Mixer Reviews Bosch Mixer vs. Kitchenaide
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- I am reviewing 2 models of mixers today.
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I have had my Bosch for 22 years, and I LOVE it! I have made lots of bread, mashed potatoes, cookies, and muffins. I have the blender jar and have made lots of smoothies and other things too.
Oh, definitely the Bosch, and I have also used both. I've never liked how heavy the Kitchen-Aid is or now much space at the bottom leaves things that don't get mixed in, and I don't want to have to do what the mixer should do. Yes, a Bosch doesn't leave me doing extra work, and it is amazing for all of the reasons you said, including the blender attachment.
I am so glad you love it! I love mine and while I still do use my Kitchenaid for certain things, mostly making my buttercream frosting, I am going to the Bosch for nearly everything else. I have recently purchased the bowl scraper, the batter whips and the batter blades, which are great for different applications. The whisks are good for whipping egg whites and cream, but the batter whisks/blades are good for cake batters, muffins and quick breads because they don't incorporate too much air into the batter. I am going to spring for the stainless steel bowl next because I just think that would be better in case I want to do meringues etc. Plus I am partial to stainless work bowls. You got a good deal on that mixer. Had no idea you could pick those up at Costco!
+Noreen's Kitchen I still use both, but I like the Bosch a little more. It's more powerful. It is lighter, and I love that lid on the top. It is a pretty amazing mixer. You do know you are the reason I bought mine. I used the cookie paddles for the first time this weekend. I really liked the texture of the dough.
We splurged BIG TIME on a Bosch in 1980 when we were starving grad school students. I made three loaves of bread a week in it for over 30 years (when I sadly had to step away from the bread). That was 37 years ago and I still use It often for batters and doughs. It’s one you can hand down to your children for sure!
I have been very happy with my purchase! It's good to hear you are happy as well.
Thank you- I was leaning towards the Bosch hoping it has some of the advantages you outlined. Now I am sold and just ordered it. That lighter weight, better mixing, smarter splash guard, etc. makes it a no brainer. I was not sure about the plastic, so glad to hear that it was not an issue. Worth it assuming it holds up given it lightens the load.
I’ve been using the same Bosch for 40 years!! No problems at all.
Wow thats a long time. Is it good for making buttercream? What is the type?
Best mixer I've ever used. I LOVE my bosch!
I was given a bosch as a wedding present 22 years ago and it still has never failed me! I have a little kitchen aid that I use from time to time because it’s pretty and all, but to get a big job done I use the Bosch! It’s the best there is and mine comes with a blender as well that goes in the corner!
I still would love the kitchenaid, mostly because I have had my eye on it since they first came out. I understand all the pro's of the bosch, but I do have a difficult time wrapping my head around that price tag for something that is plastic.
+CutTheFat You should see some of the videos where it does 15 pounds of bread dough in that bowl ;).
+CutTheFat the external housing is plastic, the important moving internal parts, metal. More powerful motor and transmission ... you can also purchase a stainless bowl if the plastic bowl puts you off.
You can purchase a stainless steel bowl. These Bosch mixer's are workhorses. I had to KitchenAid's, a K5 and a case six. The motor went on the K5 after about five or six years. I bought a brand new supposedly industrial made for home type K6 KitchenAide. It seemed like it would be a good machine but it was grossly under powered. It couldn't even handle a double batch of cookie dough and the thing was huge and heavy. I got rid of it and got the Bausch and have never looked back. It is vastly superior and worth every extra penny.
Spot on. I'd rather have a plastic exterior than a plastic interior.
Yes, I was surprised at the price too, especially as my Bosch dishwasher and dual-fuel stove were competitively priced.
I've used my Bosch for years! You'll be super pleased the more you use it... the attachments are wonderful too!
+Teri Muncy I am already pretty pleased with it.
