Which stand mixer for making pizza dough?

[DancingQueen85]

Can anyone recommend a stand mixer which makes good pizza dough? I think we've narrowed it down to the KitchenAid 6.9L Artisan Stand Mixer or the Kenwood kMix KMX750 Stand Mixer but there is a huge difference in price! Is the KitchenAid worth it? We will use it for other things I'm sure but our priority is a machine which makes excellent pizza dough.

I've got a Kitchenaid and it's my pride and joy. It is great at kneading dough but I also use it a lot to make cakes, biscuits etc. I would say though that it's a massive investment (especially the 6.9l one) if you're only using it for dough - unless you're planning on making a lot of pizza every day. Would a smaller bowl do or do you need one that big and industrious?

My friends have Kenwoods and rate them very highly but I always had my heart set on a Kitchenaid (more for the aesthetics!) so didn't consider it. I think you pay a premium for the look of a Kitchenaid so Kenwoods being cheaper doesn't (from my friends' feedback) doesn't mean they're a lesser product.

I use my bread machine as it rises the dough!

I’ve been told the Kenwood can do more. So it just depends really on what attachments you need.

@minniemomo

I use my bread machine as it rises the dough!

The yeast rises the dough. The bread maker provides a sensible temperature for it. If you can recognise a warm place when you see one, that is also good for providing the right temperature.

As long as the mixer has a strong enough motor and larger enough bowl for mixing, it really does just come down to looks I think. I have a cheap mixer and it can make a 1kg loaf but not a 1.5kg one. So I just stick to smaller loaves, and when it breaks down I’ll buy a fancy one then. DH uses a cheap bread maker for pizza dough though. Mainly because we were bought one as a wedding present, never made bread but he got into making pizzas.

We’ve had a kitchenaid for about 10 years and have used it loads for pizza dough, bread and cakes. Also got the pasta attachment. I know they are £££ but we’ve got so much use out of ours

The kmix is the cheaper/smaller version of the Kenwood, that is why the price difference is so huge.

Can't help with either of those, but I've just bought a Kenwood titanium major and it is absolutely blooming incredible. Made the best pizza dough I've ever made, and if you ever make cakes etc, the silicon sided beater is a game changer.

The kenwood Chef is the comparable one, really, though the K mix is very good. All good for dough. The key is not to get a weedy motor, so I’d avoid any of the cheap ones!

I have the kmix but I think they're both the same. They do the same thing. You can also make dough in a bread machine, and prove it if you want too.

I do mine in kitchen aid, which i have to remove and rise or my bread machine which does it ready to use.

Thanks for all the advice. I hadn't come across the Kenwood titanium major, so that is now on the list. We'd thought of the Kmix as a cheaper alternative but the kitchen aid gets such good reviews it's very tempting but also very expensive!

I have a kenwood chef and use it a minimum of once a week, mostly for pizza dough and salsas/dipping sauces (using the multi mill attachment). It's one of the best things I've ever bought and was 100% worth the expense.