Kenwood Chef - Fun and Practical

YORKSHIRELASS

peachyprice wrote: »

Something along the lines of "Hey Mum, I'm thinking of buying a Kenwood mixer, as they're so expensive can I borrow yours for a couple of weeks to make sure I can get along with it before I buy one". Hopefully she's say, "Take it love, I never use it anyway"

Thank you x And wahey she has given me her very old A701 mixer! It seems to work OK but the dough hook is missing. It is absolutely filthy from being in the back of Mums utility room cupboard so I need to clean it properly and test it tomorrow. I can pick a dough hook up for about £15 delivered so I am very excited.

The deal is that Mum and I are going to swap. I am going to give her my little food processor in exchange for the Kenwood - assuming it works OK. Hers isnt as pretty as the new ones but hey if it works I am not complaining.

Now I just need to work out what to do with it!!!

winniepooh

Hi YL. Im so pleased youve got it. I had to get a new dough hook too. When I rang the kenwood restore place up the chap on the phone said that in his opinion the older ones were the best. Something to do with the motor.

littlesnuggy

Can someone who's been looking at these on eBay give me some advice please as I've got an A901 model that I was given to sell on - it seems to work ok mechanically but the arm is jammed/ doesn't lift up so will need some attention (and I will make this very clear in the listing and reflect it in starting price).

Question is, do you think I'd get much less for it if I didn't include the bowl? I'm thinking of keeping the bowl as a spare for mine as it fits. I don't need spare K-beater/whisk/dough hook so would include those.

I could always just buy a spare bowl if I thought I needed it in the future though, and might it put buyers off if it's not included?

YORKSHIRELASS

littlesnuggy wrote: »

Can someone who's been looking at these on eBay give me some advice please as I've got an A901 model that I was given to sell on - it seems to work ok mechanically but the arm is jammed/ doesn't lift up so will need some attention (and I will make this very clear in the listing and reflect it in starting price).

Question is, do you think I'd get much less for it if I didn't include the bowl? I'm thinking of keeping the bowl as a spare for mine as it fits. I don't need spare K-beater/whisk/dough hook so would include those.

I could always just buy a spare bowl if I thought I needed it in the future though, and might it put buyers off if it's not included?

Not having the bowl wouldnt bother me at all. You can pick up spares fairly cheaply. The bowl on the one I have just acquired from Mum has gone yellowish with age and I am quite tempted to buy a nice new white one.

maddiemay

I have a 60 year old Kenwood A701, which I am thinking of Freegling without the bowl, as it will fit my shiny new KM010. The old bowl is a bit yellow and has been for years but it is perfectly fine. I can offer a liquidiser with the old one, so think that might make it useful for someone to have I did think about having my old one restored, but decided to treat myself to a new one and got a good deal on A*azon with a food processor and liquidiser included. I love it, and there is room for it to stay on worktop so I use it a lot, even to whip cream for just two people, it takes seconds to wash the bowl and whisk.

Nicki

If there were two listed on ebay, one with a bowl and one without, I would bid on the one that had the bowl I am afraid, and would bid low on one that didn't if that was the only one listed. It just adds to the hassle value, and different models have different sized bowls so it could be trickier than you think to pick one up and be sure in advance it was going to fit your machine. The major bowls for example don't fit the chefs.

winniepooh

Can anyone help?

Ive whisked egg whites in my chef fir the first time today and they just wouldnt firm up at all.

What speed do you use? How long does it take?

Nicki

winniepooh wrote: »

Can anyone help?

Ive whisked egg whites in my chef fir the first time today and they just wouldnt firm up at all.

What speed do you use? How long does it take?

Medium to high and it should only take 2-3 minutes. My guess is that when you separated the eggs a tiny amount of yolk ended up in with the whites, or that the bowl had a little grease or something in it when you put the whites in. If so, there is nothing you can do sadly except start again with new whites.

winniepooh

I ended up using my hand held whisk and it took a few minutes. Think I was on speed four. Maybe its too low

Rossy2692

winniepooh wrote: »

I ended up using my hand held whisk and it took a few minutes. Think I was on speed four. Maybe its too low

You have to make sure your bowl is REALLY clean, free from ANYTHING, i have made meriangue many times and never had a disaster, hope this helps