Food Mixer/Processor/kenwood chef

Bright_Eyes_3 · 18 January 2006 at 7:37PM

Hi everyone
Looking for a high quality/high volume food mixer (cakes/meringues and dough mixing) that has bolt on processor i.e. slicer/shredder/grater along with other attachments.
For heavy duty home NOT professional use.

Willing to pay a few hundred £.

Looking at Kenwood KM001 and Kitchen Aid Artisan.

Anyone have any useful feedback on user friendliness/quality of either or any other options.

Ta muchly

P.S. What a great site this is. Martin for PM.

Nile · 19 January 2006 at 9:18AM

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[Deleted User] · 19 January 2006 at 10:09AM

I have the KM001

It really is a super, sturdy nice-looking machine. Very easy to clean and I particularly like the stainless steel attachments, steel bowl and 1000watt motor. I have the liquidiser and mincer/sausage attachment and have made my first sausages with no problems at all. There are three different spaces on the top for attachments needing different speeds. My last chef was bought 35 years ago and lasted over 25 years. It was only a basic one then with a 500watt motor. I must have made hundreds of loaves of bread in it plus at least 20 christmas cakes etc.

I have the dust cover and the machine sits on my worktop taking up very little room. I gave up my panasonic breadmaker (to my daughter) as tthe k001 takes up 2/3 of the space and is an all-round workhorse. I have made meringues and umpteen loaves of bread.

I wouldn`t swap it for anything else

leonie_2 · 19 January 2006 at 11:29AM

I too have the Kenwood Chef KM001 and its fab! I think it was worth the money for the buttermaking alone! I've used it for bread, pastry etc and its brilliant. I now have the food processor attachment and the pasta one, also the little food mill and im pleased with them all.

I have made two types of pasta in it this week, using the attachment and the family really enjoyed them, cant see me buying pasta anymore.

I have the mincer on order, can you tell I love the KC!

squeaky · 19 January 2006 at 11:38AM

Hiya

There are some older threads on Kenwoods that should be worth a read too:-

Kenwood chef or major
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=115636

Do I need a processor for baking
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=71841

Kenwood chef KM300
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=90778

Old Kenwood chef - good value?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=82108

seraphina · 19 January 2006 at 1:31PM

We just got the Kenwood KM001 as a wedding present. We debated long and hard about whether to go for the Kitchenaid or the Kenwood but in the end the Kenwood won out:
1) Kenwood motor is much more powerful
2) Heard loads of stories about 30 year old Kenwood Chefs still going strong
3) I did think the Kitchenaid was horribly overpriced for what it is - you pay for the brand.
4) Huge range of kenwood attachments - but this is true for the KA as well.

We've not had it long but it's been wonderful so far - meringues (sp?) gnocchi and mash potato, bread and pastry are some recent successes!

halloweenqueen_2 · 19 January 2006 at 1:43PM

Kenwood evey time for me, have the chef, the auto pro processor, wouldn't swap to any other make. Chrome kitchenaid processor is actually cheap looking silver plastic.
I got the kenwood auto pro from argos for £99.99 (very cheap).

halloweenqueen_2 · 19 January 2006 at 1:47PM

No its not the auto pro - changed my mind from that - but its stuck in my head! I got the kenwoods white metal processor (argos 422/5960) advertised at £129.99 but got it £30 cheaper. It has a 900watt motor, 3 l bowl capacity, metal whisk, citrus press, 2 reversible shredding &slicing discs, stainless steel blades, it also has bloddy good suckers on its feet - so it don't move!!

MickKnipfler · 19 January 2006 at 1:55PM

There's a KM001 on Ebay for £200. I was looking the other day

[Deleted User] · 19 January 2006 at 2:45PM

I got mine from here £239.99 brand new and no p+p

http://www.kenwoodchef.net/

leonie_2 · 19 January 2006 at 3:43PM

MickKnipfler wrote:

There's a KM001 on Ebay for £200. I was looking the other day

I would be very careful as these ones are A brand, ie they may be customer returns or have light damage to them. I read lots of the feedback and a few people havent been very happy with the article.

To be honest, i'd pay the extra £39 and get a brand new one, they are worth it (I think so anyway)

Got mine from the same place as Kittie and they seem a good site

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