do i want an old Kenwood chef?

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My dad has just offered me his wifes mothers old Kenwood chef. Apparently barely used and has lots of attachments. I said yes, and jumped up and down in excitement. Then DP kindly pointed out that it would be another piece of never used electronic crap to clutter up the cupboards.

He may have a point. We currently have a never used juicer, and his grans filthy old food processor, also never used.

I love cooking and am getting more and more into it, especially as dd gets older. So what can i actually use it for besides saving me severe forearm pain mixing the xmas cake by hand next year?

Convince me of its utility dear mumsnetters, so i can convince a cynical dp...

YES!

I have an ancient Kenwood Chef. It is by far, my most used piece of kitchen equipment and I only have the balloon whisk and a K beater. It makes great cakes because it creams the egg and butter much more efficiently than any other food mixer I've ever owned.

Yes!! I have my Mum's old kenwood after my Dad bought her a new non knwood one. I think she'd prefer the old one back!!

Sorry, for the quick reply I heard a child that should be in bed, hassling DH who is hoovering.
Turns out she's helping and all is sweetness and light. Yes you want the Kenwood they are seriously good machines, they last forever. My mum's must be 35 years old and she bakes a lot.
Mine was a wedding present and is a mere 21 year old baby.
They are really well built, we used to fill one to the brim day in day out at work to mass produce sponges for a cafe. Boss was far to skinflint to buy us even the professional model, but the ordinary domestic model worked fine.

Yes! I love mine and I'm a reluctant cook. Use mine for mixing everything, and the old ones are better than the new ones.

Yes you want it! I adore mine!

The old ones are built to last. Mine took a death dive off the top of the fridge freezer a while ago and survived without so much as a scratch.

i inherited my mil. used it once to whisk stuff ( eggs i think) but the whisk didnt seem to come close enough to the bowl. lots of stuff left untouched - i am doing something wrong? is it best for industrial quanties . its been in the cupboard since- feeling a bit guilty now....

Thank you all. I feel suitably justified in accepting now.

Yes!

Mum has one Kenwood Chef that was a wedding present in 1962, plus her MIL's that's about the same age. Both still make better cakes than the Kitchenaid and the K-Mix I've had in the past 15 years.

Yes yes yes.

My Dad uses his pretty much every day (as do I mine) and it is 36 years old. my grandmothers is even older.

(The egg whisking can be problematic - I take the bowl out of teh "restraints" - for want of better description- and tilt it on it's side then whisk. Clanks a bit but works)

Oooooooh yes, yes yes - and to make space suggest the granny's food processor can go to the op shop ;)

My KC is from my first marriage in 1986 and still going strong. I just wish it wasn't white and mission brown....

But will i not get really fat doing all this baking? It is a serious concern, cakes get eaten very fast around here by me as i have no self control Is it actually possible to use it in the creation of healthy food?

Yes, depending on your attachments. There are tonnes of em. Mincers, slicers, sausage makers, the liquidiser is fantastic too.

Yes, it will make making healthy food easier

I got my Kenwood Chefette for my eighth birthday and it's still going strong 40 years later.

Yes!
Get rid of the food processor (providing you get the liquidiser).