I'm sure several here have made sausage balls in the past and if
you're like me, was not enthused by the process. Mix, mix, mix,
blend, squish, squash, squish and mix again and again and again.
Dang, what a chore!

A few weeks ago I was perusing a cooking group and someone posted to
put all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and using their mixer to do
all the work. The comment was this will take quite a while and you'll
think the mixture will never come together. This past week end I put
all the ingredients in the KitchenAid mixing bowl and used the K
beater and in less than 3 minutes ALL was beautifully combined! All
that was left to do was to roll this mixture into bite portions and
bake.

The process was SO fast I had not even turned on the oven to pre-heat
as I was assuming this would take much longer and I had plenty of time
to think of oven temperatures later. Needless the say the KitchenAid
artisan mixer handled this chore effortlessly. Next time I may try
the dough hook just to see what sort of results I achieve.