KitchenAid KP26M1XWH Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Stand Mixer, White
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: KitchenAidBrand: KitchenAid
Release Date: 2007-06-01
Model: KP26M1XWH
Color: White
Product features:
- All-metal 10-speed stand mixer with powerful 575-watt motor
- 6-quart stainless-steel mixing bowl; direct-drive transmission
- Electronic speed sensor; auto shut-off; Soft Start minimizes splatter
- Wire whip, burnished flat beater, spiral dough hook, and pouring shield included
- Measurements H: 16.5, W:11.3, D:14.6
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of KitchenAid KP26M1XWH Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Stand Mixer, White
Customer Review: Dead After 8 months...
Summary: 2 Stars
My husband coached me in to buying the 600 Professional Series after watching my 5 Series (purchased refurbished 5 yrs ago in 2004) strain under the pressure of whole wheat bread dough. He reasoned that I could sell the old one while it worked well, buy the new model, and have an extended life on my breadmaking. I researched and read that KA had switched out from the plastic gearbox to an "all metal construction" and I thought this would surely be the penultimate of mixers.
I bake once a week for my small family - 1 loaf of 100% whole wheat bread - 3 cups of flour. Half whole wheat all-purpose (stone ground), half cracked wheat. Every 3-4 weeks I make pizza dough with the same recipe. No worries, right?
Yeah, that's what I thought, too. The new machine was so *pretty* and *powerful* - I was hooked like a fish on a line. I noticed the noise factor (WAY noisier and shriller than my old machine), but decided the extra "power" was worth it. Until the machine locked up while working a 3 c. flour loaf of bread. It's not a dense bread - has all of the requisite dough conditioners and vital wheat gluten - but it froze. I freaked out and read in the book that if it overheats, it will cool within 30 minutes and be fine. I stopped freaking out and went about my kitchen tasks, and sure enough, the mixer was fine in 30 minutes & my dough continued its kneading as normal.
Fast forward to August; I've baked bread weekly from December '09 through June '10, took the month of July off to move across country, and picked back up in August. Today, I made a normal 3c. flour recipe and after 4 minutes of kneading on SPEED TWO, I hear some *horrible* screeching from the kitchen. My son and I both run in there at the same time and flip the machine off - when I tentatively turn it back on, the motor works (sounds awful) but the attachment shaft (with dough hook) will not move. aUgH.
I finished my dough by hand while I'm on hold with a KA CSR and after being grilled about how much flour, the fact that I "shouldn't knead it for so long" and shouldn't use more than 9c. of "non-all purpose flour." Ummm... pretty sure that 3 c. of mixed flour isn't *supposed* to strain the "all metal construction" motor, ma'am. The response from the CSR? "Oh." 0_o
So after the appropriate chastisement (from KA to me, of course - I receive 39 lashes with a wet noodle for using the machine with the appropriate amount of flour and an appropriate recipe), they are sending me a new KA 600 Professional Mixer. Not in my chosen colour (meringue), but in glossy white. The difference is that now I will not open it - I will sell it immediately and recoup as much of my money as I can. I'm headed to Bosch Universal-land, where the machines are actually BUILT for bread making.
I'll be hand-kneading dough for a while, but I'll grudgingly say that if making cake, brownie, and cookie doughs are where you're at, this is a perfect machine. I have mixed whole wheat homemade brownies in it, cakes, frostings, and ice cream bases without a problem. It is NOT, however, designed for the serious bread-maker. Which is a shame - because I bought it based on its "powerhouse" label and how much stronger it claimed to be. I now I completely regret selling my older model. :\
Description of KitchenAid KP26M1XWH Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Stand Mixer, White
The Professional 600 TM has a powerful motor that is crafted for commercial-style performance, the direct drive, all-steel gear transmission delivers unyielding power for professional results. The mixer can effectively mix up to 14 cups of all-purpose flour per recipe and produce up to 8 pounds of mashed potatoes. The Soft Start mixing feature helps minimize ingredient splatter and flour puff with gentle acceleration to selected speed after start-up. Electronic Speed Sensor monitors operation to maintain precise mixer speed. Commercial-style motor protection automatically shuts off the mixer when overload is sensed to protect the motor. Durable all-steel gears provide reliable service. The mixer includes a 6-quart-capacity stainless-steel mixing bowl with a contoured handle, as well as a professional wire whip, a burnished flat beater, a spiral dough hook, and a one piece pouring shield. Its multipurpose attachment hub with a hinged hub cover flips open to allow for easy installation of attachments. The Professional 600 Series bowl-lift design raises the bowl into the mixing position, and its solid, truly seamless one-piece motor head design is easy to clean and comes in a variety of fashionable colors.Stand Mixers
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