KitchenAid Mixer - Professional 5 Plus Series Reviews

I'd have never dreamed that I would fall in love with a kitchen appliance, but this Kitchenaid Pro5 has hooked me.  Is there anything this machine can't do?  As if standard mixer projects done expertly and without stress weren't enough - they make attachments that will do anything and everything you need to do in a kitchen this side of a stove! The wire wisk makes the best whipped cream, cake frosting, or meringue ever!!

Even if you are not all that into baking, it does so much more than mixing up cakes and doughs. I particularly like the meat grinder attachment for healthy ground meat trimmed...

I have always wanted one of these and was fortunate enough to get one as a Christmas gift.  The person who bought it told me they almost went with a cheaper model, but in the end decided to "go with the pro."  I am so glad they did.  Let's be honest, a stand mixer that's this powerful is most likely overkill for a "hobby baker" like myself, but then again you never know when your mixer is going to need that extra "oomph" when mixing cookie or pizza dough or other bread recipes.  I have owned a bread machine for about ten years and was really fascinated by it during the first couple of years,...

     After years of watching my husband buy tool, after tool, he just had to have.  I finally got the tool I wanted and needed for my kitchen.  The KitchenAid Professional 5 Plus Series!  The number one tool in my kitchen.

     With a family of six, I needed to be doubling and tripling my batches of cookies.  And spending less time standing over a mixer for 2 to 3 minutes until smooth or blended well.  I now add ingredients and walk away to get other things done.  Like set table, check on children, or other food cooking, ect...

     This stand mixer comes with several attachments,is...

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