Ms. Stephanie thanks for showing the comparison, I just bought my first mixer "Hamilton Beach" from Amazon and with gift card and rewards points I bought it for about $63.00 with free shipping and two or three scrapers. As I am currently no in prime membership my shipping would take 5 to 7 or 8 days but I trust Amazon and simply love it. so wish me well. Thanks again.
My daughter got a Bosch mixer after using kitchen Aid off years. My old kitchen Aid aid is still working after 45 years. hubby had to replace a gear ($35) and it keeps on working. But I definitely plan to replace it with a Bosch. It’s lighter and I won’t have flour flying out of the bowl like with my KA Mixer.
I bought myself a Bosch in 2006. The chocolate chip cookies made in the Bosch are so much better and chewier than in the professional Kitchenaid. When compared side by side, you would think they're two different cookie recipes. I believe this has to do with how the butter is beaten. The Bosch is far more efficient at fluffing the butter than the Kitchenaid.
Thanks for sharing!
Five years later, do you still favor the Bosch? I have an old Kitchenaid, and looking to upgrade.
I have a KitchenAid Artisan, the gears have broken twice in 3 years...not impressed. It makes a great bread dough, looks great too...but I don't have confidence in it lasting as long as the original Hobart ones. I've just ordered a Bosch...if it's as good as the Bosch washing machine I had for over 10 years - I'll be happy! Thanks for sharing x
I have a kitchenaid pro 600. Had it for years and a smaller k.a. I use for my pasta attachments. I am very ready to upgrade to Bosch especially as a family grows. I am waiting for the mixer and the Baker attachments special then I'm all in.
The Bosch is awesome! I make enough dough for 5- 26 oz loaves of whole wheat bread once a week in the Bosch. Everything you said is spot on. No scraping the sides, cover keeps everything in. Works great on large batches of chocolate chip cookies, muffins and potatoes. My sister got my mom's Bosch, which my mom got in 1968 for her wedding, and it's still going strong, plastic and all! I love my Bosch!
That being said, I'm leary about making cake batter and delicate batters and dough in the Bosch. I'm toying with purchasing a KitchenAid for these applications, but do you find the Bosch works just as well?
I don't regret my purchase of the Bosch at all.
I also have both a Bosch (much older model) and Kitchen Aid mixer. I do like them both. I agree with what you said. I do think the Bosch mixing bowl is harder to clean. What do you think?
+Cooking Lessons for Dad with those ridges? I just toss it into my dishwasher, so it is easy for me.
Great idea! I will try that.
Cooking Lessons for Dad no I 🤔 their both easy to clean.
While prefer to use the metal bowl with kitchenaid because its compatible with a shield, I've successfully rested that same sheild on the the glass bowl despite Kitchenaid say it was doesn't fit.
I tested a Kitchen Aid. It burned out in 3 days. My Bosch lasted over a decade and paid for itself multiple times. Bosch is a workhorse and more beautiful that anything a kitchen aid can offer. Bosch for life.
My 3rd kitchenaid is now dying even though we replaced the gears twice. I bake alot of bread so I think its time to switch.
People trust me! when I tell you do not !! want a KitchenAid mixer. I own KitchenAid Professional 610 model ,its a big boy !!and it sucks rotten eggs !!! I also own the artisan 300 Ultra powered and that also crapped the bed!! I've been baking for a long time now. KitchenAid maybe pretty!!! to look at but remember all that Glitters Is Not Gold !!!but if you're a true serious Baker !! you go get yourself a Bosch mixer!! it will not fail you!! if you're just a every now and then going to bake a little bit of chocolate chip cookies !! go buy yourself a KitchenAid !! other than that I can't help you anymore. but trust me do not buy A KitchenAid. they are not made to last anymore !!! back when our grandparents owned them 50 years ago that's when KitchenAid was amazing. not anymore! since the Food Network !and alot of RUclips channels everybody wants that shiny!!! pretty!! looking whatever color you decide to choose from !sitting on their counter . but again if you're a true Baker!!! say no!!! to KitchenAid they truly are absolutely terrible!!! and you will be disappointed!!!!!
