@Dash Instead of milking this thread with puns, why don't you guys mix it up a little and throw some real yolks in here. I mean yer beating it to death! Whip yourselves into shape, will ya??? Punbelievable....
@Teripie Yep. This is a kitchen gadget that lives on the counter and never gets put away, like the coffeepot, because it is getting used all the time. And it's a darn purty appliance too. Of course, choice of colors changes over time (I'm graced with the cobalt blue), but if you get one you like, you'll still have it when that color trend comes around again, and again, and again.
@chadberg I have the cobalt blue also. I love it! Of course I would have bought purple if it was available. But the blue goes well with my countertop, a granite called Blue Pearl.
In this topic: "This isn't a good deal at all, I got one for $40 less when I used 20 gift cards and stacked 37 coupons at 3:00am on Black Friday."
I really REALLY want this but my kitchen is absurdly small and I'm already beyond out of counter space. Plus I'm kinda hoping I can get one as a gift when I get married.
@JonT While the prospect of getting one for free seems tempting, weddings tend to cost a lot of money. You'd come out way ahead if you just bought the mixer and gave up on the wedding plans.
@Headly That's what I do, but my old kenwood had me spoiled. The lid fit tight all the way around (even a removable cover for the "chute"). And I could run it at any speed.
@tentalces1349 , this is why they sell white appliances, mixers, cabinets, counter tops, flooring, and clothes; then no one sees this happen. (heh heh heh)
@metageist I just got the meat grinder at Christmas. It's amazing how much better a burger from ground steak tastes than just using ground beef from the store. I would love to have the ice cream and pasta attachments.
I have one of these mixers. I found it on clearance at a Marshall's... My mom was next door at Kohl's when I saw it. She looked at me like I was crazy when I told her how much I was considering spending (less than this), but we looked at the ones at Kohl's and determined that their deals are good, but not great when it comes to this mixer. (Just since it came up in discussion... I am a Kohl's shopper and minored in applied mathematics, so I hope I calculated correctly. I took into consideration their 30% discounts, specialized coupons, and all kinds of things. I truly put a lot of thought into it).
That being said, I love, love, love my mixer. I'm sure there are better industrial ones out there, but I'm happy. I make these peanut butter balls that caused my mom's mixer to jump up and down (I only had a hand mixer of my own). This mixer mixes them like it's nothing. These are heavy and it's a great feature. As @webender mentioned, the cover is a little loose, but if you're careful it works perfectly well. I baked for three straight days (came out to about 37 hours of constant baking) before Christmas and the mixer didn't let me down. My feet did, but not the mixer. If you like to bake, have a sub-par mixer, don't want to put the time and energy into maybe finding a better deal, and can afford it, I recommend it.
Other things: 1) I have attachments, but I don't use them often. 2) It mixes everything well. I'm always surprised I don't have to scrap much from around the edges or bottom (bottom often has nothing to scrape up).
this is a good price. and for anyone wondering, the bowl itself routinely sells for $40.00 new.
that being said, if you already have a kitchenaid, this is probably the model you have. i might have been tempted at a higher pricepoint if this was the kind with the lift.
This small appliance is fantastic to have. Unfortunately, you'll end up making more cookies than you see in the last pic with Glen. This mixer is why newlyweds get fat.
I'll also chime in that this price is competitive, but not a "deal" when compared to other meh offerings.
3 days before payday you feature the one thing I would actually buy since I bought the Samsung screen... Assholes!!! Die in hell!!! Oh, by the way, thanks for the socks.
Whirlpool ate the breakfast octopus with Kitchenaid(Hobart) in the mid '80s. Then started using offshore plastic components to replace metal parts. I hear they've stopped that and gone back to metal a few/some years ago, but hard to say if its still a machine to last generations. Still a kick-ass mixer, though. But I am going to continue pursuing my dream of finding an old Hobart model somewhere with the attachments that are hard to find now for the old models.
@mehjohnson Whirlpool flirted with outsourcing things in the '90s. As you note, that didn't work. Once again every stand mixer is made in Greenville, OH By the same families who've made them since WWII, with an all metal drivetrain. This model is a smaller motor though.
I'd take advantage of the offer, but my parents have a hobart era Kitchenaid that i've made them give me in their will. It's at least 40 years old and will probably outlive 23 year old me. THATS HOW GOOD KITCHENAID'S ARE PEOPLE. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER
@jnathanael you may not have taken them apart, but I have. The old style mixers have a physical connection to the motor...you move the lever on the left (put it to 2) and the motor instantly engages...the new mixers have a delay between the time you set the number and the time that the motor engages. Not the same. ;-)
@unixrab That's a feature, not a bug. It provides a quick but still noticeable ramp up of power to keep the ingredients from splashing out when you turn it on. Old model had instantaneous torque so if you flipped the switch to anything above 2, you'd be wearing some of the contents of the bowl.
@jnathanael@unixrab You're both right. One of you is talking about the longevity of the unit and the other is talking about the detail of a product feature. Brohug it out and move on.
The going rate (read: best deal new) for these is $239.00 they fluctuate, but you generally can get them for that... it's been $239 for the last 5 years... I've bought 2 for $239 and given them away ... I have the 6qt non-tilt I kept for myself (NOT $239... $299 for that one (everythingkitchens.com sale plus 30%off for any order over $300 (added a spatula)).
If you can get one for around $239.00 you got a good deal. BONUS: online and without tax and free shipping.
This is a decent deal. Not earth-shattering, but it's a good deal. If you can find lower than $239.00 buy.
@unixrab That website is fucked. It's says the "normal" price of "Mixer A" is $449 and you can put it in your cart for a "special price". And the special price once it's in your cart is $499. That's pretty fucking "special". Dunno if it's just a Chrome compatibility thing or what - but in general that website is a broken mess. I can't manipulate the product placed in my cart - I'm sure not sending a credit card through it....
@Pufferfishy I'm using chrome and had no problem navigating that website or putting the mixer in my cart. I also didn't have a "special price" of $499.
@Thumperchick Roger that - I generally do not purchase regular consumer built kitchen equipment, I try to get most of my supplies for the kitchen from http://www.webstaurantstore.com/ - I started doing that when I saw that most consumer food processors had a "liquid" line that could not be exceeded or it would leak!! pass! My restaurant FP handles 9C of liquid. :-)
If this were the 6 qt professional model, I'd be all over this. Like others have said, you can find the 5 qt model cheaper if you look hard enough and get the right sales / coupons (like kohl's).
@carwinew They no longer are the same. Kitchenaid mixers back then were made by Hobart, a commercial supplier, that relationship ended a few years ago. While they improved from the original switch to plastic gears when they first moved away from Hobart and are back to all metal parts, they no longer are the "bullet proof" build quality they once were.
@Raider My mom has an old beige Hobart and it could rip apart steel wool if it had to. But I'm not disappinted in my 6qy Artisan, and I bake bread every night. But it is a slight touch below my mom's mixer. Now the 7 qt pro.....
@Raider Yes, Whirlpool flirted with outsourcing things in the '90s, but ultimately they doubled down on premium. Every stand mixer is made in Greenville, OH same as as 60 years ago with an all metal drivetrain.
@mechno Some family friends work at KitchenAid. They always buy refurbs from the company store. Mostly burnt out motors or controls that have been replaced, and good as new. Downside of this Meh Mixer is a mediocre wattage motor, could burnout if over-stressed.
@Stallion If it's at Kohl's, it's almost certainly a cheaper, diffusion brand with the parent's labels. That said, I don't know how much KitchenAid quality varies, nor where this model lines up.
@sirnuke Usually all Kitchenaid Products are high quality. My mother has this mixer and it's amazing with making cakes, cookies, or pretty much anything that could be made with a mixer.
