Kitchenaid Mixer Heavy Duty
  KitchenAid K5SSWH Heavy Duty Series 5-Quart Stand Mixer, WhiteFrom KitchenAid
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Customer Quart Mixer Reviews
KitchenAid K5SSWH Heavy Duty Series 5 quart stand mixer
I have to say that after 18 years of near constant use, this K5SS mixer is like an old friend. It has consistantly made large loads of bread 2-3 times aweek for 18 years before it started acting up. It also has been used for just about everything else, as we have almost every contraption that goes with it!
In the 18th year the motor brushes needed to be replaced, which was done by a local repair shop. Now about a year later it is starting to make a lot of noise. I took it apart and could not find what the source of trouble was. When I got it all back together, the noise stopped for a few weeks, but now is back again, prompting me to look around to see if there is something better . . . I am tempted by the larger motor K5SSWH series mixers, but would like to keep my current mixers bowls and beaters . . .
As for the other reviewers who seem to be trashing this mixer . . . I simply do not see their complaints as being a problem. This has been a great workhorse for our busy kitchen for far longer than anything else that see’s nearly half it’s use. I am still looking for the next mixer, but for 99% of the users, this machine is more than enough I’m certain.
Best Quart mixer on the market bar NONE!
This is a kitchenaid mixer k5ss and the bowl raises and lowers on a lever rather than the head of the mixer lifting up. If you make heavy breads or a lot of bread for your family, this may be a better choice mixer with the stronger motor.
You can also add a grain grinder to the front of the device–there’s a lid that flips up and you insert it into a hole with a positioning pin. The motor then turns the grinder, sausage stuffer or vegetable grater. The grinders work terrific; the vegetable grater/slicer is a variation on those cone slicers and not my favorite attachment. But for a one-stop heavy-duty device that mashes potatoes, kneads bread, whips egg whites, stirs cake batter or grinds wheat flour or rye flour, this can’t be beat.
