Watt’s the Story with Those Power Ratings?
Different groups of people care about different things when they’re shopping for a stand mixer. Is power important to you? You might want to read this.
"Q&A" Posts
“When Was My Mixer Made?”
Here’s a page that you can use to decode your mixer’s date-coded serial number.
“Which Mixer Should I Get?”
I get that question pretty often. The short answer is… well, there is no short answer. Mostly, the question that’s really being asked is: Tilt-Head or Bowl-Lift? The tilt-head KitchenAid mixers are excellent all-around machines. For most folks buying their first KitchenAid mixer to do general baking and food prep (with attachments), this would be my recommendation. They can also knead bread, but you’ll find that with heavier dough and larger batches, the head torques around the hinge pin. (This… more →“Which Mixer Should I Get?”