Talk to me about kitchenaids.....

[louby78]

I have wanted one for so long but just no room in our little terrace house BUT...we are soon to be moving to a bigger house with a lush kitchen which just is crying out for a KA!! I love baking but want to know have I just been seduced by seeing all the celebrity chefs use them and is it just about the looks? I'm clearing out my house for the move and ebaying a load of stuff and plan to splash out on one with the proceeds. So tell me are they really worth it???????

I have realised that I actually have a kenwood Chef which is much cheaper I think.

I daren't ask for a pic of a Kenwood Chef - we might get a genital wart.

Kenwood chefs are functionally much the same but not as pretty (starting from the wart, I guess that's not saying much, but still)

I chose a Kenwood chef firstly because it was cheaper but also I have a Kenwood food processor that I have been using for 15 years. My grandma also had a Kenwood mixer that she used for about 40 years I think.

But yes they are probably not as pretty, but I love mine.

I have a K mix which I love - and it is very pretty!

PS Is it wrong that I only found this through the link from the boil thread?!

Either would be fine by me. As long as the leaflets instruction booklet was not in fact a selection of close up boil shots.

I love mine more than DH and have the icecream maker too - we use the creamy vanilla bitty ready made custard from M&S, warm it through add out chosen flavour and hey presto ice cream. I tend to make to order so if the kids want strawberry I make it up and they get it straight from machine to bowl. Our local KA pimp supplier has shown me a pasta attachment that makes tube pasta Now I need it!

Don't ever buy a Kitchenaid at full price on the high street.

Have a look on commercial catering equipment websites as they are often cheaper there. Try Russums or Nisbets. Search the internet for other online sellers too. I have found prices do vary very widely.

Hubby just cant understand why I have tears running down my face about this thread.

We have a Kenwood Patissier. You can't add any attachments to it but it's just as pretty as a Kitchenaid. We borrowed my Mum's full blown Kenwood Chef which has all the attachments but in 6 months we only ever used the mixer so the Patissier is perfect for us.

A fraction of the price of a Kitchenaid, we got ours for under £100 on Amazon. Ours is red.

We use it about 2-3 times a week, for baking, making pizza dough & bread mainly.

ur local KA pimp supplier has shown me a pasta attachment that makes tube pasta Now I need it!

eek i read this as penis attachment

my brain

My KA is in daily use. I have been known to stroke it.

My imagination is failing to come up with links between warts and food mixers. I'm afraid to go to the boil thread. Fill me in please?

I love my KA and my DDDDH has just bought me the beautiful glass bowl for it. It is in use daily and I couldn't (or wouldn't) do anywhere near as much baking as I do if I didn't have one. Agree with choosing the colour carefully....mine is the ice blue and I love it.

Does anyone have a replacement flat beater for their KA (like this)? - the paint is coming off my original one

I cook/bake daily, often more than once so a Ka would be perfect for me. But I can't ever have one now as all I will think about is boils!

:)

I also love mine. It makes short work of fabulous xmas cakes, so obviously you will need one soon to make them. Mine is the almond colour, so very retro.

The boil thread photos got an AWFUL lot worse.

But back to baking. As you were, ladies!

do they do one in puss colour?

Oh dear I think I need to lie down now. The only thing that will make up for it is someone buys me a kitchen aid . . . .

I went on the boil thread. Oh God. Will not be able to look at Dijon mustard from now on .