.

 This can whip through a double batch of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe with no sweat-- a recipe that can certainly be mixed by hand, but by the time you were finished, felt like your wrist was going to snap, and that a hand mixer simply couldn't handle.

I got my Kitchenaid mixer for Christmas; I had been coveting one for years.  I love it!  I bake just so I can use it sometimes.  I've used all three mxing attachments, they all work beautifully.  The only negative is that sometimes ingredients get built up below the paddle, so I have to stop and scrape the bottom of the bowl so that everything is incorporated. 

I have one attachment for it so far - the slicer/grater.  It is awesome, slices and chops like a dream

I bought this mixer over two years ago from the Kitchaid website.  I got a refurbished one with a 6 month warranty.  The six months is long since past and my mixer gives no hint of giving up.  I make wedding cakes and cookies, so this appliance gets a good workout several times a week.  I love it!