I am looking at buying a kitchen mixer but im not sure what sort to buy
i have two models in mind

1 the kitchen aid
2 the kenwood chef major

i have a kenwood chef at the moment but it is starting to die it is older than i am

but i have not had any experience with the kitchen aid and i was wondering if any of you good people out there could point me in the right direction.

good or bad experiences i would like to know.

i am looking at the larger sizes, as i make a lot of fruit cake and i am sick of making single batches.

thanks in advance to you all

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johannap73 wrote:

I am looking at buying a kitchen mixer but im not sure what sort to buy

i have two models in mind

1 the kitchen aid
2 the kenwood chef major

I have both an old KitchenAid and a newer Kenwood - both are excellent
machines.
I use the KitchenAid in the US - parts and services for it are readily
available there.
I use the Kenwood in the UK - it is/was a UK brand, and parts and services
are easy to find there.

If you know that you can get parts or repairs if needed, and find a good
price, I don't think it really matters which one you get - both of them are
good, hard-working machines. Mine live on the counter and are used on an
almost daily basis.

Sheila

"S Viemeister" wrote in message
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johannap73 wrote:

I am looking at buying a kitchen mixer but im not sure what sort to
buy

i have two models in mind

1 the kitchen aid
2 the kenwood chef major

I have both an old KitchenAid and a newer Kenwood - both are excellent
machines.
I use the KitchenAid in the US - parts and services for it are readily
available there.
I use the Kenwood in the UK - it is/was a UK brand, and parts and
services
are easy to find there.

If you know that you can get parts or repairs if needed, and find a
good
price, I don't think it really matters which one you get - both of them
are
good, hard-working machines. Mine live on the counter and are used on
an
almost daily basis.

Sheila
No Kenwood in US. Cook's illustrated liked the 5 qt deLonghi and the
Kitchenaid pro 600 watt. best. Acceptable were a bunch of others
although the viking had problems with beater retention. And some mixers
died mixing bread.

Del Cecchi wrote:

No Kenwood in US. Cook's illustrated liked the 5 qt deLonghi and the
Kitchenaid pro 600 watt. best. Acceptable were a bunch of others
although the viking had problems with beater retention. And some mixers
died mixing bread.

Kenwood was bought by deLonghi.

Sheila

thankyou to all who gave me some information i had an idea that the two models that i chose were about the best on the market now i think it is going to come down to who has the best price and the strongest motor but that is up to me i suppose! once again thankyou to all who replied

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Good food, Great Wine, and excellent company at the dinner table, what more could you ask for!!

"johannap73" wrote in message
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thankyou to all who gave me some information i had an idea that the two
models that i chose were about the best on the market now i think it is
going to come down to who has the best price and the strongest motor but
that is up to me i suppose! once again thankyou to all who replied


johannap73 Wrote:
I am looking at buying a kitchen mixer but im not sure what sort to buy

i have two models in mind

1 the kitchen aid
2 the kenwood chef major

i have a kenwood chef at the moment but it is starting to die it is
older than i am

but i have not had any experience with the kitchen aid and i was
wondering if any of you good people out there could point me in the
right direction.

good or bad experiences i would like to know.

i am looking at the larger sizes, as i make a lot of fruit cake and i
am sick of making single batches.

thanks in advance to you all

Read the Cooks Illustrated article first!!!!!! The lower powered KAs are
not very good.
Graham