On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 20:59:02 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:48:36 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>>On 2020-12-28 5:50 p.m., GM wrote:
>>> Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:46:50 -0600, Sqwertz >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 22 Dec 2020 18:06:50 GMT, notbob wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ......or using a hand-held electric mixer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a old Kenwood "stand-mixer". Use it so seldom, jes bought a
>>>>>> electric "hand-mixer" (don't buy a Walmart Manstays (Chinese cheapo)
>>>>>> mixer). Haven't tried bread, yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kenwood is a sound equipment company (you mean Kenmoore) and
>>>>> "Manstays" is *Mainstays*, which is a Target brand (not Walmart).
>>>>>
>>>>> Damn, you're getting old.
>>>>>
>>>>> -sw
>>>> I owned a Kenwood mixer for years. In fact, my current stand mixer is
>>>> based on the Kenwood model and all my old Kenwood attachments- juicer,
>>>> grain mill, sausage thingee- all work with it. In fact, that is why I
>>>> bought the current one.
>>>>
>>>> The Brit brand was sold off some years ago to DeLonghi in the US.
>>>> Death knell, as far as I was concerned. I have not followed to see
>>>> what's happened with the brand for many, many years.
>>>
>>>
>>> Per Wiki, "made in China since 2002"...
>>>
>>4 or 5 years ago, Kenwood brought out a new version of the iconic mixer.
>>The slogan on the box: "Proudly engineered in Great Britain." In small
>>print: Made in China!
>
>
> I bought my original Kenwood in 1993, I think. Only reason I passed it
> on to one of the kids is because I got the (then branded) Electrolux,
> which was much larger. Once the kids fledged, I needed a smaller mixer
> again and there were no UK made Kenwoods around, so I settled for the
> pro HamBeach I got as at least I saved those packed away attachments
> that the kids never wanted.
>
> I did try a top of the line KA...I tolerated it for about 2 months,
> then gave it to one of the other kids.

When my then wife and I left Australia, we sold our 240volt Kenwood to a
friend. We managed to buy a second-hand 110volt one in Calgary that worked
fine for many years until the slower speeds failed and it will now only
operate at fairly high speeds. I kept it and the attachments on divorce (my
ex is a lousy cook) that include a mincer, coffee grinder and cream maker!
The latter reconstitutes US butter and milk into a thick cream. Only the
mincer gets used now.
I suppose I ought to renovate it as I have time on my hands and capacitor
kits are available from the UK.