Thank you, I very appreciate your honest comment, as I think the Bosch is fit well for me too, because I make more of bread than cake.
Well actually if you are a real Baker you wouldn't get either. You'd get a Hobart heavy duty for example you can whisk 100 egg whites in some of those
I almost buy this KA mixer until I read your comment..
I’m a Bosch girl! I have used every one of the KitchenAid that they have and nothing compares to a Bosch! I’m trying to get my mom to get one right now and she’s obsessed with the KitchenAid mixer!
not a fair comparison exactly. The kitchen aid you demoed is much smaller in bowl and motor size.. I was able to get a blue KA. For 249 or 200 less than the bosh. But I get a rupture moving the KA , I like the suction cups ( needed as it is so lite). I have a 6qt bowl that is stainless. It will not do 15 # of flour. Yes the KA Does not reach the sides! The bosh looks like damn good German engineering!
+Garth Elliott Thank you for pointing that out, they are both the entry models. I should have done a better job in highlighting that.
Hi! I posted a short on my channel with the Bosch mixer and have a question on dough kneading. Would you be so kind to look at it to see if it is correct? I seem to be off the learning curve on my mixer...
Hi Stephanie. I have not used a stand mixer before, but am about to start. So, I have been looking at reviews of both Kitchen-Aid and Bosch models, in order to decide which one to buy. I'm just learning, but from what I've seen, it looks to me like your challenge is a unfair matchup. Wouldn't the match be more balanced if you placed a KitchenAid 7 quart up against this Bosch Plus model? Am I wrong? I know I could be, but it seems to me like placing a $10 bill up against a $20 bill, and saying, look! You can buy more with the $20 bill! I'm very interested in what you believe is the best choice between the KitchenAid 7 quart and the Bosch Universal Plus. Also, what machine do you believe is better between the KitchenAid "8 quart" and the Bosch Universal Plus? Thank you for your time.
+lori grass I compared both entry models. The Bosch doesn't have a variety of entry models. Sure, I can compare a larger KitchenAid model, since my complaints about it tend to be out the design they don't change. Once we compare the 8 quart KitchenAid the price is as of 1/6/2015 698, with only the three attachments, the Bosch is 379. So should we start with entry models, similar price points, or similar mechanical function. So my largest complaints with KitchenAid are the whisk, dough hook, and paddle do not make good contact, the bowl allows for a lot of overspray of dry ingredients (they do make a shield), and I think it is harder to keep clean. Let me know what would be the best apples to apples comparison.
My kitchenaid mixer broke after the third use, their customer service leaves a lot to be desired. my mother, and grandmother both have older kitchenaid mixers for over 20 years and it seems the old ones were alot better than the new ones. Bosch which may be ugly, IMO is the better mixer
My KA from 1989 is still going strong, even with heavy bread doughs. I don't know if I would get another one, unless it's the Commercial one, their most powerful model, although I find I often use my Danish dough whisk for bread instead of the mixer.
I recently purchased an Ankarsrum and haven't pulled my Kitchenaid out since. ;) Kitchenaid doesn't stand a chance compared to it esp when mixing dough.
+Shoogie Bear I have never heard of those before. I will have to check those out.
I have one on order!
Oh, you should! The members in my mixer owners' group typically have one or the other and sometimes both (our list owner is a case in point).
I have been using my Bosch for sometime now and it blows K.A. out of the ballpark. The only different is the K.A. is purdy. But purdy doesn't get it done. I mill my own flour and there isn't anything the Bosch can't do. This morning I baked 6 loaves of bread in one batch without breaking a sweat. It wisks quickly and cleans up nice. I have the stainless bowl. It's pretty enough.
I am still using my bosch.