@Stallion yeah i helped a friend pick up one of these artisan series for about $180 a bit before christmas after a mail in rebate they had at the time. Still, You'd be hard pressed to find a better price than meh's this side of black friday i suspect.
@sirnuke My mother had our kitchenaid before I was born and passed it on to me. I'm now 27 and it's still in perfect working condition and we've had no maintenance that I know of performed on it. I'd say the quality is amazing!
@Stallion I got an unbelievable deal Christmas of 2013 on the classic one at Kohl's. It was $50 off the regular price, I used a 20% off coupon, got $40 Kohl's cash back, and there was a $50 rebate. If you count the Kohl's cash as a credit, I ended up spending $70.
@Stallion -Keep an eye on Gilt dot com. I got the next model up- 475 HP, lift bowl model, in red, for $194! Gilt has a $30 credit for new customers, and when I bought, there was a $30 mail-in rebate from KitchenAid!
Interestingly enough I got one from Woot a few months back at $239.99, surprised to see Meh just barely skating under that. Usually they knock the price outta the park. Meh.
Meh. A good "starter" Kitchenaid model, but you'll want to upgrade to one that has the bowl lifter eventually. You'll always have ingredients at the bottom of the bowl that don't get mixed otherwise. No matter how much you adjust the height of the beater/dough hook.
@marvelljones@metageist@editorkid So this is my problem right now. Things like cake batters are not fully mixing at the bottom even when using the wire whisk. I have the style where the bowl cranks up and down, not the tilter. I had to pull out the hand mixer to fix it. So is this my KA with a problem, or am I doing something wrong? I normally make bread dough, not so much cakes.
@Pamtha Use the paddle for batters. The whisk is for incorporating air into things (like egg whites). And scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula every so often - it's a stand mixer, not a Ninja.
@deichernc If I put a mask and a black belt on it, can I call it Ninja Mixer? :) Thanks for the tips, I was in the "well I paid a zillion dollars for this thing, it should scrape itself" category. There should be a KitchenAid for Dummies book.
We already have one. As the write up points out, it still has decades of life left in it. We won't be buying another one for a long long time, if ever.
If I didn't already have my KitchenAid mixer, I'd totally buy this. If you don't have a KitcheAid mixer, and you cook at all, you will never regret owning one.
I spoke to my baking friend about this, and asked if I should jump on it... She said it's a mediocre price (Well, I guess that fits in here). She mentioned on Black Friday last year Kohl's sold this mixer for $150. I should've jumped on it then. She did say that if this was the 6 qt mixer at the same price, it would be an excellent deal and said I should jump on it.
I'll get this mixer eventually. Eventually... But not today.
@BillLehecka Of course, if you want to bake anything for your friends for Thanksgiving, you'll have to have one of these before then... but seriously, depending on how much you'd bake over the next 9 months, there might be value in buying earlier at a higher price.
Great mixer. I've had it for over 12 years and then bought my Mom one for Christmas right after receiving mine since it was so awesome. I was given the pasta attachment about 5 years ago by someone who was going to throw it out because they didn't use it and realized I had one and might want it. I took it but have never used it, maybe one day. I highly recommend this mixer to anyone who needs one.
Tell you what Meh, lets make a deal. You send me one of these pro-bono, and I send you back a batch or two of my Grandmother's recipe rainbow cookies (also known as venitians) my using your mixer you ever so genereously sent. Pic related, not mine but they are those cookies, and they are awesome.
@Ignorant They are! They are cookies though. You basically have 3 layers of an almond paste cake, with raspberry and apricot jam between the top and bottom layers respectively. You them put them in the fridge and press the shit out of them with a ton of weight for about a week so they all gel together into an extremely dense orgy of goodness, then coat the top with chocolate. The ones in this picture didnt get pressed enough but they are still good even when they are more cake-like than cookie-like. Its a lot of work to make these and they aren't cheap to buy either, the local bakery around here charges iirc either $15.99/lb or $17.99/lb. Worth it when you're lazy, but better to make your own.
@JeepDude the base model is the 4.5 quart Classic Series mixer, which is $217 on Amazon (but only $95 after store credit, a jar of toenail clippings, and a Mark Sanchez rookie trading card)
@StrangerDanger The reason once-a-year-pricing is relevant is that, even per Meh's description, this is a once-in-a-lifetime purchase. So the correct analogy isn't paying with your Christmas bonus (which is still your money, duh), but whether you would wait till the best deal of the year to buy a car. If not, you're rolling in it, so why are you even on Meh?
@snazweb I wasn't saying it was just cyber Monday. That's acceptable but you can't count store credit and cashback because that is a deal only Jeepdude could have. The Christmas bonus was another guy :)
@StrangerDanger Sorry you're right. Store credit definitely doesn't count. I saw one too many posts saying you shouldn't count once-a-year sales and coupons, and didn't realize this post was a different matter altogether. (I realize I'm breaking all sorts of Internet Rules by apologizing on a forum, and for that I, erm, oh nevermind.)
@sinless Yeah. I was kinda annoyed when the wife put all the accessories on the wedding registry (I bought the mixer myself as a bachelor beause.) but now that we have them all... they may not get used all the time, but we had handmade fettuccine the other night...fantastic!
Got this mixer for my mom for $230 with a $50 rebate before xmas from Amazon. Great mixer at a competitive price for someone in the market, but definitely not a mind blowing price tag.
My sister has one of these, a larger version I believe. Its amazing for making things like cookies and bread but if you want any attachments they can be around $40. These are really good for a diy cook but they take up a decent ammount of counterspace so be warned if you arent making miltiple batches of something and arent afraid to buy a wooden spoon and mixing bowl than you probibally wont need it.
I am so glad it's not the pasta accessories for sale. I have been having fantasies about home-made pasta since I first saw those. I know I'd use them only once or twice a year, but isn't that the whole point of 'meh'?
@Achire A friend and I made homemade pasta once about twenty years ago. It was absolutely not worth the time and mess. My kitchen was covered in pasta dust. Just buy fresh pasta at the grocery store.
Meh- Xer! I already have one., bought it for $349+ tax last month pre valentine. Target.com has the 450KV25GOXW for $250 ,but didn't buy it. Buyers reviews tell that the UPS guys just dumps them when delivering resulting to some breakage and what nots.., this damn things are built solid. Super heavy!!!
I thought I would never need to buy another mixer again when I bought one of these 7 years ago. Sadly, my wife threw it away without even telling me why.
@Steve7654 I think it was because she thought it was unsafe due to the finish coming off of the attachments. (I don't know if she realized how easy it is to buy new attachments for these things.)
this is really a one time purchase, it ain't gonna break. i've seen these mixers last decades for people. as cranky1959 says tho, if you are going to make a lotta bread dough or other heavy batter in it you would need to get the top end model for the extra HP rating of the motor. my grandmother made sausage in her artisan model for decades before she passed, she still owned the original one when she passed. good meh stuff here.
@bayportbob I got the same model sitting on the counter waiting for a new transmission. Believe me they break if you use the for anything other than mixing cake batter. The transmissions are plastic crap. These things are not mini hobarts anymore.
I think shopping for KitchenAid mixers is a sport for a lot of women. It was for me. Took years before I finally bit and bought one. It sits out and I'm a baking fool. Takes no effort to throw together a batch of cookies. Love mine.
Just received my KitchenAid mixer, it did NOT come with the pouring shield as advertised here on the website or on the product box... still waiting on a reply from meh.com and KitchenAid. Hoping to have better luck here!
Got one of these from kohls with crazy coupon deal for about 200. That tends to only happen a few times a year, so this is still a good price if you want one now.
