KitchenAid7 Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer, Contour Silver

My old 325watt 5 quart Kitchenaid has been struggling with kneading bread dough. I've rebuilt it once but it still sometimes would stop and hum. It's still fine for everything else, though loud. We have had it, for, I believe, over 25 years. For Thanksgiving, I made fresh bread (delicious) but had to do all the kneading by hand--this is why old-time bakers all had big muscular arms--it's a workout! The old machine will go to one of our offspring because it still does everything else better than a hand mixer, and probably any other mixer.This machine is 500 watts, and 7 quarts, and comes with the regular beater, squeegee beater for things like cake mixes, a wire whisk, improved pouring shield, and a pig-tail dough hook, a huge improvement on the old flat hook. First time making bread (NEVER go over the #2 speed!) it powered through the dough quietly and only after many, many minutes got a little warm, where the old one couldn't be run for more than 2 minutes at a time (when kneading dough) with a minute or two to cool each time. I didn't even have to do a final hand knead!Despite being bigger and stronger it actually doesn't take up much more real estate than the old one and feels a bit lighter surprisingly, although still very heavy. Lots of little improvements: A nice knob on the lifting jack handle, a better-looking brushed nickel knob on the speed control over the old black plastic one, and 11 speeds rather than ten. The pouring shield is now one piece rather than two and enclosed on top rather than open, and works very well. They even upgraded the power-takeoff locking screw and cover. Finally, they added a cord wrap when not using it.So far, the only drawback is the handsome textured matte black finish: flour gets stuck on it much more easily than on the smooth finish. I do not know if the other colors are the same or smooth, but this was the right color for our kitchen.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this mixer. This is my 3rd Kitchenaid mixer and each one has been more powerful, and more expensive, than the one before. I bake a lot, especially sourdough breads, and this size has become a necessity for me. The way I look at it is that if you’re going to make a loaf of sourdough that takes about 24 hours total, why not double or triple the recipe so you can have extras stored in the freezer, or give to a friend/neighbor. The mixer is big!. I bought a little slide for this which you really want to get to go with it. It’s heavy and you’ll probably need to keep it on the counter top. To make it slide-able is a game changer!. The machine works like a charm.

I had a smaller kitchen aide stand mixer but it couldn’t handle heavy dough for breads or doubling cookie batching for holiday. I gave my small one to my daughter and purchased the 7 Qt. LOVE IT! Works like a champ, not unsightly on my counter, stands up to doubling and tripling cookie recipes and VERY easy to use. Only downside is it’s took big and heavy for my pull out mixer cabinet. But I love how it stands up to frequent use. Also, easy to clean and attachments are dishwasher safe.

Having a mixer like this takes all the hard work out of dough making. It's as easy as putting 4 ingredients in and ending up with amazing pizza dough.This mixer is heavy duty works well and is really easy to clean.I love the large capacity bowl allowing me to make 12 pizza balls at a time.

She is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life using this mixer. I had my other KitchenAid for 18 years, but my youngest is moving out and uses it all the time, so I’m giving her my old one. They last forever so she should be set. A little congratulations to me for raising two humans into adulthood lol.

My old stand mixer went out so I fianlly gave in and got this guy. It does not disappoint at all!! It effortlessly makes up a triple batch of cookie dough in no time. Don't even get me started on the half speed feature! It has been so helpful for making blueberry muffins and bread. 1000/10 would recommend!!!

I loved the mixer. It is heavy duty compared to the ones I have used in the past. Whoever packaged it did not tape up the bottom of the box for the mixer. When you try to take it out of the big box the mixer starts to fall. We almost dropped it on the floor and it took two of us to get it on the table. One to hold the top and one to catch the bottom.