On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 2:24:30 PM UTC-8, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 2:15:00 PM UTC-8, wrote:
> > On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 2:19:46 PM UTC-6, BigC300 wrote:
> > > On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 11:16:09 -0800 (PST), "
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >If your local PBS station airs this show did anyone see
> > > >the holiday special?
> > > >
> > > >Vivian Howard is the host/chef and she went to her older
> > > >sisters home to make a red velvet cake. What caught my
> > > >attention was the stand mixer she was using. It was a
> > > >large contraption with the bowl sitting on the power base.
> > > >It did not have a tilt head but it did have a wire whisk
> > > >and the bowl was barrel shaped and rotated on its base.
> > > >Close to the 'arm' of the whisk is a scraper than is in
> > > >a stationary position that as the bowl turns it constantly
> > > >scrapes the turning bowl.
> > > >
> > > >The mixer does not look brand spanking new nor does it
> > > >appear to be an 'antique.' Has anyone seen a mixer like
> > > >this? I've searched images online and nothing like this
> > > >appears. It was quite an intruging appliance and I hope
> > > >my description is clear as it can be without being too
> > > >confusing.
> > >
> > >
> > > send Vivian an e-mail and get her sister to read the label on the
> > > mixer. Kitchen Aid, Sunbeam, Hobart, Hamilton Beach and Kenwood.
> > >
> > > From your description, the power head spinning the whisk is in the
> > > bottom, not the top. Very unusual for sure.
> > >
> > > William
> > >
> > >
> > Yes, it is unusual. I went back and looked at that portion of the
> > video twice to see how it actually worked.
>
> It was an older model of the Ankarsrum Mixer. Check it out he
> http://pleasanthillgrain.com/ankarsr...2Kfgodw qcB5g

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