Seems like they are always available for $199+-........maybe it's a different model though. anyhow, they are like tanks and last for ever. Ours is 12 years+ and looks great on the kitchen counter.
@unkabob Back at the beginning of marriage, every once in a while I'd see my mother-in-law at the grocery store. We'd stop, chitchat, then be on our way. And I can't count the times she'd let one slip. No sound at all....just the smell as she left the aisle... It's funny now. Not so much back then. I'd look around and want to tell the others around us "Hey, it wasn't me!" but I'd just slink off in the opposite direction with my cart.
@lisaviolet .. Yep, and the worst of it all is the tradition that the first one who notices it, is the one who caused it then brought it up to hide his/her guilt. Made as a funny I'm sure but many took it serious else they wouldn't look at you like that. I've had many encounters in closed elevators, not all of my doing but almost always looked at.. I never could decide which was worse, the actual smell of it or that gawd awful background music you had to endure for fifty floors ((<;
@lisaviolet ... Public restrooms are the worst as I try never to have to use them, not because of the germs as much as the smell from the last guy (or gal in your case) who used it before you and what's worse, the smell lingers (as there's never any windows or venting in those places) so you know that when you leave, the smell will still be toxic and the next visitor will automatically blame you when you pass him (or her) on the way out.. More ((<:
Need a better model for this price or this one at a better price you pick and try again thanks.......... and send me one that is broken for free thanks
The wife convinced me one year to get up at 3AM and drive to wal-mart to try and grab some specific Black friday deal she wanted. The place was insane; there were these pallets of sale specials covered with tarps throughout the store. In the back of the store was a pallet that I was told had kitchenaid mixers; from the size of the pile under the tarp i would guess maybe 20 of them. People were standing in the line for them all the way to the front of the store, along the front wall, and out into the entrance where the shopping carts usually are, waiting for the tarps to be pulled off the pile in another hour. I am guessing that an hour later the fistfights started right about 20 people back.
These are awesome mixers; the one we have is about 25 years old and gets used a couple times a week. Buy it, you won't be sorry.
I have the 6 Quart and am dying for the Pro Series 7 quart. This looks like it has the old dough hook as well. I bake bread almost every night, so I'm looking out for a pro 7.
As for this mixer, I'd spend the extra for the 6 qt.
@unixrab Why? Do you make mashed potatoes for 40 people at a time? Do you own a lunch counter? That is a MASSIVE mixer. I have a 7qt now, and most of the time I use it I am annoyed that it is oversized for the job at hand.
Interestingly enough, I have a little side business making Christmas Cookies - during the holidays, I make about 20dz-40dz cookies. The extra power and size allows me the option of making huge batches of both sticky dough and icing.
Also interesting: I never use a stand mixer to make my mashed potatoes. Potato Ricer only... + wooden spoon.
@adavidw fun fact - my first job was at a Perkin's Pancake House (circa 1980 imma guess) - and the 2 cooks were sadistic bastards. I was the dishwasher - and my work area was sort of this "U" shaped cubby with the dishwasher in the right corner (dishes came in dirty from the left, exited clean from the right). Around my 3rd day working these 2 asshats thought it would be hilarious to lift up and THROW the mixing bowl (cauldron more like) from the above mixer over the top of my cubby, nearly killing me (or at least - scaring the living shit out of me). I waited a while for them to go in the freezer (they did, often - I assume to huff the nitrous from the empty whip cream cans) - and I pinned them in. I went up front and let my manager know I was quitting, and walked out.
@Pufferfishy Hahaha. Holy crap that's hilarious. We used to do stuff like that to each other all the time in the restaurants I've worked at. Jesus that must have been loud when that thing came clattering over.
@Bingo this really wasn't the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. I worked standing in front of one of the sarlacc pit sized garbage disposals - and once when it was running one of these idiots threw one of those "classic brown Perkins plastic water glasses" into it as he pased by - and of course shrapnel launched in a thousand directions. I vowed then to end my tenure in spectacular fashion - tossing the mixing bowl just sealed the deal
FWIW, it's been a while since the KitchenAid topped Cook's Illustrated's tests of stand mixers. I'm overtired while nursing a sick cat so I'm not gonna Google, but I think the Cuisinart's won the last couple tests.
@editorkid In 2007 America's Test Kitchen (in the same group as Cook's Illustrated) rated Kitchenaids to be the best stand mixer. The winner was a 7qt pro model, the best-buy was a 4.5 qt KSM75 which is mostly identical to this version except it has a lower power motor ( 275 vs. 325 for the meh offer)
@editorkid I have a 7qt. Cuisinart. It is pretty nice, arguably TOO large for average jobs. One downside is the "power takeoff" for external tools sucks, the external tools suck and are WAAAAY over-priced, and when you engage the power-takeoff it sounds like there is a jet landing in your kitchen. It is WHATTHEFUCK loud.
I have this one and am happy with it. I only use it a couple times a month, though. I had a bowl-lifter version previously. The bowl-lifting mechanism broke after about a dozen uses (and after the warranty expired). It sat in storage for about ten years while I seethed. I finally had it repaired and sold it on eBay and used the proceeds to buy the 5-qt Artisan I have now. I only cook for two so the bigger one was overkill anyway.
Nah, the plastic transmission is gonna bust if you use it for anything other than mixing loose batters. You need at least the 500 watt models if you make bread or stuff sausage on a regular basis. Don't even think of grinding wheat berries with this.
I have one that my mother passed on to me. It's a great machine if you bake. A friend of mine in Spain laments that she won't get one because they are near 7 or 800 euros there. Do you ship to Spain?
I'll echo everyone here, I have 3 kitchenaid mixers, a 325 W 5 quart bowl lift I bought as a refurb with wedding money, then 10 years later, I saw the anniversary edition, candy apple red 325 W tilt head with the glass bowl. I was in lust, I had to have it. The original still works just fine. I will say that while the bowl lift seems like a PITA when you start to use it, the tilt head is nowhere near as sturdy. If you're going to mix up double batches of heavy cookie dough or pizza/bread doughs, you'd probably want to get a larger mixer or go with a bowl lift model. I'm now on the 6500 pro model which is the best of both worlds, lord what a beast. But the point is the other two work just fine, as long as you don't ask it to do too much.
I actually haven't used mine in years. If you ferment pizza dough in the fridge for a few days, you can throw it together with a fork and cover the bowl. Done. (And I'm lousy at cakes, cookies, etc. so there isn't much incentive to make other stuff. I wish I'd known that before I bought mine, come to think of it.)
It sad that meh is too cheap ( hopefully not just obtuse)to hire a couple high school buddies or temps to address the cold weather crunch we've been going thru. FedEx lost my $240 food thing n meh is too busy to get back to me n fix this shit. Meanwhile...back at the ranch..through their shitty lack of response I will no longer b a customer....gross incompetence....hope it doesn't happen to any of u! Meh....sad for u!
@brettmcox just checked on this for you and CS is still trying to get this worked out, sorry for the wait and thanks for your patience. If you haven't contacted them yet I would send a message to https://meh.com/support.
I have attempted 3 times to make contact with MEH about not receiving the mixer. Each time I get the same bull shit automated response. I want answers. Fed Ex stated the package was lost and I needed to get with MEH. They provided me a claim number for you. It’s too bad I need to come onto a forum site to be heard. Spend a buck and have your drunken uncle field a few phone calls.
@Thumperchick So, when you get an automated response saying "Sorry, we have a huge influx of support tickets, we'll get with you ASAP" your idea is to send two more emails about it? Did it ever occur to you that maybe you're part of the problem?
