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Kitchenaid Artisan Stand Mixers: The Best 5 Quart Stand Mixers for the Home Cook

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If your mum or grandma loved to bake, there is every chance that they had a KitchenAid mixer sitting on their kitchen bench top. I know my mum did, it was large, heavy and beautifully designed. So when I went looking for a new stand mixer to replace mum’s old hand-me-down, I naturally checked out the KitchenAid Artisan range to see if they were still as good looking and functional as their old style mixers.

Looking through their online range, it was easy to see that Kitchenaid had not lost their ability to create iconic designs with their Artisan series of bench-top stand mixers. They have gorgeous retro looks and come in a stunning array of colors to match any kitchen decor. Yes, I know it’s only a mixer, but why buy some drab looking white-goods, when you can have, design & function wise, the “Apple Mac” of bench-top mixers.

What Others are Saying About the Artisan Series 5 Quart Stand Mixer …

While researching the Kitchen Aid mixer, I literally skimmed through a few hundred reviews. Several main points stood out, points that were repeated over and over by owners of the KitchenAid 5 Quart Stand Mixer.

  • The longevity of the KitchenAid mixer. So many owners spoke of using the same KitchenAid stand mixer for 10, 20, or more years. Many had been handed down the mixer from their mum or grandmother, and only upgraded to a new mixer when they handed down their current one to their kids.
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The KitchenAid Stand Mixer – How it Came to Be the Cooks Friend

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Ask any home cook what would they consider to be their most indispensable kitchen appliance, and the reply most likely will be their KitchenAid stand mixer. And rightly so! Prior to the invention of the stand mixer, the mixing of cookie or cake batter, bread dough, egg foam etc. was all done laboriously by hand. Today, with the help of a KitchenAid Artisan 5 quart stand mixer, any cook, whether professional or amateur, using a stand mixer can make a wide range of delicious recipes, including fresh baked bread, pizza dough and meatloaf, meringue, cookies and much more, effortlessly and quickly.

The Original Stand Mixer

The idea for a stand mixer came about in 1908, after an engineer named Herbert Johnston watched a baker struggling to mix a large amount of bread dough using an iron paddle, the accepted method of the time.

Johnston, who worked for the Hobart Manufacturing Company, which since the early 1900’s had been manufacturing commercial electrical appliances for the grinding of foodstuffs such as coffee and peanuts.

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KitchenAid Stand Mixer Attachment Reviews – Ice Cream, Pasta and More

KitchenAid Stand Mixer Attachment Reviews - Ice Cream, Pasta and More

The KitchenAid Stand Mixer is not just for mixing cake batter. It does that beautifully, of course, but there’s so much more your mixer can do that it would be a shame not to use it to its fullest.

KitchenAid stand mixers have a variety of attachments and tools that make it a joy to cook and bake for your family. Not only are these KitchenAid attachments affordable, but they can make your stand mixer more versatile. Who would have thought that your basic stand mixer could also grind, slice, shred and even make ice cream?

The Food Grinder Attachment For KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer

Have you been thinking of buying a standalone grinder? There’s no need to purchase one, as long as you have a KitchenAid Stand Mixer. With the KitchenAid Food Grinder Attachment, you can grind your own meats, fruits, vegetables, bread and hard cheeses.

Note: Despite the KitchenAid website saying that the ice cream attachment will work with all models, the US version of the ice cream attachment will not work with KitchenAid mixers made for the European or Australian/NZ market. To meet European and Australian safety standards, these non-US versions have a special safety ring and pin where you attach the drive assembly and dasher. The US ice cream attachment is designed to fit straight onto mixers with no safety ring.

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