@@StephanieManley me too
I don't have a Bosch. Yet. 😜
You are spot on though about the Kitchenaid. I hate that you have to constantly scrape the Bowl and I make Tamales and I have to do it in batches because it won't do all the Masa at one time. I suspect that the Bosch Bowl is big enough to do it all at once and that would be freakin awesome!
About the plastic bowls on the Bosch: what is it like trying to get the grease off so you can do something like meringue? That's one of my biggest issues with plastic; it keeps a film of grease for ages, no matter how hard you try to wash it off. And speaking of meringue: how does the plastic hold up to doing something like Italian meringue where you pour in sugar hotter than boiling water? No one ever seems to address these issues when doing these reviews.
I think you are not comparing fairly here. That Bosch is heavy duty and the KA is a home one. You would need to compare it with at least a Prov500 or 600
Can i use bosch for making italian meringue?
Thanks for taking the time for the review. I had seen these in videos but did not know the name of them. I watched a video on the machine and it said and showed making whipped cream. Here is my curiosity. In order to make whipped cream you really need to use a very cold bowl and whip. With this being all plastic how does that work. Does it take a long time since the plastic would not be cold?
I think the speed of the mixer overcomes a bowl that is not cold.
It looks like the Bosch is still suffering from the same problem as the old model. From your mixing, it is just spinning it around the bowl. I have the prior model and it does the same thing.
+AmyLearnsToCook thank you for letting me know.
I have had my Bosch for over 40 Years. I came from Germany and my Mother had a Bosch .So when I came to they USA I was trilled to find out it was available in the States. I used to bake a lot of bread but now I just use it to make Candies and Banana Bread, Cookies ,chopping nuts grading Cheese's. I gave my Bosch to our first born since he called and wanted to know should he get a Kitchen aid or Bosch.I missed it so much that my Husband bought me a new one. I have all they attachments and love it.
It's good to know they last for so long.
Stephnie, may I ask you: in which country is the Bosch currently made?
I'm debating my first mixer purchase, I've been using my Mom's Kitchenaid for years and love it but it's time to for me to get my own. After reading reviews it seems like Kitchenaid's quality has declined in recent years and I'm wondering if the Bosch might be the better choice! How does the Bosch handle cake batters? I'm making at least 2 large layer cakes a month and the Kitchenaid hasn't failed me yet! Can the Bosch hold up?
That Bosh can mix together I believe 10 pounds of bread dough at once, that is a lot more than and 18 ounce box of cake mix.
Bethany Dannelly I have a smaller KA from several years back (10-15?) which is starting to fail.....and very much bugging me! I just got that brand new beautiful red KA a little over a year ago. PIECE OF CRAP! The gears stripped before the year was up but I let it sit so I couldn't get it replaced within their one year warranty. They wouldn't replace it. So now it just sits on my counter, collecting dust! So disappointing for KA. And it was at least $350, just for comparison. It really can't handle bread-like consistency doughs. I'd go with something else other than a KA. ANYTHING else!! Especially if you ever plan on mixing something other than a cake mix. 😉
I sold my kitchenaid to purchase a Bosch compact mixer. I am now selling my compact and my nutrimill to purchase the bosch universal plus. The bosch mixer is a workhorse!
I have a 70-year-old KitchenAid made by Hobart. Still working. Performance and durability. Maybe an older, restored KitchenAid is an option for you.
I'm never giving up on my Kitchenaid Pro, I love it, especially since it's tricked out with flames ;-)
+Tom's Test Kitchen hey I totally get that, your mixer looks awesome.
Me too! But, my Bosch is all I use for breads, (I bake 60 or more lbs of breads every week). I am here to tell you I love having both!!! I just never realized how much room I had in me to love both! ;)
Thinking about dough, meatballs or loaves or cookies BOSCH
Cakes, frostings merengues and of course whipped potatoes or creams Kitchen Aides light years ahead!