@Thumperchick Haha, yup. It must be some other forum software that I'm used to using causes this disconnect in my brain, but I keep replying to the wrong person on Meh. Sorry you received undue snark. =)
That's response is the literary equivalent of a shoulder a shrug. Now I know why u call ur selves meh. Still nothing......$245 in the trash. Well.....u got meh
I don't know anything about threads nor social media. I didn't realize that was how u respond to business transactions. Is this only way u all correspond? Not even thru personal email? I do not wish to be subjected to these online sassy sissies who own no part of our business transactions. Forum for response.....bad business!
@henson774 You posted your problem in a forum so they responded back in the forum. If you send your issue through the correct support channels, they would have responded directly back to you. Check your spam folder in case you missed it.
I have used this mixer for a longer time and I am really satisfied with their mixer because of their inbuilt quality and the higher standard they maintain with affordable prices. I really like their mixer and still, I am using the one .
I doughn't need this, but thanks
@Dash - Batter to buy it now, on sale.
Icing what you did there
@KDemo At yeast it's not a speaker dock
@Dash - Eggsactly!
@Dash Oh, you knead it alright. It's a grate deal.
You're just trying to get a rise out of us....
@Dash Looks like you got a few puns in the oven.
@Dash Instead of milking this thread with puns, why don't you guys mix it up a little and throw some real yolks in here. I mean yer beating it to death! Whip yourselves into shape, will ya??? Punbelievable....
This is a really good deal. If I didn't already have one I'd be on this like stink on shit!
@Teripie Ours is coming up on 25 years. The things are indestructible.
@Teripie Yep. This is a kitchen gadget that lives on the counter and never gets put away, like the coffeepot, because it is getting used all the time. And it's a darn purty appliance too. Of course, choice of colors changes over time (I'm graced with the cobalt blue), but if you get one you like, you'll still have it when that color trend comes around again, and again, and again.
@chadberg I have the cobalt blue also. I love it! Of course I would have bought purple if it was available. But the blue goes well with my countertop, a granite called Blue Pearl.
In this topic: "This isn't a good deal at all, I got one for $40 less when I used 20 gift cards and stacked 37 coupons at 3:00am on Black Friday."
I really REALLY want this but my kitchen is absurdly small and I'm already beyond out of counter space. Plus I'm kinda hoping I can get one as a gift when I get married.
@JonT you seem cranky. I think you all did well by getting a batch of these. attaboys all around! Now hurry up and sell out of them. :)
@JonT While the prospect of getting one for free seems tempting, weddings tend to cost a lot of money. You'd come out way ahead if you just bought the mixer and gave up on the wedding plans.
@JonT I don't know if you're subtly announcing anything or I missed something, but congratulations!
@JonT You won't unless you specify. But don't get a tilt head. Spend the extra for the bowl lifter 6 qt..
@JonT leave you on your own for 1 night... ONE NIGHT... and you're bitching at everyone else. ...
@editorkid hah, thanks! Nothing official just yet, I still need to buy a ring but it'll become official soon.
@JonT Waiting for the ring to come up on Meh? ;P
We have the 6 quart version. It's an awesome piece of kitchen equipment.
@Headly it looks like many people already have a KA mixer, so @JonT would be wise to sell us mediocre attachments for them.
@VeeDubTDI I already have most of those too...
Oh yes, it's very nice!
I've have this mixer, it's bad ass (for a consumer mixer).
@Deelron The cover kinda sucks, too many openings, stuff flies out when mixing.
@webender use low speed until incorporated. don't you watch Good Eats?
@Headly That's what I do, but my old kenwood had me spoiled. The lid fit tight all the way around (even a removable cover for the "chute"). And I could run it at any speed.
This is an awesome mixer... Coffee grinders, foreman grill, Hamilton blender; all ended up in the cabinet. This thing stays on the counter.
That being said, "We already have one, you see."
And fuck it, someone did this joke, didn't they?
@cleverogre There can never be too much MP references.
@tentalces1349 , this is why they sell white appliances, mixers, cabinets, counter tops, flooring, and clothes; then no one sees this happen. (heh heh heh)
Not a good way to end free Christmas VMP
@webender depends on when you got your MVP - mine expires March 4th
I already have one and love it, but I really hope that you'll be selling accessories soon!
@iluvmingos come on meat grinder! I use the ice cream attachment all the time
@metageist I just got the meat grinder at Christmas. It's amazing how much better a burger from ground steak tastes than just using ground beef from the store. I would love to have the ice cream and pasta attachments.
@iluvmingos I have the pasta roller attachment too, but I don't use it as often as the ice cream attachment. I guess I have a sweet tooth ☺
I have one of these mixers. I found it on clearance at a Marshall's... My mom was next door at Kohl's when I saw it. She looked at me like I was crazy when I told her how much I was considering spending (less than this), but we looked at the ones at Kohl's and determined that their deals are good, but not great when it comes to this mixer. (Just since it came up in discussion... I am a Kohl's shopper and minored in applied mathematics, so I hope I calculated correctly. I took into consideration their 30% discounts, specialized coupons, and all kinds of things. I truly put a lot of thought into it).
That being said, I love, love, love my mixer. I'm sure there are better industrial ones out there, but I'm happy. I make these peanut butter balls that caused my mom's mixer to jump up and down (I only had a hand mixer of my own). This mixer mixes them like it's nothing. These are heavy and it's a great feature. As @webender mentioned, the cover is a little loose, but if you're careful it works perfectly well. I baked for three straight days (came out to about 37 hours of constant baking) before Christmas and the mixer didn't let me down. My feet did, but not the mixer. If you like to bake, have a sub-par mixer, don't want to put the time and energy into maybe finding a better deal, and can afford it, I recommend it.
Other things: 1) I have attachments, but I don't use them often. 2) It mixes everything well. I'm always surprised I don't have to scrap much from around the edges or bottom (bottom often has nothing to scrape up).
this is a good price. and for anyone wondering, the bowl itself routinely sells for $40.00 new.
that being said, if you already have a kitchenaid, this is probably the model you have. i might have been tempted at a higher pricepoint if this was the kind with the lift.
This small appliance is fantastic to have. Unfortunately, you'll end up making more cookies than you see in the last pic with Glen. This mixer is why newlyweds get fat.
I'll also chime in that this price is competitive, but not a "deal" when compared to other meh offerings.
@Thumperchick hmmm...looks like I plagiarized you a few posts down. I guess I should read from the top down ;-)
Is it a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake?
@rileyper Whoah it just got crazy at 0:21... I'm so confused!
@snazweb RIP 2f2f
3 days before payday you feature the one thing I would actually buy since I bought the Samsung screen... Assholes!!! Die in hell!!! Oh, by the way, thanks for the socks.
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: 1 Year KitchenAid
Estimated Delivery: 3/9 - 3/11
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer
1x 5-qt Stainless steel bowl
1x Flat beater
1x Dough hook
1x 6-wire whip
1x Pouring shield
Pictures
Mixer and accessories
Colors
Pour-in spout
Wire Whip
Lifted up
Inset image from Brian Richardson used under Creative Commons License
Price Check
$279.99 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Nov 16 - Tuesday, Nov 21
Awesome mixer, but not a particularly awesome deal. :(
Let me clarify: the deal is not awesome enough to get me to impulse-buy it. I'm holding out for a 600 series. :)
If they included the cookies it would be much less meh of a purchase.
@spencer060 yeah or at least the ingredients, since we would have a mixer to make cookies once it arrives.
already got one when I got married. free to me beeyotch!
@lumber5607 you can hit up the next deal after the divorce.
@lumber5607 this is exactly why I'm getting married. for a KitchenAid.
@lumber5607 Wow you have a very different definition of "free" than the rest of us...
