Switching from 40 year old kenwood chef - nice deep motor noise needed

[WorkingHarder]

Hi,

I wondered if I could ask for advice about switching to a new mixer from my 40+ year old Kenwood chef?

We've tried buying the nearly identical new model which is the 1000W, KVC3100 Kenwood chef, but hit a stumbling block.

The old one made a nice deep grumbly noise when it ran, but the new one makes a high pitched noise like nails on a blackboard and it drives ASD DS potty.

Does anybody know of a modern mixer that makes a low grumbly noise like the old kenwood chef? The quieter the better. Preferably white with no screens.

DS is gluten intolerant and home schooled. We use the mixer at least daily or more often, so this is a major contribution to our life.

Thanks so much for your help.

We had to retired the old kenwood chef because grease was dripping out of the motor into the bowl, just in case that is relevant.

I used my grandmothers old kenwood for years, but I replaced it with a kitchen aid some years ago which seems to have a pretty low grumbly sort of noise.

Could you find a repair service who could restore your old Kenwood (maybe salvaging some parts from the new one or from other defunct ones). Mine is also 20 years old now but I recall when I bought mine new at the time that there was a thriving market in reconditioned ones

@Tryingtokeepgoing Thanks, that's really good to know.

@Katrinawaves Yes that is a possibility. I just googled and it seems it is possible to fix it, but I'd need to find someone who can do the job. I'm just doing some head scratching on that.

Do you have a local repair cafe? We went to one with something else and they had a kenwood in being fixed.

My Kitchen Aid makes a low noise. Also looks beautiful (I know not the main reason to have one but makes me happy).

@wonderstuff which one do you have?

I just listened to kitchenaid ones on youtube and the pro one has a good sound but is very expensive, and DS dislikes the look of it. he has a future as an interior decorator

I have the artisan. It is expensive, definitely better value mixers out there, but does come in all the colours and my cherry red one is lush, so I’ll respectfully disagree with your DS!

Ds is trying to convince DH to fix the motor. Mission <stop that noise> has begun.

When ASD people run the world, it will be very very quiet indeed. muffled bluetits

I have both a Kitchenaid and a Kenwood. Kenwood lives in the utility room as I can't stand the noise of it, it's relatively new. The KA is on the counter and it's noise doesn't irritate me at all. But I would look into getting the one you have fixed, Kenwoods are very fixable, is there a service where you courier to somewhere for fixing, we have that about 4 hrs away. I'm not in UK though.

@marylou25 Blimey! You're right. I have written to them. That's really excellent news. Phew! Total lifesaver. Thank you very much.

Hi, I wondered if you might like to know about a thing that we found?

I bought a Kenwood chefette to keep us going until the old Kenwood chef is fixed and it's actually quite good. This is it:

https://www.kenwoodworld.com/en-gb/combi-handmixer-chefette-hmp54-000si/p/HMP54.000SI?fromISP=true&ispquery=chefette

It's like a hand mixer on a stand, and the bowl rotates so that all the mix gets to the beaters.

It's very quiet and easy on the ear, and very light-weight, which is good.

The catch is that the motor can overheat quite quickly and the mixer cuts out when that happens. However, I made a victoria sponge with it today and it did the job perfectly.

I think it's definitely a good bet for people in our situation. DS will be able to turn it on and leave it to get on with the job while he is in another room, which is great. It even turns itself off.

There's no possibility that it will move across the worktop and fall on the floor because it has suckers underneath to stick to the worktop.

I've just dropped my 52 year old Kenwood off for a service. I love it, sooo solid and very fixable if anything goes wrong. It served my mum well over the years and still works perfectly without any work being done. I won't be replacing it unless I absolutely have to.

There's a Facebook group you could join - 'I've restored my Kenwood chef' which has lots of tips and might help you find someone nearby to fix it.

After it went on the blink we had my old Kenwood Chef repaired and serviced a few years ago. Cost about £75 inc. carriage. 50 years old and still going strong!

It was some co. in Wareham IIRC.

My DH figured out that he can buy the necessary stuff to fix out Kenwood Chef so he is going to do it. Meanwhile DS has discovered that it's possible to make almost any cake by stirring with a big spoon or one of those hand whisks, so that solved a problem.

I love my Kenwood. Mine is a 1980s model and still going strong.

Mum's is 1960s, and has had a few brush replacements on the motor and a new bowl but again still going just fine.

Mine has a metal bowl which is one perishable part removed.

Yes the 'brushes' whatever they are go a few times over a long lifetime, I am lucky I have a family member handy with these things and they just order the bits and fix it anytime I need something done.

Awesome!! You won’t regret it. Can’t wait to get mine back

Thanks for info on the smaller version

I just hope that your husband does a better job of fixing yours than my husband did when he attempted to mend my 1960s model. It did work but..... unfortunately then had only two options: Off, or warp factor 10 (throw everything out of the bowl!)This was over 20 years ago. The brand new replacement is still going strong however.

Our Kenwood chef is 50 years old. They are relatively simple to fix yourselves, well simple for DH to repair! There is a man who posts videos of how to repair various faults.