I wonder if our America textures and the “optique” of how foods looks taste and feel is greatly owed to our KitchenAids...?
After my KA mixer crashed (drive gears lost teeth) I bought the Bosch Universal Plus two years ago. I bake all of my bread and churn my own butter. The KA was a pain to move and it did not really mix well...And KA does not want you to knead more than 5 minutes in their mixer. AND dealing with their customer "service" can be a challenge (be sure to take your blood pressure pills before calling them).
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Which one is less noisy and you don't end up with a headache.. Where I live I don't have Bosch but I have options of both Kenwood and kitchenaid.. Please advice which one would be a great buy less noisy cause standmixers cost a bomb here in India not like US or UK where it's way less expensive. Plus I'm a weekend baker. I want a reliable machine like my current Hitachi hand mixer which was purchased from Japan and belongs to my mother for nearly 32-33years. Touch-Wood.. Sad part is that Hitachi no longer manufacture stand mixers..
+Angel D I don't know when it comes to Kenwood. I believe King Arthur Flour used to promote these machines heavily. All mixers are going to have some noise. You don't them for extended periods of time though. I haven't used a Kenwood and I can't comment on it. I can tell you I like the Bosch very much, and I find myself using it more frequently when the appliance is easier to use. Good luck in your quest.
What model/Series is the Bosch in this video?
What is the real maximum amount of dough that you can knean without killing the gear ?
Iv seen 2-3 kg of flour but salesman told me not more than 1.5 kg of flour
Beyond 1.5 kg of flour the gear will wreck
Kitchen aid has stainless steel Bowles that you can buy as well as a pouring spout collar that keeps your mixture well contained in the mixing bowl.. I use my KA most every day.
+Audrey Hanson it's a great thing when you can use an appliance so much. What do you use yours the most for?
+Stephanie Manley probably for cakes. I make a rum cake that everyone likes so I usually take it to dinner parties and give as gifts for the holidays. When my children were still home I used to pretty much every day. Are used for meatloaf, pie crust, mashed potatoes, etc. I own all the attachments, so I could shred cabbage, carrots and grind beef and stuff sausages. Mine is nearly 30 years old and even ran on a 240 volt transformer in Australia for 5 years and is still going strong.
+Audrey Hanson oh that is awesome ;) I have some of the attachments, I still need to get my pasta maker out of the box!
Haii .thx for share 😊.i am a begginer and just start like making cake n bread (not in a much quantity,) so can u help me suggest ..which one should i buy ,kitchen aid or bosch..thx before 🙏
You are going to have to decide. I like my Bosch better, its lighter, and for me that's great. They are similar in performance. The Bosch can handle a higher capacity.
But try a kitchenaid commercial vs the bosch.
Bosch makes a smaller machine. The Styline (MUM5) is the current model which is in process of replacing the Compact (MUM4) which is still sold in the US. I have a Styline and it works beautifully for smaller batches. Mine came with a shredding attachment.
Pleasant Hill Grains stopped carrying the Styline; I seem to recall that it got some bad reviews while they still carried it (glad yours is working okay). Personally, I don't think you can go wrong with a Compact. I have one, my cousin now has one, and a lot of people in the online mixer owners' group I'm in have them (which is how I first became aware of them). Lily, I hope you got a mixer that met your needs!
I want to make royal icing in my bosch universal mixer. What hook or whip should I use on what speed. The recipes I see out there use the kitchen aide on low with whips. The bosch seems to go too fast and might incorprate too much air. Please advise.
+Tippy Mueller if you are worried about how much air, maybe you would start with the cookie paddles. They would have less surface area than the whip. Or the dough hook may be a good attachment to use.
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I am so smitten with the KA candy apple red, but after research I'm now trying to decide between Bosch and Ankarsrum.
would you please share the name and model of the ice cream maker you have that doesn't require bowl in freezer for 24hrs. thanks.