Come on people. You can't have something like this in the same month as the ninja blender. I can only afford one expensive deal per month.
If we wanted a "good" deal, we would shop at your ex's place. Take another $75 off for a proper "meh" deal.
Whirlpool ate the breakfast octopus with Kitchenaid(Hobart) in the mid '80s. Then started using offshore plastic components to replace metal parts. I hear they've stopped that and gone back to metal a few/some years ago, but hard to say if its still a machine to last generations.
Still a kick-ass mixer, though. But I am going to continue pursuing my dream of finding an old Hobart model somewhere with the attachments that are hard to find now for the old models.
@mehjohnson Whirlpool flirted with outsourcing things in the '90s. As you note, that didn't work. Once again every stand mixer is made in Greenville, OH By the same families who've made them since WWII, with an all metal drivetrain. This model is a smaller motor though.
Still make a mean blue cheese, though
No, wait, that's Maytag
I love purple.
I'd take advantage of the offer, but my parents have a hobart era Kitchenaid that i've made them give me in their will. It's at least 40 years old and will probably outlive 23 year old me.
THATS HOW GOOD KITCHENAID'S ARE PEOPLE. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER
@jschlic they don't make them like that anymore. literally.
@unixrab They literally do, same town, same people, same basic design. One of the few kitchen appliances made in USA
@jnathanael you may not have taken them apart, but I have. The old style mixers have a physical connection to the motor...you move the lever on the left (put it to 2) and the motor instantly engages...the new mixers have a delay between the time you set the number and the time that the motor engages. Not the same. ;-)
@unixrab That's a feature, not a bug. It provides a quick but still noticeable ramp up of power to keep the ingredients from splashing out when you turn it on. Old model had instantaneous torque so if you flipped the switch to anything above 2, you'd be wearing some of the contents of the bowl.
@jnathanael @unixrab You're both right. One of you is talking about the longevity of the unit and the other is talking about the detail of a product feature. Brohug it out and move on.
@adavidw well lemme say... I hate that feature! :-)
@editorkid werd
The going rate (read: best deal new) for these is $239.00 they fluctuate, but you generally can get them for that... it's been $239 for the last 5 years... I've bought 2 for $239 and given them away ... I have the 6qt non-tilt I kept for myself (NOT $239... $299 for that one (everythingkitchens.com sale plus 30%off for any order over $300 (added a spatula)).
If you can get one for around $239.00 you got a good deal. BONUS: online and without tax and free shipping.
This is a decent deal. Not earth-shattering, but it's a good deal. If you can find lower than $239.00 buy.
@unixrab Heads up, someone hacked your account and left a great post
@unixrab That website is fucked. It's says the "normal" price of "Mixer A" is $449 and you can put it in your cart for a "special price". And the special price once it's in your cart is $499. That's pretty fucking "special". Dunno if it's just a Chrome compatibility thing or what - but in general that website is a broken mess. I can't manipulate the product placed in my cart - I'm sure not sending a credit card through it....
@unixrab Well then, for $235 you better grab VMP and get that shopping cart full ;)
@Pufferfishy I'm using chrome and had no problem navigating that website or putting the mixer in my cart. I also didn't have a "special price" of $499.
@editorkid -
I get serious about good products at a good price... and...well... you don't see me serious that much around here --- Zing!!! :-)
@mehybe I got all the mixers I need! But if I didn't this would be a purchase.... not VMP though.
@Thumperchick @pufferfishy - I didn't say there was a sale now... I said...that's how/where I got mine a few years back...sorry for the confustion.
@unixrab I understood you. I was just letting puffer know that the site is working.
@Thumperchick Roger that - I generally do not purchase regular consumer built kitchen equipment, I try to get most of my supplies for the kitchen from http://www.webstaurantstore.com/ - I started doing that when I saw that most consumer food processors had a "liquid" line that could not be exceeded or it would leak!! pass! My restaurant FP handles 9C of liquid. :-)
Fuck it. You guys aren't offering the version with flame graphics, like Alton Brown's. A huge Meh.
@eyewerks Sharpies
@Pamtha Oh man great opportunity missed. Meh should have offered these as a package deal with a random color Sharpie!
But does it float?
@pepsiwine will it blend?
i lust after a kitchen aid, but i have no room in my kitchen for such an appliance. the curse of a small apartment:/
@vampje it should fit perfetly in a baby crib so you can tuck it in at night.
If this were the 6 qt professional model, I'd be all over this. Like others have said, you can find the 5 qt model cheaper if you look hard enough and get the right sales / coupons (like kohl's).
Yea, I got the 6 qt model from either Amazon or @snapster previous project. It was slightly more, but a much better product.
I have the Pro version, and am still trying to figure out if I can afford this. It is a hella good deal.
10/10, 5 stars, would buy if we didn't already have one.
A whopping $44 off the Amazon price.
I'm so not impressed.
Wedding gift from in-laws 22 years ago. Still working great. In laws had one for over 40 years and it passed on to a grandchild. Awesome mixer.
@carwinew They no longer are the same. Kitchenaid mixers back then were made by Hobart, a commercial supplier, that relationship ended a few years ago. While they improved from the original switch to plastic gears when they first moved away from Hobart and are back to all metal parts, they no longer are the "bullet proof" build quality they once were.
@Raider My mom has an old beige Hobart and it could rip apart steel wool if it had to. But I'm not disappinted in my 6qy Artisan, and I bake bread every night. But it is a slight touch below my mom's mixer. Now the 7 qt pro.....
@Raider Yes, Whirlpool flirted with outsourcing things in the '90s, but ultimately they doubled down on premium. Every stand mixer is made in Greenville, OH same as as 60 years ago with an all metal drivetrain.
You all know that Kitchenaid has their own ebay account and sell off their refurbs for $199 (free shipping), right?
@mechno Some family friends work at KitchenAid. They always buy refurbs from the company store. Mostly burnt out motors or controls that have been replaced, and good as new. Downside of this Meh Mixer is a mediocre wattage motor, could burnout if over-stressed.
Meh I think, aren't these much cheaper from Kohl's with crazy coupons around xmas?
@Stallion Yeah.. but think of all that time you have to waste finding coupons! And waiting!
@Stallion If it's at Kohl's, it's almost certainly a cheaper, diffusion brand with the parent's labels. That said, I don't know how much KitchenAid quality varies, nor where this model lines up.
@sirnuke Usually all Kitchenaid Products are high quality. My mother has this mixer and it's amazing with making cakes, cookies, or pretty much anything that could be made with a mixer.
@Stallion yeah i helped a friend pick up one of these artisan series for about $180 a bit before christmas after a mail in rebate they had at the time. Still, You'd be hard pressed to find a better price than meh's this side of black friday i suspect.
@Stallion it's not Christmas, this is a great price
@march5th00 what was the wattage? They make 275watt which are lower cost.
@michaelpporter not sure. I can ask her when she gets off work if the answer makes a difference.
@sirnuke My mother had our kitchenaid before I was born and passed it on to me. I'm now 27 and it's still in perfect working condition and we've had no maintenance that I know of performed on it. I'd say the quality is amazing!
@somf69 It's always Christmas as Meh.
@Stallion I got an unbelievable deal Christmas of 2013 on the classic one at Kohl's. It was $50 off the regular price, I used a 20% off coupon, got $40 Kohl's cash back, and there was a $50 rebate. If you count the Kohl's cash as a credit, I ended up spending $70.
@march5th00 matters not to me, but does effect the price.
@Stallion -Keep an eye on Gilt dot com. I got the next model up- 475 HP, lift bowl model, in red, for $194! Gilt has a $30 credit for new customers, and when I bought, there was a $30 mail-in rebate from KitchenAid!
