Likewise. I wear a lot of Hawaiian type shirts for CCW. I find the majority of them at GW.
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Likewise. I wear a lot of Hawaiian type shirts for CCW. I find the majority of them at GW.
KitchenAid for the win. The refurbs are value for money.
Definitely KitchenAid unless you need a commercial size, then it's Hobart (VERY pricey.)
We have the 5 quart KitchenAid. It's at least 15 years old and still going strong.
We have the 5 quart KitchenAid. It's at least 15 years old and still going strong.
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DWalt
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The KitchenAid mixers have many attachments available at extra cost, I think one is a meat grinder, another is a sausage stuffer. It comes with a paddle, a dough hook, and a whisk. Wife needs nothing more than those. Seldom need to grind meat or stuff sausage in our house. Will probably seldom use the dough hook and whisk that comes with it. We still have a small electric hand mixer my wife prefers to use for smaller projects like making cake batter for which the KitchenAid is overkill. That hand mixer is also over 50 years old.
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I got a Ninja that's pretty awesome. Use the big blender for 'Ritas and salsa, the small one for smoothies, Mocha Frappuccinos, and hummus.
Freeze your leftover coffee in ice cube trays. Add them to the small blender with chocolate syrup and some french vanilla coffee mate and a little milk. Blend like crazy.
Frozen Margaritas: Into the big blender dump a can of frozen Minute Maid Limeade. Using the limeade can add: one can of tequila, one third of a can of triple sec. Fill the blender to the top with ice. Blend thoroughly.
Freeze your leftover coffee in ice cube trays. Add them to the small blender with chocolate syrup and some french vanilla coffee mate and a little milk. Blend like crazy.
Frozen Margaritas: Into the big blender dump a can of frozen Minute Maid Limeade. Using the limeade can add: one can of tequila, one third of a can of triple sec. Fill the blender to the top with ice. Blend thoroughly.
DWalt
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Back when I worked for Hercules, smokeless propellant "dough" was made in Hobart mixers. But the mixer blades were much different. Just a lot larger than five quarts. Commercial bread bakeries use similar large Hobart dough mixers.
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The one I used in a pizza joint was more like 60 quarts. It was from the sixties, probably. A new one is like $25K today.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Got you. Can't believe a rich lawyer like you doesn't have a BIG RED KitchenAid blender with the meat grinding attachment. Those were de riguer about 20 years ago and everyone was buying them for their wives. I use mine to make fresh OJ from my navel orange tree. They a bear to keep clean though.
As long as you can dedicate counter space for them, all is good as they are a bit heavy to dig out when you want to use it.
As long as you can dedicate counter space for them, all is good as they are a bit heavy to dig out when you want to use it.
My grandmother had no need for a pre rinse while cooking.
There were three of us kids growing up. I got a beater, my sister got a beater and the golden child (my little brother) got the bowl and wooden spoon.
Relegated to behind the dish rack the 20 yr. old Kitchen Aid still beats up a storm.
kozmic
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The US Senior Open was at Oak Hill CC a number of years ago. It was sponsored by Kitchen Aid. Between the gate and the Merch Tent there was a technicolor display of mixers sitting on pedestals that had to be a hundred feet long. I'd say 30 or more colors in all. Impressive even if it was meaningless to a majority of the golf fans walking past.
My wife's new one is a powder blue, almost metallic color. I'll admit it looks great next to our weathered brick backsplash. It seems to be just as stout as her first one from the mid 80's. That one is still going strong at my son's house and will probably be still in use for their kids. Absolute beasts.
My wife's new one is a powder blue, almost metallic color. I'll admit it looks great next to our weathered brick backsplash. It seems to be just as stout as her first one from the mid 80's. That one is still going strong at my son's house and will probably be still in use for their kids. Absolute beasts.
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My wife loves to cook and especially bake. She does a couple of cakes a week and makes sourdough bread every week. I bought her a Kitchen Aid the year we were married and it gets more use than any other tabletop appliance in the kitchen other than the microwave. It's 32 years old now, hasn't had a single problem and runs as good as the day I bought it. I got the full package of accessories for it that attach to the front.
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It was un-American to not have a stand up mixer in the 70's.
Everyone, had to have a, "Orange Julius".
Everyone, had to have a, "Orange Julius".
venomballistics
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The kitchen aid is something of a Swiss army knife of the food prep world.
I make sausage with ours
I make sausage with ours
The Kitchen Aid I had was given to me by a former boss in the early 90's. His wife had died and he was taking a load of stuff to Goodwill. I commented on the mixer in the bed of truck and he gave it top me. I don't know how old it is but my wife used it for around 25 years. So far that mixer has outlasted two of it's owners and my daughter still uses it.
DWalt
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The main problem with my wife's new KitchenAid mixer is as previously mentioned. It is too large and heavy to store somewhere out of sight. It has to sit out in the open on the kitchen counter.
My Kitchen Aide is at least 40 years old and still going strong
Refurbished is not a bad way to got straight from the company.
ENJOY!!
Refurbished 5.5 Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer Blue Velvet RKSM55VB | KitchenAid
Refurbished is not a bad way to got straight from the company.
ENJOY!!
Refurbished 5.5 Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer Blue Velvet RKSM55VB | KitchenAid
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