+Felicia Harris sure, I have the Whynter ICM-15LS Ice Cream Maker, Stainless Steel
Thanks for a great review. I have never seen it at Costco. Would love to get it there, unfortunately not available online.. What store did you find it in?
I purchased this last year at either the Costco in The Woodlands, Texas, or the one off of 249 near Champion Forest in Houston, Texas.
You can get a Bosch on Amazon.
And Pleasant Hill Grains. FABULOUS vendor. I just directed a friend there for the purchase of a pressure cooker.
How do you clean the Bosch? Is there some kind of removable insert/bowl piece?
The bowl is removable.
I have been watching every review of the KA vs Bosch video I could to help me make a decision as to whether or not spending the money on he Bosch was worth it. I have a 4.5 Ultra Power KA that is about 30 years old and it does a good job. The problem I'm having the KA seems to get very sluggish when I bake large batches of cookie dough, which I do quite a bit. I see a lot of info on the Bosch about making enormous quantities of bread dough, but I'm not likely to make that much bread dough. What I'd like to know is does anyone use their Bosch for things other than bread and if so, how does it perform? I suppose I could also consider the Bosch compact, but my concerns are the same for the cookie dough. I'll keep my KA for as long as it continues to run because it is a good mixer. Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated.
I have a bosch compact and its fabulous!I sold my KA to get a bosch! the compact is great!
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to do this! I do like Bosch (have the dishwasher), but I think the KitchenAid is better built. I think that's why there are people that still have it 10, 20, and even 30 years later. That's also why it weighs a lot (made of good, sturdy, metal pieces). I think too many manufacturers are cheaping out with the whole plastic thing nowadays. Just my opinion. You are certainly entitled to like the Bosch better though. :)
Its funny you mention companies cheaping out with plastic
www.chadwrites.com/kitchenaid-just-doesnt-give-a-damn/
theres also many more complaints about this. This was in the Pro series too, which shouldn't have any problems in my opinion.
The older machines were made by Hobart; Hobart now makes only commercial mixers.
My KA Pro model is awful and so is their customer service. Older KA are good, but when Whirlpool acquired KA they cheapened everything!
Bosch is made for serious bakers that need a real heavy duty mixer. A Bosch will handle the heaviest doughs, the thickest cookie doughs.
So will many other mixers but what sets them apart? The Bosch can do it all day long, day after day, and do it for years. It's a tough beast.
KitchenAid can't even come close. That why both the KitchenAid metal and plastic gears and their motors die after repeated stress. Their metal components are soft metals, like those cheap screws that always strip.
I fix small appliances part-time at a local repair shop. I specialize in repairing KitchenAid worm drives and motors. We do so many KitchenAid mixer repairs, we keep a majority of the parts well stocked. Big sign in store window: *We specialize in repairing KitchenAid mixers, parts in stock.*
This time of year is horrible (Nov-Dec). It's mixer season. People call in a panic, because their mixer just died. _How fast can you fix it?_
If you're not a big-time baker then a KitchenAid might be fine. Just read the KitchenAid manual and instructions. They clearly tell you that the mixer is limited and so are the recipes. That's why they deny so many claims.
My KA was a wedding gift and I have never had any trouble with it. Bosch is a great machine to be sure but it is ugly as sin and I just never have to make 75 loaves of bread in one day so KA is fine for me.
+Ohio Sugarman great point ;) I sometimes make a lot of bread around the highway.
With the lighter weight of the Bosch is that an issue when mixing something heavy like bread dough? I am envisioning something like the clothes washing machines with an unbalanced load walking themselves across a room from the olden days (well...not that old).
Gotta say though the plastic build for the Bosch is a turn off compared to the Kitchen Aid. That's just me though. YMMV
This mixer has suction cups on the base. So it doesn't rock like the Kitchen Aid can. I haven't found this mixer to rock or be off balance.