Too bad a have this one already.
Interestingly enough I got one from Woot a few months back at $239.99, surprised to see Meh just barely skating under that. Usually they knock the price outta the park. Meh.
Meh. A good "starter" Kitchenaid model, but you'll want to upgrade to one that has the bowl lifter eventually. You'll always have ingredients at the bottom of the bowl that don't get mixed otherwise. No matter how much you adjust the height of the beater/dough hook.
@marvelljones have you seen the partial silicon blades on Amazon? They seem to help with that problem when you don't have the bowl lifting
@metageist But Cook's Illustrated found that the friction from those can be enough to burn out the motor.
@marvelljones @metageist @editorkid So this is my problem right now. Things like cake batters are not fully mixing at the bottom even when using the wire whisk. I have the style where the bowl cranks up and down, not the tilter. I had to pull out the hand mixer to fix it. So is this my KA with a problem, or am I doing something wrong? I normally make bread dough, not so much cakes.
@Pamtha Use the paddle for batters. The whisk is for incorporating air into things (like egg whites). And scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula every so often - it's a stand mixer, not a Ninja.
@deichernc Agree. If you use the right tools, this is pretty cool.
@editorkid ah, I haven't read that but it makes some sense about the motor. I just scrape the sides with a spatula and call it good.
@Pamtha as @deichernc says, use the paddle. If its still bad after that, you might check your adjustment screw
@deichernc If I put a mask and a black belt on it, can I call it Ninja Mixer? :) Thanks for the tips, I was in the "well I paid a zillion dollars for this thing, it should scrape itself" category. There should be a KitchenAid for Dummies book.
We already have one. As the write up points out, it still has decades of life left in it. We won't be buying another one for a long long time, if ever.
Already have one, and it's going to outlive me.
@jseay65 To be honest, I kind of miss it when @Barney doesn't comment on at least one post.
@jseay
@Zeriphaes Aww, I still love purple.
I want it so badly, but I do not have $240 in my bank account. When can we expect a meh-branded credit card?
If I didn't already have my KitchenAid mixer, I'd totally buy this. If you don't have a KitcheAid mixer, and you cook at all, you will never regret owning one.
I can tell you from experience that this mixer is powerful enough to knead Pizza dough. There are not many out there that can do that.
@Steve7654 this mixer, or a kitchenaid pro. This has a third the wattage and the lower wattage models tend to burn out.
Bosch MUM 5-series and above kicks ass of this thing
Can I get this on an easy 50 month payment plan? ;P
I spoke to my baking friend about this, and asked if I should jump on it... She said it's a mediocre price (Well, I guess that fits in here). She mentioned on Black Friday last year Kohl's sold this mixer for $150. I should've jumped on it then. She did say that if this was the 6 qt mixer at the same price, it would be an excellent deal and said I should jump on it.
I'll get this mixer eventually. Eventually... But not today.
@BillLehecka Keep an eye out at Target.com during wedding season. Usually can find this one for ~ $200
@BillLehecka Of course, if you want to bake anything for your friends for Thanksgiving, you'll have to have one of these before then... but seriously, depending on how much you'd bake over the next 9 months, there might be value in buying earlier at a higher price.
Great mixer. I've had it for over 12 years and then bought my Mom one for Christmas right after receiving mine since it was so awesome. I was given the pasta attachment about 5 years ago by someone who was going to throw it out because they didn't use it and realized I had one and might want it. I took it but have never used it, maybe one day. I highly recommend this mixer to anyone who needs one.
Meh'd.
Not because I'm not interested, but because I'm too poor.
Tell you what Meh, lets make a deal. You send me one of these pro-bono, and I send you back a batch or two of my Grandmother's recipe rainbow cookies (also known as venitians) my using your mixer you ever so genereously sent. Pic related, not mine but they are those cookies, and they are awesome.
@Tiamat114 Wish I'd thought of that shameless ploy... but then again pizza/calzone/stromoboli doesn't ship well.
@Tiamat114 like Boston cream pie, these look suspiciously like cake.
@Ignorant They are! They are cookies though. You basically have 3 layers of an almond paste cake, with raspberry and apricot jam between the top and bottom layers respectively. You them put them in the fridge and press the shit out of them with a ton of weight for about a week so they all gel together into an extremely dense orgy of goodness, then coat the top with chocolate. The ones in this picture didnt get pressed enough but they are still good even when they are more cake-like than cookie-like. Its a lot of work to make these and they aren't cheap to buy either, the local bakery around here charges iirc either $15.99/lb or $17.99/lb. Worth it when you're lazy, but better to make your own.
Price is meh, I mean I picked up the basic model for $110 after cashback and store credit on CyberMonday.
@JeepDude This is not the basic model.
@JeepDude you say the price is meh but your example is cyber Monday, store credit and cash back. you know because we all have that.
@StrangerDanger you don't buy a kitchen appliance during no sale for full price, you wait and get it for real cheap.
@upbeatanime Sure, and I got my laptop for $45 because I paid the rest with my Christmas bonus.
@Teripie: "This is not the basic model." You forgot to do the Jedi hand-wavy thing while you typed that.
@JeepDude the base model is the 4.5 quart Classic Series mixer, which is $217 on Amazon (but only $95 after store credit, a jar of toenail clippings, and a Mark Sanchez rookie trading card)
@StrangerDanger The reason once-a-year-pricing is relevant is that, even per Meh's description, this is a once-in-a-lifetime purchase. So the correct analogy isn't paying with your Christmas bonus (which is still your money, duh), but whether you would wait till the best deal of the year to buy a car. If not, you're rolling in it, so why are you even on Meh?
@snazweb I wasn't saying it was just cyber Monday. That's acceptable but you can't count store credit and cashback because that is a deal only Jeepdude could have. The Christmas bonus was another guy :)
@snazweb At my age, a can of Coke could be a lifetime purchase.
@StrangerDanger Sorry you're right. Store credit definitely doesn't count. I saw one too many posts saying you shouldn't count once-a-year sales and coupons, and didn't realize this post was a different matter altogether. (I realize I'm breaking all sorts of Internet Rules by apologizing on a forum, and for that I, erm, oh nevermind.)
WHOA!!!
I must say meh, but only because I inherited one from my Grandma. Thank god there's not accessories for sale or I'd be sunk.
@sinless Yeah. I was kinda annoyed when the wife put all the accessories on the wedding registry (I bought the mixer myself as a bachelor beause.) but now that we have them all... they may not get used all the time, but we had handmade fettuccine the other night...fantastic!
Bath! :P Always wanted one of these but they are expensive, even at a discounted rate.
Got this mixer for my mom for $230 with a $50 rebate before xmas from Amazon. Great mixer at a competitive price for someone in the market, but definitely not a mind blowing price tag.
My sister has one of these, a larger version I believe. Its amazing for making things like cookies and bread but if you want any attachments they can be around $40. These are really good for a diy cook but they take up a decent ammount of counterspace so be warned if you arent making miltiple batches of something and arent afraid to buy a wooden spoon and mixing bowl than you probibally wont need it.
I am so glad it's not the pasta accessories for sale. I have been having fantasies about home-made pasta since I first saw those. I know I'd use them only once or twice a year, but isn't that the whole point of 'meh'?
@Achire A friend and I made homemade pasta once about twenty years ago. It was absolutely not worth the time and mess. My kitchen was covered in pasta dust. Just buy fresh pasta at the grocery store.
Meh- Xer! I already have one., bought it for $349+ tax last month pre valentine. Target.com has the 450KV25GOXW for $250 ,but didn't buy it. Buyers reviews tell that the UPS guys just dumps them when delivering resulting to some breakage and what nots.., this damn things are built solid. Super heavy!!!
