Hi Jenny....I borrowed a friend's 300 watt KA for a while to help me
decide what to buy. It could handle cookies, cakes, icing, etc. just fine.
If you only want to make 1 loaf of white bread at a time, then this is the
mixer for you. I ended up buying a DLX because I prefer to bake whole grain
breads, which the KA just could not handle (made 4 large loaves of seeded
whole wheat today). And from what I've read on this list, the KA's are not
built as well as they used to be; some metal parts have been replaced with
plastic. BUT...if you don't need anything heavy-duty, the KA is great....I
enjoyed working with it.
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> From: "Jenny Hensley" <hensley@columbus.rr.com>
> Subject: Need advice on Mixers
> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:25:44 -0400
>
> I'm currently shopping for a KA mixer..There are quite of few. I have
four
> in my family, and I do a lot of baking...BUT not large amounts..ie not
more
> than 5-6 cups flour..I notice they have the regular ones that the bowl
fits
> in the base and the head tilts , then they have newer ones that the bowl
> connects and gets moved up and down on the machine. I do a lot of bread
> making and dough in my Bread machine now, but I bake loads of cookies,
> cakes, etc. Anyone have recommendations..I don't want to OVERSPEND on a
> product that I may not use the features on, and the 300 watt seems to look
> good right now, but I'd like some advice.
>