The KitchenAid brand has been producing quality stand mixers for the kitchen for 90 years. Since 1919 and the original H5 stand mixer, they have consistently produced heavyweight mixers used in the worlds top kitchens whilst never losing that sense of style.
The choice of many top chefs, the KitchenAid 600 is the standard bearer for stand mixers. With just this one powerful tool, you can mix almost anything, including bread dough, the nemesis of many lesser stand mixers. Luckily also, Kitchen Aid have realized that even the lowly kitchen appliance needn't be hidden away and the retro styling adds a colorful talking point to any kitchen.
When put through it's paces by the renowned America's Test Kitchen, the KitchenAid 600 came through with flying colors. It boasts a powerful 575 watt motor, a 12 pint mixing bowl and a robust all metal construction. The voluminous bowl can accommodate and mash up to 8lbs. of potatoes in one hit or mix 14 cups of ordinary flour. The KitchenAid 600 kneads through a double batch of bread dough using the included Power Knead dough hook with ease.
The KitchenAid 600 Professional mixer's 10-speed control ranges from a very slow stir to a very fast whip. The Soft Start mix function helps to minimize ingredient splatter and flour puffs with a gentle acceleration to the selected speed after start up. If you have ever turned your mixer on and have it blow the ingredients in the bowl all over the kitchen then you will appreciate this slow power up feature.
As is standard, the KitchenAid 600 has an easy fit accessory connector at the front, hidden by a metal cover that lifts out of the way. Some of the additional attachments you can get are a juicer, pasta roller and extruder and a grain miller amongst others.The new bowl design has also eliminated some of the mess associated with adding ingredients when the mixer is in motion as it now has a much wider mouth.
Motor protection is also commercial grade and shuts down the mixer automatically if it senses an overload. Robust metal gearing is also standard. A warranty is often the last thing the consumer considers but you can sleep soundly with the one year parts and labor warranty provided and the knowledge that if there is a problem in this time, KitchenAid will simply replace your mixer with a new one, no quibbling, and even pay the freight.
So if you're looking for a mixer that combines quality and style, the KitchenAid 600 has both by the bucketful.