My KitchenAid Mixer

[70chevelle]

Re: My KitchenAid Mixer

I have both the KA and Electrolux. My (wifes) KA is about 15 years old and works fine, but is a little 'capacity' limited. She loves it for her chocolate chips cookies and mashed potatoes. I started making dough with the KA, then I went to my 10 cup Cuisenart with a dough blade and then decided that I needed bigger batches. My DLX is pretty much dedicated to dough. It works flawlessly, quietly, and has great capacity. My largest batch was just under 11#, and aside from managing the dough to keep it in the bowl, it works great. The speeds are relatively slow (40-150rpm, I believe) and it's amazing to watch the dough come together, but I don't have the ability to post video.

[Ken524]

Re: My KitchenAid Mixer

Elizabeth,

If your KA is 7 years old, I suspect you have the metal gearbox.

The plastic box was a short-lived, cost-saving blunder that caused Kichenaid to earn a huge black mark on their reputation.

I think it only lasted 2-3 model years.

[egalecki]

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Ozzy is a good solution...

My KA is loud too, I don't know what kind of gears she has, but I haven't managed to kill her yet and I've had her seven years. I named her Dinah. I never figured a mixer that size was gonna be quiet, somehow...

You know the trouble for me with the other choices? I can't get them in the pretty green color Dinah is.

[christo]

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There you go. Problem solved. Mischief managed.

I'll play ozzy when I make dough from now on!!!

Thanks!

Christo

[Les]

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Mine is not only loud, it gets pretty hot too. The manual says that's normal. I guess as long as it doesn't start smoking ....

Mine is working perfectly. In regard to noise, I think I went to one too many Black Sabbath concerts

Les...

[jerrycook]

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Mine is not only loud, it gets pretty hot too. The manual says that's normal. I guess as long as it doesn't start smoking ....

[Ken524]

Re: My KitchenAid Mixer

Christo,

After a year or so, I'm still very happy with my (metal gearbox) KA. Mine is also a bit loud.

[christo]

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We had a ton of Green points and traded them in on a KitchenAid Mixer with the metal gears.

I just ran some dough through it and it sounded good - but a little loud. I looked for the video that started this thread so I could compare, but alas, it's gone.

So far, the mixer is working great. But I'm having separation anxiety from the bread machine we've been using for dough making for so long....

Christo

[Dutchoven]

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Mine no longer likes to shut off thanks to so much dough making...have to unplug it so that it doesn't eat my hand when I try to remove the bowl and dough hook...scary sometimes when I forget...it ate a spatula that way once...spent 20 minutes making sure all the splinters were out of the dough
Dutch

[james]

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Mine made that whining noise on #2. Next to the lowest. I mix the dough and water on 1, wait 20 minutes, then mix on #2.

Wheeeeeeeee!

James

[BrianShaw]

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How fast are you guys running your mixers? I have the 5.5 qt KA mixer, and I always run the dough hook on the lowest speed.

I run mine at the "next to slowest" speed with dough hooks.

[gjbingham]

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Nice find Christo! Cool mixer!

[james]

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Good link. I've spoken with Jeff, and he's a real enthusiast -- he wants to (maybe already has) go pro. I have to take a look at his video again.
James

[Richard]

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The link to Jeff Varasano was extremely informative. He has clearly been working on perfecting his neoploitan dough recipe for quite some time. Well worth a read...quite long however.

This guy definitely needs a WFO.

[christo]

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Found this link again while surfing this morning

Jeff Varasano's NY Pizza Recipe

lower in the page it shows a link to a video with a DLX with scraper attachment in action.

Three Minute Pizza

Christo