Will this work with my Mac?
@Zeriphaes Yes. I have this KitchenAid and four Macs. They all work in the same house.
@Zeriphaes Not sure about Windows 8 compatibility though. I've heard it works fine until you install Service Pack 1, then it stops mixing.
Sad day for a bargain on 9to5toys http://www.ebay.com/itm/361069993995?rmvSB=true&rmvSB=true
@Brambo13 not quite the same model, that one is only 300 watts and 4.5 quarts.
I thought I would never need to buy another mixer again when I bought one of these 7 years ago. Sadly, my wife threw it away without even telling me why.
@kazriko bummer; I would be willing to pay $50 or so for a broken one if I saw it at a yard sale. parts are readily available, i'm sure.
@kazriko because you never use it! Go make a cake!
@Steve7654 I think it was because she thought it was unsafe due to the finish coming off of the attachments. (I don't know if she realized how easy it is to buy new attachments for these things.)
Great deal. If I didn't already own one I'd be all over this. Nice find.
this is really a one time purchase, it ain't gonna break. i've seen these mixers last decades for people. as cranky1959 says tho, if you are going to make a lotta bread dough or other heavy batter in it you would need to get the top end model for the extra HP rating of the motor. my grandmother made sausage in her artisan model for decades before she passed, she still owned the original one when she passed. good meh stuff here.
@bayportbob I got the same model sitting on the counter waiting for a new transmission. Believe me they break if you use the for anything other than mixing cake batter. The transmissions are plastic crap. These things are not mini hobarts anymore.
@G1 My drill press lives on a stand we built for it. The kitchenaid stand mixer got a whole baking cart ;)
No Georgia Red. . . for that alone, meh.
First Meh Purchase!
BTW how "fast" is shipping? Opens can of worms and walks away
I think shopping for KitchenAid mixers is a sport for a lot of women. It was for me. Took years before I finally bit and bought one. It sits out and I'm a baking fool. Takes no effort to throw together a batch of cookies. Love mine.
if this was like 230 i probably would've gotten it
I purchased a used one at an auction in 1991 and it was old then. It is still running. You will only buy this once so you better like the color.
I have mixed emotions about this
@triplebud It's a crazy blend of feelings.
I don't "need" this...but...i kinda do. I need to sleep on it.... wait. >->
Just received my KitchenAid mixer, it did NOT come with the pouring shield as advertised here on the website or on the product box... still waiting on a reply from meh.com and KitchenAid. Hoping to have better luck here!
@Chimuel our customer support team is answering emails as fast as they can and should get back to you within a couple days.
@Chimuel Well, at least you got yours. I don't actually know if that's better.
Doesn't seem like a good deal at all. Can be regularly found for < 200
@yrral where???
@yrral Different models have different price points.
@camille Saw it for it $200 on 1saleaday yesterday. I think it might have been a refurbished.
@alose yes, it's a refurb: http://www.1sale.com/2015/02/kitchenaid-artisan-series-all-metal-5-qt-tilt-head-stand-mixer-save-59/
The Artisan is hard to find at that price. Can usually find the Classic.
Interesting Factoid - the sale price is $235. At the counter at the bottom of the screen, it says you have sold 1 for $254.
@lumber5607 sales tax yo.
@lumber5607 tax and shipping.
Bought this model from Woot last year for $240 plus tax and $5 S&H.
Got one of these from kohls with crazy coupon deal for about 200. That tends to only happen a few times a year, so this is still a good price if you want one now.
could be used to make something to put in this
Seems like they are always available for $199+-........maybe it's a different model though.
anyhow, they are like tanks and last for ever. Ours is 12 years+ and looks great on the kitchen counter.
$190 for refurb.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/151290064569?_mwBanner=1&rmvSB=true
I've found these for as low as $169.00 and I didn't get one. Good product though. For real an heir passer.
@unkabob excuse you! How rude!
@wew ... How so? I knew of a lesser price, I spoke up.. How rude is that? I didn't say, "Don't buy it".. What's your problem?
@unkabob I think because you passed heir.
@lisaviolet ... Fun-knee.. But hardly rude (unless it was a stinker of course).
@unkabob Yes, but when you pass heir in company, it's only polite to say excuse me. Otherwise, it's just a case of whoever smelt it, dealt it.
@lisaviolet ... ☺
@unkabob Back at the beginning of marriage, every once in a while I'd see my mother-in-law at the grocery store. We'd stop, chitchat, then be on our way. And I can't count the times she'd let one slip. No sound at all....just the smell as she left the aisle... It's funny now. Not so much back then. I'd look around and want to tell the others around us "Hey, it wasn't me!" but I'd just slink off in the opposite direction with my cart.
@lisaviolet .. Yep, and the worst of it all is the tradition that the first one who notices it, is the one who caused it then brought it up to hide his/her guilt. Made as a funny I'm sure but many took it serious else they wouldn't look at you like that. I've had many encounters in closed elevators, not all of my doing but almost always looked at.. I never could decide which was worse, the actual smell of it or that gawd awful background music you had to endure for fifty floors ((<;
@lisaviolet ... Public restrooms are the worst as I try never to have to use them, not because of the germs as much as the smell from the last guy (or gal in your case) who used it before you and what's worse, the smell lingers (as there's never any windows or venting in those places) so you know that when you leave, the smell will still be toxic and the next visitor will automatically blame you when you pass him (or her) on the way out.. More ((<:
Need a better model for this price or this one at a better price you pick and try again thanks.......... and send me one that is broken for free thanks
I am in the market for this. Have been wanting one for years. Rich right now with tax return money. Yet... not clicking buy. Why?
@phatmass oh, go ahead. These are awesome mixers, and I think they are like $350 or so at my local hardware store. You will like it..
@phatmass you're good. do it
@phatmass Buy one just for the sheer entertainment value of a 26-pound stand mixer being delivered by SmartPost.
The wife convinced me one year to get up at 3AM and drive to wal-mart to try and grab some specific Black friday deal she wanted. The place was insane; there were these pallets of sale specials covered with tarps throughout the store. In the back of the store was a pallet that I was told had kitchenaid mixers; from the size of the pile under the tarp i would guess maybe 20 of them. People were standing in the line for them all the way to the front of the store, along the front wall, and out into the entrance where the shopping carts usually are, waiting for the tarps to be pulled off the pile in another hour. I am guessing that an hour later the fistfights started right about 20 people back.
These are awesome mixers; the one we have is about 25 years old and gets used a couple times a week. Buy it, you won't be sorry.
@Steve7654 fuck WalMart. Never go there for anything, especially black friday insanity.
I have the 6 Quart and am dying for the Pro Series 7 quart. This looks like it has the old dough hook as well. I bake bread almost every night, so I'm looking out for a pro 7.
As for this mixer, I'd spend the extra for the 6 qt.
@droopus this is my next one: Go big or go home: (picture is clicky clicky)
8qt
@unixrab Yeah I heard about an 8. Yes that will do very nicely! You could mix up a baby in that....
@droopus
@unixrab Why? Do you make mashed potatoes for 40 people at a time? Do you own a lunch counter? That is a MASSIVE mixer. I have a 7qt now, and most of the time I use it I am annoyed that it is oversized for the job at hand.
@Pufferfishy
@unixrab I can send you my home address is you need someone for quality control.
