On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:52:54 -0700, Sam
> wrote:


>Mine (KA 650, strongest available at that time) did not - the low amount
>of 650 g bread dough (please figure out the cup amounts yourself -
>hydration maybe >65%) ran under settings shown in manual, stressed the
>machine so much that it started to smoke and had to be turned off. The
>noise it made to hear was painful.
>Having this mixer was an ongoing frustration!

Wow! If that had been my experience, I would not be a KA fan, either!

650 g of dough at >65% hydration would seem to be about 3 cups of my
white AP flour. I ususally shoot for about 620 g of dough and that's
the quantity I thought might not be kneaded properly because it is so
small that it wouldn't have sufficient contact with the bowl. And,
it's less than half what the manual for my Artisan says is max
capacity (of white flour) for the 5-quart bowl. And, it would also be
under the max amount of whole grain flour after the 50% reduction.

Do you think maybe you just got a lemon? Or, maybe I was lucky enough
to get one that was made correctly?

To reiterate, after the initial experiments of trying the two bread
recipes in the manual, I do not use the mixer for bread, anyway. I
just can't see any advantage in doing that.

BTW, thanks you for your good web site. I have been able to get quite
a bit of information that has been useful to me in developing my
skills at making sourdough bread. It's a bit complicated for me and
my skill level sometimes, but useful and enjoyable anyway.

Burney





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