KitchenAid FPPA Mixer Attachment Pack for Stand Mixers
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of KitchenAid FPPA Mixer Attachment Pack for Stand Mixers
Customer Review: Can 1000+ reviewer be wrong?
Summary: 1 Stars
This attachments are total waste of money. I have had this attachments for two months and still can't quickly put it together.
Cons are:
1) Many small parts - makes it very hard to figure out which part goes where specially when you are in hurry.
2) Gets clog even for simple ingredients. I am trying to grinding few peanut. Grinder stopped working twice. I had to stop and unclog it.
3) Loss of food in the big white worm. Food does not come out completely. The last bits get stuck in the funnel. Not suitable for small batches.
4) Parts are so tight - hard to separate for cleaning and change of attachment. I am constantly running to my husband to detach the attachments.
Pros: Are there any??
Expensive machine - not worth it. Kitchenaid has good marketing and good product placement. May be they should have good products?
Customer Review: A long-term owner
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this attachment pack just after buying my KitchenAid, in the early 80's. I've used it for all manner of things, but mostly for grinding meat for hamburger, which it does easily and well, and for putting up sauces from garden produce. That it does well but it's a little tricky to make sure the refuse from the end of the strainer attachment does not fall into the bowl of sauce. I've set up a measuring cup on top of another item to put it at the right height, and that worked, but it is a bit clunky. The other thing I've had to work out is that I'm only 5'4" and the mixer is tall. It needs to stand on my sturdy counter to do grinding, and I need to stand on one of the dining chairs to feed things into it at the appropriate rate. These user issues are why I've given the attachments 4 stars, not 5. Otherwise, they are good, and have seen a lot of use over the years, especially in canning season.Customer Review: Nice, but do you need it?
Summary: 3 Stars
The attachments by and large are well made and seem to work well in concert with the basic mixer unit. The price was quite reasonable when purchased at a special discount of $99.00 for the whole caboodle. But as I so often find, by the time you assemble the contraption, then disassemble and clean all the parts, it would have been much easier to use a good knife. And some things just don't seem to work well at all--to wit, the rotor slicer/shredder on onions was marginal (the outer skin layers of the onion tend to get trapped in the space between the slicer and the housing) and with bacon, it was a disaster. A gummy mess developed that was impossible to remove. Should I have used frozen bacon? I followed a recipe for pea soup from the Mixer Cookbook, I will not attempt it again soon.
So the gadgets look nice but their utility is in considerable doubt.
Customer Review: get the food grinder if you have to and forget the extras, not worth the $$
Summary: 2 Stars
Okay, I listened to the positive reviews on here, and ended up returning this accessory set. The attachments are virtually worthless if you have a food processor, and I could recommend several under the cost of this package that could do a MUCH better job. Also, the design is awkward, and prevents you from using these attachments easily or quickly. The time it took to attach the stuff wasn't worth it, if you have any alternative (even a knife!). Plus you still have to cut things in order to feed them through the opening.
I give it two stars only because it has the food grinder. The food grinder was well constructed and I would consider that as a sole purchase if I was an avid meat eater! This set is simply not worth the money and is not highly-functional in design. I returned it.
Customer Review: LOVE IT!
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently purchased this set and I LOVE IT! I made my first 3 batches of homemade applesauce from fresh-from-the-orchard apples and canned around 25 quarts! The fruit/veggie strainer made it SOOOOOO easy! I just boiled the apples until they were soft, put them through the strainer/grinder attachment and basically what comes out it applesauce! You can add cinnamon and/or sugar if you want, but no other work needed! It was awesome, you don't even need to peel or core the apples, just slice them, cook them and that's IT! I have 3 children under the age of 5 and there is no way I could use a hand crank food mill to make it, but with these attachments, it's really, really easy! I will probably be using it again to make baby food!