In article .com>, "Roy" > wrote:
>>Perhaps you might look at my recent pictures of the KitchenAid problem
>
>>4-15-05.
>>I am not saying I would or wouldn't recommend a KitchenAid, but just
>take a
>>look at my experience.
>>http://freepages.family.rootsw=ADeb....il=ADyPage/ki=
>t=2E..
>
>>Dee
>Dee I am glad that your brought that matter out accompanied with
>graphic pictures !
>Its about time that folks here realize how flimsy is the construction
>of that mixer
> Several years back, I did have score of bad experience with Kitchen
>Aide mixers,
>It was common for gear oil to bleed while the machine was running while
>mixing a dough; either a bread or a noodle dough.
>..In another related experience my sponge batter being mixed failed to
>aerate even after a quarter of an hour of high speed beating, I found
>out that there were traces of gear oil that destroyed the foam. Another
>experience was that the mixing speed change by itself for no reason.
>I set it a medium, it goes to low and then to medium again .There are
>other peculiarities that particular machine had ( I noticed) as if it
>has a mind of its own<g>.
>There are countless other bad experience that made me wary of such
>mixers for continuous use in the kitchen.
>If I had to use a kitchen aide even for cakes, After a series of 5
>mixings I let it rest for an hour before I will use it again.
>If I mix a bread dough I let it rest for a few hours before I do
>another batch.
>I never had that problem with the Hobart Mixers
>That is why I preferred the heavy duty HobartN-50 and C-100 for my
>small scale baking experiments (which satisfy my experiments that
>require continuous repetitive trials). Even if it cost heaps compared
>to the Kitchen Aide toy the Hobart machine is a an equipment to die
>for<g>.
>..=2EBased on that experience and a number of such mixers that conked down
>in my baking trials over the years (which is contrary to the experience
>of others in this newsgroup) made me reluctant to open heartedly
>recommend such mixer for dough mixing unless you will use it rarely for
>such purpose<g>
>I was wondering if the higher capacity Kitchen aide mixer have that
>problem that is common with their smaller sized models.
>Besides those mixers are made in (Korea and never in the USA.
>I never liked Korean made machines. Including their cars like
>Hyundai,Daewoo and KIA are just like toy cars that won't last for
>years like the Japanese made cars.
>I won't even touch with 10 foot pole their Samsumg and LG brands of
>home appliances nd electronic goods either.
>Roy
>
I have always felt the same way about the cars and electronics but i have to
admit, Samsung has been making some very fine HDTV sets lately. They are
actually highly coveted compared to sony as of late.