@Pufferfishy :-)
@unixrab I'm saving up for this one:
@adavidw it's very close to perfect
@adavidw fun fact - my first job was at a Perkin's Pancake House (circa 1980 imma guess) - and the 2 cooks were sadistic bastards. I was the dishwasher - and my work area was sort of this "U" shaped cubby with the dishwasher in the right corner (dishes came in dirty from the left, exited clean from the right). Around my 3rd day working these 2 asshats thought it would be hilarious to lift up and THROW the mixing bowl (cauldron more like) from the above mixer over the top of my cubby, nearly killing me (or at least - scaring the living shit out of me). I waited a while for them to go in the freezer (they did, often - I assume to huff the nitrous from the empty whip cream cans) - and I pinned them in. I went up front and let my manager know I was quitting, and walked out.
@Pufferfishy Hahaha. Holy crap that's hilarious. We used to do stuff like that to each other all the time in the restaurants I've worked at. Jesus that must have been loud when that thing came clattering over.
@Bingo this really wasn't the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. I worked standing in front of one of the sarlacc pit sized garbage disposals - and once when it was running one of these idiots threw one of those "classic brown Perkins plastic water glasses" into it as he pased by - and of course shrapnel launched in a thousand directions. I vowed then to end my tenure in spectacular fashion - tossing the mixing bowl just sealed the deal
FWIW, it's been a while since the KitchenAid topped Cook's Illustrated's tests of stand mixers. I'm overtired while nursing a sick cat so I'm not gonna Google, but I think the Cuisinart's won the last couple tests.
@editorkid meh on cuisinart... hit or miss with them. IMO YMMV
@editorkid In 2007 America's Test Kitchen (in the same group as Cook's Illustrated) rated Kitchenaids to be the best stand mixer. The winner was a 7qt pro model, the best-buy was a 4.5 qt KSM75 which is mostly identical to this version except it has a lower power motor ( 275 vs. 325 for the meh offer)
@editorkid Damn, your nipples must hurt like hell. You must really love that cat.
@ChunkyBitz Now MY nipples hurt thinking just thinking about that, thanks jackass ;)
@editorkid I have a 7qt. Cuisinart. It is pretty nice, arguably TOO large for average jobs. One downside is the "power takeoff" for external tools sucks, the external tools suck and are WAAAAY over-priced, and when you engage the power-takeoff it sounds like there is a jet landing in your kitchen. It is WHATTHEFUCK loud.
@ChunkyBitz I like to think of it as "My nipples hurt so good."
I would be in for one, but I already have one. Good product at a decent price. WTG meh.
Awesome deal Meh! Keep the higher priced deals coming. I can now make 7 dozen cookies in one fell swoop - great for lonely Saturday nights.
@rkannese 7doz almost burned my 5qt up. be careful
I have this one and am happy with it. I only use it a couple times a month, though. I had a bowl-lifter version previously. The bowl-lifting mechanism broke after about a dozen uses (and after the warranty expired). It sat in storage for about ten years while I seethed. I finally had it repaired and sold it on eBay and used the proceeds to buy the 5-qt Artisan I have now. I only cook for two so the bigger one was overkill anyway.
This is for your kitchen like the Kirby Vacuum is for the rest of your home!
Unless you don't bake..
...or vacuum...
...meh..
I already have one. It's great. I love the meat grinder attachment. Homemade ground beef ftw.
Nah, the plastic transmission is gonna bust if you use it for anything other than mixing loose batters. You need at least the 500 watt models if you make bread or stuff sausage on a regular basis. Don't even think of grinding wheat berries with this.
I have one that my mother passed on to me. It's a great machine if you bake. A friend of mine in Spain laments that she won't get one because they are near 7 or 800 euros there. Do you ship to Spain?
I'll echo everyone here, I have 3 kitchenaid mixers, a 325 W 5 quart bowl lift I bought as a refurb with wedding money, then 10 years later, I saw the anniversary edition, candy apple red 325 W tilt head with the glass bowl. I was in lust, I had to have it. The original still works just fine. I will say that while the bowl lift seems like a PITA when you start to use it, the tilt head is nowhere near as sturdy. If you're going to mix up double batches of heavy cookie dough or pizza/bread doughs, you'd probably want to get a larger mixer or go with a bowl lift model. I'm now on the 6500 pro model which is the best of both worlds, lord what a beast. But the point is the other two work just fine, as long as you don't ask it to do too much.
I'm sad that I had to click meh. I want one of these so bad!
I actually haven't used mine in years. If you ferment pizza dough in the fridge for a few days, you can throw it together with a fork and cover the bowl. Done. (And I'm lousy at cakes, cookies, etc. so there isn't much incentive to make other stuff. I wish I'd known that before I bought mine, come to think of it.)
Awesome deal... but.... meh I already have two. Don't need three.
Just scored this for $219 delivered.
Because IDNGAF about the color. It's a mixer.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130573476963
Could i cancel my order Kitchaid mixer?
@GeonU Nope. You have a short timeframe to cancel orders, and it's definitely past that time now. Sorry :/
It sad that meh is too cheap ( hopefully not just obtuse)to hire a couple high school buddies or temps to address the cold weather crunch we've been going thru. FedEx lost my $240 food thing n meh is too busy to get back to me n fix this shit. Meanwhile...back at the ranch..through their shitty lack of response I will no longer b a customer....gross incompetence....hope it doesn't happen to any of u! Meh....sad for u!
@henson774 sorry you've had such a bad experience, our customer support team will answer you and work with you on a solution as soon as they can.
@JonT any lock tracking down the lost packing stickers?
@brettmcox just checked on this for you and CS is still trying to get this worked out, sorry for the wait and thanks for your patience. If you haven't contacted them yet I would send a message to https://meh.com/support.
@JonT sent an email but still waiting on feedback. We are moving in a week.
I have attempted 3 times to make contact with MEH about not receiving the mixer. Each time I get the same bull shit automated response. I want answers. Fed Ex stated the package was lost and I needed to get with MEH. They provided me a claim number for you. It’s too bad I need to come onto a forum site to be heard. Spend a buck and have your drunken uncle field a few phone calls.
@failsafe I don't know about you, but my drunken uncle would need more than a buck. Tequila's spendy.
@Thumperchick So, when you get an automated response saying "Sorry, we have a huge influx of support tickets, we'll get with you ASAP" your idea is to send two more emails about it? Did it ever occur to you that maybe you're part of the problem?
@TheCraiggers My comment was clearly a joke.
@TheCraiggers and your response was clearly meant to be to the main comment poster... oops?
@Thumperchick Haha, yup. It must be some other forum software that I'm used to using causes this disconnect in my brain, but I keep replying to the wrong person on Meh. Sorry you received undue snark. =)
@failsafe packing labels fell off, I have tracked it down for meh and gave them all the info, still nothing.
I'm glad that my mixer isn't the only one stuck in "Picked up limbo".
That's response is the literary equivalent of a shoulder a shrug. Now I know why u call ur selves meh. Still nothing......$245 in the trash. Well.....u got meh
I don't know anything about threads nor social media. I didn't realize that was how u respond to business transactions. Is this only way u all correspond? Not even thru personal email? I do not wish to be subjected to these online sassy sissies who own no part of our business transactions. Forum for response.....bad business!
@henson774 You posted your problem in a forum so they responded back in the forum. If you send your issue through the correct support channels, they would have responded directly back to you. Check your spam folder in case you missed it.
@cengland0 you deserve an honorary Erlenmeyer flask.
@marklog Good idea. How about I manually add one at the end of every comment?
@marklog Oh, and we both need a dead goat badge too.
Came with the most insignificant ding on the back, so the least we can say is 'meh.'
I have used this mixer for a longer time and I am really satisfied with their mixer because of their inbuilt quality and the higher standard they maintain with affordable prices. I really like their mixer and still, I am using the one .
@jessicabraham is that so? Doesn’t look like you bought it here since you are new.
@jessicabraham @RiotDemon
Oh, be nice RD… they need to practice their English somewhere…