My Kitchenaid Collection? Almost Complete!

[lorka150]

happy graduation to me - the parents bought me a kitchenaid mixer!

i'm such a nerd... i have the whole red kitchenaid kitchen... that was the last thing (pretty much).

so my question is... what attachments do you recommend, if any?

[jerseyangel]

Happy graduation--congratulations!!! Enjoy the Kitchenaid--I have one but don't have any attachments. Still a great machine

[TinkerbellSwt]

Congrats on your graduation!! I have a Kitchen Aid too. Its a great machine! I love it. But alas, I dont have any attachements either. LOL

Congrats anyway and enjoy it!

[awesomeame]

kitchenaid here too, it's great! no attachements yet, but i have the meat grinder/stuffer on order.

--matt

[lorka150]

i am going to start with a citrus juicer, because making lemonade every two days gives me popeye arms and nearly a heart attack for my poor bod.

[Janie Beast]

My mom bought me one last year for my 40th. I had my grandmother's from probably the 30's or so. It has the milk glass bowls etc. I have to see, but I think the attachments will work on either. My grandmother had ALL the attachments. I even have the butter churner! I don't think I'll use that one.

I just posted a query about the dough hooks. Wonder if they work well?

Oh yes, if you don't have that plastic bowl cover with the chute thingie on it? Get it!

Lori

[jkmunchkin]

I have the red mixer too!!! When I worked at House & Garden I became obsessed with the Kitchen Aid mixer. Well that and the Dyson vaccum, but the mixer was cheaper to get. LOL!!

[lorka150]

It's so excited! All I decided I needed to complete the whole collection is the coffee maker (which I will get when my current one breaks), and the food processer, eventually... But with all the other stuff, I don't REALLY need that. i'm just greedy!

[lorka150]

sidenote: little excited because i returned the artisan today and got the professional! (it went on sale and was only a ten dollar difference). jeez, i love costco.

[Janie Beast]

You know, I'll have to look but I think that there is an attachment (or at least on the old one...) for meat grinding. That old one has a whole lot of crazy attachments and I think they're interchangeable from the looks of it. I found this list of attachments similar to mine - check it out!

meat grinder/food chopper

coffee grinder

can opener

knife sharpener

polishing wheel

slicer/shredder

fruit and vegetable peeler

drink mixer

ice cream freezer motor

butter churn

pea sheller

larger reamer for juicer to squeeze fresh grapefruit juice

horn-shaped sausage stuffer

WOW!

Lori

[Nancym]

I use the meat grinder and sausage stuffer the most. But I also got an ice cream maker, the shredder, the food mill and pasta thingie.

[flagbabyds]

We have a blue one, but no attachments, ew have had it for like 20 years though............

[Cheri A]

Congrats and Happy Graduation!!

I don't have a Kitchenaid yet, but it's on my list...

[JenAnderson]

Cograts on the Graduation!! I wish I had a Kitchenaid...my neighbor has a professional that he has loaned me until this weekend. It's so much nicer than the one my Grandma had eons ago. It's on my list of things to get along with the Dyson and a few others.

[Cheri A]

Just an FYI for everyone... I was just drooling over the Kitchenaid on amazon after getting a Mothers Day email from them. For now through the end of the month, their is some sort of rebate that you get to pick a free attachment (grinder, juicer or something else). Did you get that rebate Lorka?

So what's the difference in what it does between the regular one and the upgrade?

[lorka150]

No, I didn't, because I am Canadian!

It just has a stronger/larger capacity... More power. 'Better' parts to it.

The Artisan was definitely good though, and had I not found such a great deal on the other, I wouldn't have gotten the better one.