KitchenAid KP26M1XNP 6 Qt. Professional 600 Series Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer - Nickel Pearl

Update 8/22/08 - This mixer still works beautifully. While I don't make bread daily, I do make pizza dough almost weekly and I love this mixer. It also whips cream better (because of the flatter bowl bottom design) than my slightly smaller, older KitchenAid. I'm still thrilled with this product and Amazon.com.....(Previous Review) Like the reviewer, "Cats Rule", I, too, have an old workhorse KitchenAid mixer that is about twenty-five years old and has only needed one repair throughout all of those years and hundreds of cookies and cakes. I will never let "Old Reliable" go (I had withdrawal symptoms when I had to send it to KitchenAid for the repair which took a month) but I also wanted a larger capacity mixer. I purchased this one from Amazon.com a couple of weeks ago and so far it has been fabulous. For the first time in my life I made pizza dough, three batches in two weeks, using the KitchenAid recipe, at the recommended speed of 2, and both the mixer and pizza dough are great. I did find another recipe that differed only in the amount of olive oil used (1 Tablespoon vs the KitchenAid 1 tsp) which worked even better for us (slightly less crisp crust and works beautifully with the dough hook). I found that if I use too much flour and/or too little olive oil, the mixer did vibrate a tiny bit but still kept mixing. One really great difference between the older, five quart mixer and this new, larger one is the shape of the bowl. The 600 Series has a slightly flatter bowl which allows better mixing without having to use a spatula at frequent intervals to incorporate the batter at the bottom of the bowl. I read all of the reviews before purchasing this mixer, which really helps, and I am looking for any sign of the gear box breaking (we haven't taken it apart yet to see if we have a metal or plastic box). I did speak to KitchenAid before I made this investment and they said they would replace the gear box with a metal one if mine should have a problem. I intend to keep making bread or pizza dough each week, and larger batches of cookies during this first year - not only to test the mixer, but because the mixer works so well, so far, and there are so many fantastic cookie, cake, bread and pizza recipes out there! My husband (voluntarily) said that he would rather have our pizzas than any other he's ever tasted, and we can choose healthier alternatives by making our own - like canadian bacon or turkey, Italian sausage pizzas. I have noticed a difference in sound when mixing pumpkin pie ingredients, but that might be normal (and I might be overly concerned about the gear box). KitchenAid documented my concern, at my request, in case I should have a bigger problem down the road. I might also take an idea from "Cats Rule" and purchase a few other attachments from Amazon.com. I am thrilled with my KitchenAid mixer, the KitchenAid company, and always with Amazon.com!

I bought this KitchenAid mixer in January of 2010, Since I make all of our bread, I wanted a mixer that could handle a heavy load without overheating or burning out the motor. At the time, I had an older model KitchenAid mixer, but it couldn't handle heavy bread dough. I have had this mixer for over 6 years and it has never disappointed me. Some have mentioned that unmixed ingredients were left at the bottom of the mixing bowl. When mixing my bread dough, I start the mixing with the flat beater to get all of the ingredients incorporated, and then switch to the dough hook to knead the dough. When I first got the mixer, I also adjusted the height of the flat beater as described in the manual. Since then, I have never had to readjust it. By using the flat blade, and the the dough hook, I have never had a problem with unmixed ingredients at the bottom of the bowl.Since buying this mixer, I have also purchased a number of the attachments which has helped to eliminate other individual tools. I love this mixer and have come to depend on it for a number of jobs - especially mixing and kneading bread dough. This function alone save me a lot of time and physical exertion. I highly recommend this mixer for heavy jobs as well as those for the additional accessories.UPDATE 09/22/18:I have owned and used this mixer for almost 9 years, and believe me, I have put it through the paces. I bake all of our breads and always use this mixer to mix the ingredients and knead the dough. There is no way I could do the required needing by hand. The dough is always heavy and thick, but this mixer handles the load for 12 minutes with no problem. I keep it handy on my counter and also use it for mixing pancake and waffle batter and have used a number of the attachments for shredding cheese, chopping and grinding foods, etc. This an appliance that I wouldn't want to do without. I can't imagine any other appliance lasting as long as this one has, and the couple of times that I contacted customer service with questions, they were the best. I highly recommend this mixer for heavy duty use.UPDATE 07/13/21:I have had this KitchenAid Mixer for 11 1/2 years, and it still works as well as it did the day I got it. I have used it quite often for kneading heavy loads of bread dough, and also have a number of the attachments. My least favorite of the accessories is the slicer/shredder attachment. The blades are very dull and tend to mush foods rather than slice them. One of my favorite attachments is the dicing kit. This kit includes the dicing blades that work extremely well and it also does slicing and shredding. There is only one slicing blade, but you can set the thickness of the slices. This is so much nicer than storing multiple slicing blades for different thicknesses. Generally, when I have small dicing and slicing jobs I do it manually, but this attachment sure comes in handy when I have a large quantity of veggies I need to slice or dice for a recipe.

la cabeza se mueve un poco, temo que no esta bien ajustada

Excelente batidora, y aunque dice en Amazon que viene con el batidor plano y el gancho en terminación de metal bruñido, ambos llegaron con revestimiento color plateado. Y aunque muchos dicen que sólo se puede utilizar para cantidades grandes porque los accesorios no quedan suficientemente cerca del tazón, es posible ajustar la altura de la batidora para que esto no ocurra.

Es un excelente producto, llegó en muy buenas condiciones. No he tenido ningún problema con ella.

Me gustó mucho ya que puedes trabajar con grandes cantidades y en uso prolongado. Sin duda la recomiendo.Un sólo detalle, el batidor globo y la pala no son de acero inoxidable, solo el gancho

Excelente. Llego en muy buenas condiciones y el producto es de excelente calidad