On Mon, 18 May 2009 15:20:46 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2009-05-18, Terry > wrote:
>
>> 15-20 yrs old). Finally decided on a Cuisinart SM70 and thought you
>> might want to know a little about it.
>
>As Sheldon once pointed out, these power ratings (1000W) are misleading.
>Your mixer looks suspiciously like a newer version Kenwood. These mixers
>have 2 sets of right angle gears as opposed to only one set in the KA.
>Right angle gears are horribly inefficient and waste lots of power. I'm not
>saying your mixer is bad, just the power rating being not that big a deal.
>
>I have a Kenwood with the 3 speed take-offs and I love it. Great machines.
>I just wish I could find more attachments. I know that Kenwood had, at one
>time, as many as 21 attachments, but where to find them.
>
>I wonder if the Cuisinart attachments would fit my Kenwood:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/o6645r
>
>nb

We just bought a KA 600 Series 6 Quart 575W mixer, I find that this
one doesn't waddle around the counter top when making dough like the
400W Accolade did.