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KitchenAid 600 Professional Mixer

KitchenAid 600 Professional Mixer

Product Features

Color: Silver
  • 575 watt motor, 10 speed control
  • 6-quart polished stainless steel wide-mouth bowl with contoured steel handle
  • 67 point planetary mixing action
  • Packaged and shipped in recyclable, easy-to-open packaging
  • Includes: 6 quart stainless steel bowl with comfort handle, burnished powerknead spiral dough hook, flat beater and wire whip.

 

User Reviews

I already own a 5 Qt mixer from the “Artisan Series” but decided to upgrade to this model so that I could make larger batches of bread dough. For my recipe, a single batch is 2 cups of bread flour. I tried making a double batch (4 cups) in my new Pro 600, but after about 15 min. of kneading, the motor just turned off. I thought I had burned it out, but after consulting the instruction manual, it seems this is normal. Normal?! Yes, that’s what it said–all I needed to do was wait for the motor to cool off (it’s also “normal” for it to get so hot it is uncomfortable to touch) for 30 min. and then try again. I find it hard to believe that this mixer could make bread with 14 cups of AP flour, as the box says. Having said that, here are my thoughts on this mixer vs. the “Artisan Series” mixer I already own:

1. The motor consumes over 50% more electricity (and is certainly more noisy) in the pro 600, but how much of that is being converted to extra torque, I’m not really sure. What I do know is that I can only do a single batch of bread at a time in either mixer.
2. As has been mentioned in other reviews, the Artisan mixer came with a “coated” paddle and dough hook, whereas the pro 600 has “Brandished steel”. This means the Artisan’s implements are dishwasher safe but the pro 600′s are not. I had assumed those bright, shiny implements that I saw in the store display were stainless steel, but I guess not. If it weren’t for this problem and the huge price tag, I would have given this mixer 5 stars.

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