food mixer?

flea72

McShaw wrote:

I don't think it is a poor man's Kitchenaid

it is, in that if you had more money than sense, you would go for the kitchen aid, as it looks more stylish sitting on your worktop

Flea

Pink.

Hi Tondella,

These older threads might help you:

Do I need a food processor? for baking

Food Mixer/Processor/kenwood chef

Pink

Tondella

do all kenwood chefs have the planetary mixing action? I'm looking on ebay but none of the listings specifically mention this?

Thistle-down

Yes, all Kenwood Chefs have the planetary mixing.

~Lynn

ostrichnomore_2

funny you would sing all their praises like that, especially as you obviously work for a company that sells/restores them. If you are going to be a spammer, you'll have to learn to bit just a tad more subtle about it! lol. Spammer reported.

purpledonkey

Tondella I know how you feel, I've had a K-Mix for a month now. I wanted it for ages but now I have it I haven't had much cause to use it yet. Unless you regularly make large quantities, a hand mixer will cover all bases really. I'm between contracts at the moment and for my last job I used to make between 100-200 baked items a week and large celebration cakes for work members (could've done with it then!) but now it seems silly (and I feel like I'm cheating as weird as that sounds) to use it for a batch of 12 cupcakes. Though I will say something it does make buttercream light and fluffy. So I would ask, how much do you think you'll use it and what you would use it for predominantly? Hope that helps!

arroli

I bought a hand mixer for £5.50 from Sainsburys,,,adequate for creaming butter and sugar for cakes etc, whipping up egg whites for meringue, all you need is a decent mixing bowl

marmitepotato

Love my Kenwood Kmix, I haven't bought a loaf of bread since I've had it. As my Kenny makes excellent bread. I don't use it daily but I do use it a lot. It was a very good purchase for me. Why don't you start off with a cheap hand held electric mixer and see how you get on. If you like it you can upgrade, if you don't like it you haven't wasted too much money.

bmw62

I have a cheap hand mixer from Argos which cost me around a fiver 8 years ago. It is great for everything you would want it for.

I also have a KitchenAid Artisan Mixer, which looks beautiful in my kitchen but doesn't get the same level of use as the hand mixer.

peachyprice

I think Tondella made her mixer decison way back in 2006