Eric Jorgensen > wrote in message news:<20040829151425.4e41b3f0@wafer>...
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 14:41:41 -0500
> "Fred" > wrote:
>
>
> > Contrary to popular opinion, home mixers aren't adequate for mixing bread
> > dough. Those that think they are don't make as much dough as you or I
> > do. If you don't want to invest in a commercial mixer, the you might do
> > what I've done and that is to keep 2 KA mixers. You can use one while
> > the other one is being repaired. I generally get them to last about 8-9
> > months and then something goes haywire. You're right in keeping them at
> > speed #2. If you go past that, they will thrash themselves to death
> > rather quickly. There is no way a home mixer is going to survive long
> > making 2 bread doughs per day. I usually only make one.
>
>
> I can mix and knead 11 pounds of bread dough with my 20 year old Bosch
> Universal. It doesn't even struggle. My parents had one just like it that
> made 11 pound batches of bread every week for several years without
> requiring any service. In about 1991 they bought a new one and gave the old
> one to my eldest sister, who has been using it since. At some point after
> my sister got it, it required new bushings of some sort - was a minor
> repair - and it's still going strong.
>
> So I wouldn't say that *all home mixers aren't adequate.
>
> I've seen what 11 pounds of bread dough does to a kitchenaid, tho.

How many pounds of flour to make 11 pounds of bread dough? I have
maxed out on using 7 pounds of flour on my Bosch.