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27 de marzo de 2026
Outstanding small appliance - best bread dough kneader on the planet - get one!
Short summary: this thing is the kitchen helper that you need. 100% pleased with it.Long version: I have been considering getting a stand mixer for some time, but I was put off by the expense (and brands other than Kitchenaid don't have good reviews), the size and storage difficulty, the weight, and the fact that my hand mixer does a pretty good job, although using it with dough hooks is a wrestling match.This appliance solves ALL of those problems.First, the price. At about a quarter of the price of the lowest price Kitchenaid, and half the price of the other brands, it's a no-brainer.Size and storage: with all of the components stored inside the bowl, it has a storage footprint no larger than a comparable sized mixing bowl alone, and is light enough to easily be moved into under counter storage, plus looks fine sitting on the counter, too. Because the lid covers all of the components in storage, it doesn't accumulate dust or miscellaneous kitchen mess on the mixer, controls, or bowl, while most stand mixers need a cover of some kind to stay clean.Compared to a good hand mixer, it's superior. No stopping to add ingredients, just add them through the port. It mixed chocolate chips into a stiff cookie dough quickly and evenly. Mixed chopped dates into banana bread evenly, something my hand mixer fails at. I wouldn't recommend leaving it unsupervised (although I've had zero problems with it), but you can do other kitchen tasks while it cheerfully hums away mixing your recipe. Quieter than a hand mixer.One drawback is that it has just one size of bowl, but I find that it's the right size for most of my recipes anyway. I use the hand mixer separately and a small bowl for smaller amounts, because the mixer locked onto the bowl may not thoroughly mix small volumes. For recipes such as a typical cookie or cake batch, it's an ideal size.The mixer is detachable, so you can use it as a hand mixer, and it does a good job. When locked into the bowl assembly, I find that it reduces mess drastically.Adding ingredients, including flour, through the port on top, is practically mess-free. You can see the progress of the mixing through the clear port cover. After mixing, and removing the mixer from the top, the underside of the mixer has NO splatter on it. None. The underside of the lid surprised me by also having almost no splatter - apparently the design of the beaters keeps the batter or dough from splattering upward. I used it with different thicknesses of batters and doughs, at all of its speeds, and no splatter.The inner mixing bowl is very heavy gauge, top quality stainless steel. The ring of gear teeth around the top - it rotates the bowl - makes it easy to handle when pouring or scraping mixtures into baking pans. I have not used the outer bowl separately as a bowl, but for a plastic bowl, it's pretty solid.Now let's talk bread! Using dough hooks on my old hand mixer has not been successful for me, as it requires hanging on to the bowl and the mixer with an iron grip. This gem of a mixer stays suction-cupped firmly to the counter, and handles bread dough with ease. Yes, hand-kneading dough can be relaxing and therapeutic, but it takes time and muscle to get a really well kneaded dough. My first loaf of bread prepared with this mixer came out perfectly. It does vibrate a bit, but does not "walk". I did have to scrape down flour from the sides of the bowl a couple of times, but that was easy. Once the dough was thoroughly kneaded, I removed the mixer and lid (the dough hooks did not stick in the dough, but came right out), used a silicone spatula to get under the dough and form it into a ball, then added a little olive oil to coat the dough as I usually do in a mixing bowl. I let the dough rise in the bowl, with the lid on - you can see the progress of the dough rising through the clear cover of the port in the lid. After the first rise, I punched the dough down and scraped it onto a floured board - the only time during the whole breadmaking that I got any flour on the countertop. I shaped it as usual, put it into the loaf pan, gave it the usual second rise, and baked. The bread turned out better than any hand-kneaded batch! Even, light texture, great rise in the oven, perfect loaf. I make a loaf each week, and it's not a chore any more.Cleanup: the inner bowl is dishwasher safe, but I just wash it by hand. The lid is not dishwasher safe, and can't be immersed in water, but that's not really a problem, since it gets almost no splatter on its underside. I wipe it clean with a damp cloth and it's fine. Once the inner bowl and the beaters or dough hooks are clean and dry (beaters and dough hooks can go in the dishwasher), it all goes inside the bowl. The mixer goes in first, upside down, then the attachments go in under the clear port cover. I had to jiggle them around a bit the first time, but once you figure it out (beaters go in first, then the dough hooks) it's easy.Get this terrific mixer. You will be happy with it.Ver másVer menos
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