KitchenAid Artisan KSM150PS 325 Watts Stand Mixer

Artisan stand mixers (KSM150PS) bring a powerful 325-watt motor, a generous 5-quart mixing bowl, and the popular KitchenAid ® tilt-back head to the well-equipped kitchen. The Artisan mixes cookie doughs and cake batters, mashes potatoes, beats egg whites, whips cream, kneads two loaves of bread dough, and can accommodate the full range of KitchenAid attachments.

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Pros: Sturdy and dependable
Cons: H-E-A-V-Y!!
< br > < br/ > I have two mixers ~ a portable lightweight one for quick jobs and a larger much less portable one for HEAVY-DUTY mixing. Oddly, I have gotten both of them as gifts. My mom-in-law bought the Kitchen Aid KSM150PS Artisan Series 5-Quart Mixer...

The Gold Standard in Mixers Made Affordable

I've always had a Tim Taylor attraction to quality kitchen appliances, and have always dreamed of owning a good Kitchenaid stand mixer. About 10 years ago while in grad school, I needed a stand mixer for some of my baking and kitchen experiments. The Kitchenaids were priced well out of my reach, but I was able to get a Sunbeam Mixmaster, which still ha d a good reputation as long as it was operated within its limits. That Mixmaster has served me well until I started experimenting with pizza making lately. The poor Mixmaster got pretty hot while kneading dough. Finally, the other week, a puff of smoke came out, and it was no more. I had already bookmarked this factory-refurbished Artisan on my Amazon wish list. I gave my wife a chance to veto the purchase, but she realized that losing my stand mixer was like losing a few arms and legs to me, and told me to get blue. (And she accused me of purposefully killing the Mixmaster so I had an excuse to the get the Kitchenaid!). I placed my order.