On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:30:02 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>
>>
>> Just for another angle on this, I don't own a standmixer and don't
>> want one, but I LOVE my bread machine. *It bakes the bread too,
>> something the stand mixer won't do. *Think upon these things.
>
>Yes, but a bread machine isn't multi-purpose other than mixing and
>baking BREAD. When was the last time you put an attachment on your
>bread machine and ground meat? juiced a carrot? made pasta?
>shredded cheese? whipped frosting for a cake? You can do a ton of
>other stuff with a stand mixer beyond kneading bread.
>
>N.

Although I agree that an EM is a handy-dandy too, and great for all
sorts of kitchen tasks, my old Zoji bread maker (20 yrs old and passed
along ages ago to my FIL who says it still works), had settings for
making cakes and for making jam.

I used my bread maker to ease myself into bread making, although I did
not realize it at the time I bought it and used it, but as I came to
be comfortable with what it did, I realized that having a mixer (this
was in the old days, before stretch and fold become popular) could let
me make 5+ loaves at a time, instead of one. I bought a DLX and never
looked back.

I also have a KA 6 qt that is ok, but I do not consider it a serious
bread machine - not at my house and with my crazy batches of dough,
anyway - but for any normal human being it'd be terrific.

Boron

In article >,
wrote:

> I'm looking into getting a stand mixer. I'm looking at two Kitchen Aid models.
> One is a six quart, 575 watt model and the other is a five quart, 325 watt
> model. My question is,which one do I need for basic baking and hopefully bread
> making. They both come with a dough hook. It's only my wife and myself and we
> really don't do much entertaining. I'm retired and would like to get into
> baking. I already do all the other cooking :-) Any suggestions from those of
> you who own a stand mixer? Thanks.

My KA is an old 5-quart, the bowl lifts to the mixing head; the head
does not tilt. I like it. It easily handles dough for two loaves at a
time. And I usually make three loaves from the recipe (5 cups flour)
because I don't like the bread sitting around for very long. I cut one
and freeze two.
--
Barb,
http://web.me.com/barbschaller July 19, 2011 - Pickled Boiled Dirt Chunks

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:01:02 -0400, wrote:

>I'm looking into getting a stand mixer. I'm looking at two Kitchen Aid models.
>One is a six quart, 575 watt model and the other is a five quart, 325 watt
>model. My question is,which one do I need for basic baking and hopefully bread
>making. They both come with a dough hook. It's only my wife and myself and we
>really don't do much entertaining. I'm retired and would like to get into
>baking. I already do all the other cooking :-) Any suggestions from those of
>you who own a stand mixer? Thanks.

I don't know if this still holds true, but my old K45 tended to walk
around. Perhaps the newer less wattage ones are heavier bodied and
don't walk.
Janet US