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Originally Posted by Wormius
I am actually not too sure what kind of mixer would be adequate. I don't see us making more than one or two loaves at a time, and mainly other tasks would be cookies and cakes, steam bun dough, pasta, etc. I don't necessarily need an industrial power mixer, but don't want it going into melt-down as soon as it encounters anything stiff.
My main concern is some recent reviews about them overheating and going into shutdown.
p.s. that Bosch looks like some lab equipment we used to have.
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Then I think you would be fine with a Kitchen Aid. So far, knock on wood, mine has been fine. I don't know of anyone who has a Cuisinart to see how it rates in comparison.
I have the pasta dough attachment and it can handle 3 to 4 cups of flour. I also have the meat grinder attachment. I did not really need the meat grinder as my Bosch has one as well, but the Kitchen Aid is nice for just doing small batches of meat, as well as grinding all the apples and other ingredients when making mincemeat.
Small appliance for small jobs.....large appliance for large jobs.
By the way, talking about the meat grinder for my Bosch...what a machine. I also have the sausage attachments.
My son once got a deer, only time he went hunting. I am not fond of deer meat on its own. However, my Dad used to be a big deer hunter and my parents made a lot of sausage with the meat. So that is what we did.
My husband cut all the meat into about 4 to 6 inch strips. We also added in about 40% pork shoulder, cut up in the same fashion. That Bosch ground up about 60 pounds of meat in less than an hour, never even got warm. You could just keep pushing the meat through the feeder and it never slowed down. Then we seasoned it, put it through the Bosch again, minus the grinder, through the sausage thing, and into natural casings. It was some of the best sausage we have ever had.
I think I will make some more come Christmas time, barbecue it, slice ut up and serve it as hors d'oeuvres.