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Buying A New Mixer

Guhlia

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Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
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I'm looking at buying an expensive mixer. I'm assuming that buying refurbished wouldn't be a good idea, but I wanted to get everyone's opinion before I spent a ton of money.

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eKatherine Apprentice
eKatherine
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I've had a refurbished KitchenAid mixer for about 8 years. I've really challenged it, too.

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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You didn't say what brand.

I have a bosch universal that I bought new. It includes an awesome blender. Very expensive though and don't know if there are any refurbished of those.

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
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I'm looking at KitchenAid mixers. I was wondering if they would have gluten residue leftover that would fall into my food. I would love to save a couple hundred bucks, but not if it's going to make me sick doing it.

penguin Community Regular
penguin
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I have the classic model, and I ride that thing HARD! The new classic ones aren't too expensive, and I think Amazon has a promotion right now for June if you spend more than $125 in housewares...

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It's only $168 right now...and qualifies for free shipping!

Cheri A Contributor
Cheri A
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There's no drooling icon ... I SO want a KA someday.

Guhlia, I have no helpful advice. But that is a really nice sounding machine! I would probably go for it! But then, I did not replace all my appliances and she has seemed to be ok.

mart Contributor
mart
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My husband bought a Kitchenaid refurbished one too - the monster size model. I was furious when he brought it home because he knows how much I worry about cc. However, he pointed out that it was really clean when we got it - like new, and it was either use the darn thing or start WWIII. So I washed the bowl and paddles with tons of soap and hot water many times and wiped down the machine many, many times prior to using it. I've gotta say, we're pretty happy with it. It works like new, and we never noticed any symptoms from cc if there was any. But I was stuck with it, it wasn't my decision. Even now, I'm wondering if I wasn't out of my mind for going through with it and using it. I cringe when I imagine just how much wheat flour was poured into this machine!

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Guest nini
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I think when they are refurbished they are completely cleaned, and any parts that are beyond repair or cleaning, are replaced. Personally I wouldn't worry about a refurbished product like that.

My hand mixer that I had pre gluten-free, I ended up giving away because I figured there was too much chance of gluten being caught up in the machine and breaking loose during use and falling into the food. So hubby bought me a new mixer at WalMart... it's not a fancy Kitchen Aid or anything, but it gets the job done... I like the stand and the revolving bowl feature on it... much easier than a hand mixer.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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I have a Kitchen Aid mixer--have had it for years. After I was diagnosed, I was afraid to use it, and didn't for a long time. Finally, I thought 'this is crazy'. On the advice of some people here, I washed everything very carefully (especially underneath where the beater hooks in), ran the bowl, dust cover and beaters through the dishwasher and even ran the machine empty for a few minutes in case I missed any crumbs. I've been using it now ever since--and never had a CC problem.

Guest nini
Guest nini
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I asked hubby about refurbished stuff and he said odds are that it was never used. Probably damaged in shipping to the store initially and sent back to be refurbished... If it was a used unit, one would hope with something that is used for food that they would clean it thoroughly first, but sometimes refurbished just means that it's returned to a "works like new" status...

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