Stand up mixer


 
Ryan P.K.

Ryan P.K.

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My wife and I want to get stand up mixer. I want to use for grinding up meat, and she wants it for baking and other stuff. My questions are this: 1) What brand? What watts for meat grinding? Where is the best place to purchase? Thx for input!!
 
Not sure where to buy it but its coming up on the holiday season so you should be able to pick up a kitchen aid mixer on sale...great mixer, the grinder works fine and if you are looking at sausage making I would skip the stuffer attachment...it's pretty tough to work with.
 
Ryan P.K. said:
My wife and I want to get stand up mixer. I want to use for grinding up meat, and she wants it for baking and other stuff. My questions are this: 1) What brand? What watts for meat grinding? Where is the best place to purchase? Thx for input!!
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I would suggest that you purchase both a mixer and a dedicated meat grinder. Get a decent grinder that has reverse so you can easily clear a plugged machine. If you a re doing decent quantities you will like a dedicated grinder more.
 
Ryan P.K. said:
My wife and I want to get stand up mixer. I want to use for grinding up meat, and she wants it for baking and other stuff. My questions are this: 1) What brand? What watts for meat grinding? Where is the best place to purchase? Thx for input!!
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Check out this deal.

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1232443/

Many are out of stock.

Just play around with colors and model choices to see if you can find one in stock.

At the time I wrote this some of these we're still in stock- http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/-[RKP26M1XOB]-400148/RKP26M1XOB/

After further reading, reviews on the above model are mixed!

Don't forget to add the coupon code.

Good luck!!
 
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Kitchen Aids suck for grinding any substantial quantity of meat. I would get a dedicated meat gringer with metal gears if you can swing it. Kitchen Aids have plastic gears that can't handke the torque required for long grinding sessions.
 
My wife and I are very happy with our kitchen aid. The grinder and stuffer attachments work but I wouldn't want to have to do a lot of meat or stuffing with it. If you have a low frustration level I wouldn't use the attachments. I plan to get a separate grinder and stuffer.
 
I've got a Universal Plus and the separate grinder and separate stuffer. The mixer part works for 3+ loaves of bread (up to about 10 loaves AT ONCE) and I use the same mixer for stirring in spices into the ground meat after using the grinding attachment. I ground 5 lb of butt in about 5 minutes. After mixing in the spices, using the stuffer, it took another 10 minutes. First time. It was easy peasy to use.

The primary unit is something like 850 watts. Can mix 18-19 cups of flour at once without bogging down. A bit on the pricey side but no problem with large quantities.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0016KU16G/?tag=TVWB-20 primary unit
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00173VXUU/?tag=TVWB-20 grinder attachment
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004CT8MMI/?tag=TVWB-20 it's the (3) pointy tubes (shown attached to the grinder attachment).
 
I'd be happier with a Hobart N5 five quart mixer. You can get one in really good shape off of ebay for less than $500 and they're built like a tank and include a three speed transmission rather than some analog speed adjustment. They're restaurant and bakery quality, really.
 
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After doing some reseach, my wife and I ended up getting a meat grinder. Still looking at getting a mixer though.
 
Not sure what quantities of sausage you are making. I will do 4-5 varieties in 10lb batches. I like to use a large plastic meat tub. I spread the meat out about 2" thick and then mix it by hand. I have a dedicated stuffer, a Tre Spade made in Italy. I have had it for years. The biggest problem when filling the casings is air pockets. They should be avoided at all costs as when the sausages are frozen, freezer burn will occur within the pockets first. A dedicated stuffer is much better than say an auger with a funnel type design. The meat can be compacted in the casing with less air pockets occuring.
 
Ryan, no doubt there is no other mixer that would be in my kitchen other than a Kitchenaid one. That said though, how much dough does she make at a time? I have the big Kitchenaid Pro 600 6 quart bowl lift model and any bread recipe with less that 20 oz of flour, or around 5 cups, is almost impossible to get to grab the hook and come together cohesively. It requires a good bit of hand mixing before you can get it to start slapping the sides of the bowl to form a good gluten network so it can rise well.

That said, I love my Pro 600 and wouldn't take anything for it. It's immensely strong (although a bit loud). But if she works with small amount of dough I definitely would recommend her getting the smaller 5 quart tilt head Kitchenaid model. They are great mixers too. My mother has had one for 20 years now and it still works just like new (and looks it too).
 
I'm a Kitchenaid fan too, and have actually been looking at their line higher than the 600's.

They have a 7 qt Proline Series with a 1.3 HP Motor in the KSM7500 sku's. To convert for comparisons sake, the 600 has a 575 watt motor, while the 1.3 hp converts to ~956 wats.

Like the 600 series it has full steel gears as well, and same realtive form factor, just a heavier duty version with a much stronger motor.

They even have a commercial 7 qt in the KSM7900 that has the same 1.3 HP motor, but is even more robust.

One of these might be worth considering as an all-in-one.
 
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