The Bosch is absolutely awesome when it comes to kneading bread dough, and I can do a lot of amazing bread dough in that machine. I've had mine for 15 years and it is still great. But for cookies? Unless you purchase separately their cookie paddles, don't even think about it. The ingredients just get pushed around the slippery plastic bowl and don't incorporate. (When I purchased the Bosch, I was so excited to bake dozens of cookies at once and didn't even know you had to buy the paddles separately for cookies. I quickly became frustrated and went out and got a closeout KA Artisan that is still serving me well so I could at least make some cookies.) And worse, many people who have used the Bosch cookie paddles have been very disappointed in their design. They are plastic paddles on a metal doohickey, and the paddles break pretty easily. The instructions say to hand mix nuts and chips into the dough (which is pretty sad, since the Bosch has such a powerful motor), but some people have even had the paddles break just mixing the dough before any of those things are added. So while I think the Bosch is great for some things (I'm sure it is excellent for cakes, potatoes, and other similar things, though I honestly have just used my KA for those things since it's much easier to clean and it lives in a dedicated spot in my small kitchen), until they come up with a new design for the cookie paddles I won't be using my Bosch for cookies. I'd also love it if they'd just include (better-designed) cookie paddles with the machine when you buy it. It is so expensive already. I'd also love it if it were easier to clean. :)
I think better ankarsrum mixer then both of them..I have kitchenmaid, bosch and ankarsrum..the most favorite is ankarsrum.
I love my kitchenaid but I've heard that the Bosch mixer is awesome to make pizza and bread dough.
+FitAnge S hey, I have heard the same thing. I haven't made too much bread dough in the mixer, yet ;)
My Mum had a Bosch since mid 1950's but it has gone through two motors. Maybe it is because she is German and had 10 kids and used it virtually daily and worked it hard. The blender is a piece of crap so dispense with it or just don't replace it when it breaks and it will break. She had an old 10 speed Oster blender, it still works. A few years ago I was able to get the previous incarnation of your Bosch for a very reasonable $199 because your style of machine was coming out, all the old accessories fit the new machine so it is back in play again!
So for 2 motors in 70 years with daily use? I don't think that is too bad at all! You got quite the deal!
Actually, it would have been 3 motors because I was looking for another motor when I chanced upon the bargain Universal. One of my sisters in law recently told me that she had purchased a Bosch and if I still had the original recipe booklet/ manual, as I recall it was in German. The original bowls were enamelware
The earlier Kitchen Aids were also quite good; I bought my mom a KitchenAid K5SS lift bowl mixer (325 watts?!?!) in the early 1980's because my sister also had one. My sister is still using hers and the one I gave my mom has been passed on to my niece who wanted "Oma's machine like mom's" and they both have been and continue to be trouble-free!! The KitchenAid was better to mix the batter for cookies and cakes the Bosch is hands down the best for bread doughs and even better now with the stronger motor (than the 1950-1960 motor).
I hate my KA even though it is red! It is much easier to do the job by hand than carrying that heavy thing around the kitchen and clean after it. I have to crape constantly to bring the dough together, and hold it in place to keep it falling off the counter top. i cannot mix a small amount of anything. It sticks to the attachment, and have a good time like it is on a marry-go-round. Oh, and those attachments sold separately, drives me crazy. Why do you sell the attachments separately? Can it be because the ones that come with the machine do not do their job?
+Gulipek Sanli what quesitons can I answer for you? I do not sell either mixer.
congratulations! you are the first and only person to have such unique opinions on the kitchenaid mixer. it's either you are making up/pretending /lying that you have one or honestly believing you have a fake kitchenaid for real. next time better make up a story that's more believable hahaha...
I have had a Bosch since the 70’s. The Kitchen Aid can’t hold a candle to the Bosch. I don’t care about the color. White is clean looking and the Bosch is much more dependable. I gave away my Kitchen Aid professional mixer.😊. The Bosch also has a stainless steel bowl now.
I love my Kitchenaid 😍
Stephanie, thank you for the thorough review..but dear you deserve a car the colour of the cherry red mixer!!
I think so too!
Bosch rocks and so does KitchenAid! I am sorry, but they both have their place in my life, and now, I wouldn’t have any other way!
I still have both of mine ;) I grab the bosch a lot more often.
Stephanie Manley 😉
You do recognize that the Kitchenaid you're reviewing is one of the lower level models and that the comparison is not really that fair. From a price point perspective the Bosch should be compared at least with the 600 KA Pro. That being said from everything I've read and witnessed, since KA went from Hobart to Whirlpool, the quality has gone down considerably. I just brought a new KA home, plugged it in, heard a pop and that was the end. The machine popped the circuit breaker. This happened after my 20 year old KA K5SS stopped turning. I think I'll repair it since the parts are available.
+Joel Drubin They are both entry models. I totally understand and appreciate what you are saying. I think the KA are pricier than the Bosch models. Great point, I should have done a better point in illustrating this. I had one of those as well. I hated the lift bowl. I am sorry your old one stopped working.
+Stephanie Manley Like some of your followers I'm shallow and like to have a nice looking Kitchenaid on the counter. I have a Bosch dishwasher that I love but I can't see myself buying that Bosch mixer because it will need to remain hidden under the counter which in and of itelf will be a PIA dragging it out every time I want to use it. The K5SS survived kneading 9 cups of flour for over 20 years with a smaller motor. Its not just about power its also about torque. Onward and upward.
+Joel Drubin my Bosch is on the counter top ;) The KitchenAid is in my storage area, and is drug out when needed. Is it as pretty? No. But I go for functionality over prettiness any day when it comes to my kitchen.
You can get a metal bowl for the mixer and a pouring shield
They do have a shield, not for pouring though. I don't think you can get a metal bowl.
Stephanie Manley yes it’s a one piece KitchenAid pouring shield
Stephanie Manley yes you can get a metal bowl online
You can get a metal bowl for the Bosch Universal Plus mixer.
boschmixers.com/product/stainless-bowl/
I have a Bosch machine that I purchased 35 years ago. It is still going strong, however, we have replaced many beaters due to my husband's quadruple batch cooking making sessions. :( All that aside, this machine is a WORKHORSE! One thing I have had trouble with is when mixing a small amount of flour with the liquid ingredients to make sweetbreads. I find that the whisks beat the 'bejimminy' out of the mixture, while the dough hook doesn't seem to incorporate the liquid into the flour. I do love my machine, but find some applications frustrating. Does the new machine also come with a blender like my old guy did? (the machine, not my husband! ) ha ha
I got a blender with it, or at least the spot for it, mine came with a food processor. I like it. I am glad to hear that it has worked for you for so long.
Michele Patton
I replaced a few beaters until the plastic cookie paddles came out. Have you tried those? They're great! I'm going to try the dough hook extender; with that I think all the applications will be covered.
My daughter's Bosch is about a year old and hers came with the blender. They don't look like our old Bosches but the blender section is still there.
I grew up with a Bosch and have had my own for close to 25 years now. When I make cookies it's always a quadruple batch. This Bosch has made many, many 6 loaf batches of bread and has never had a problem.
I have both the cookie dough paddles and the beaters, I like them both. The cookie dough beaters are quite nice.
Mine came with a food processor style attachments I have never used them.
You can get a blender for it.
I was EXTREMELY tempted to buy a BUP for a friend last Black Friday but finally went with an Ankarsrum, which she loves. Still, I'm pretty sure she'd have loved this, too--it's an awesome mixer, especially if you want to make bread.
You don't want the beater to touch the side directly
Kitchen Aid and Breville were spose to be great. Let me say....They do not stand behind any of there products. For me it is not how well it is made as by what the company is like when addressing there customers problems. Plastic versus metal is irrelevant when it comes to lasting.
I think those brands are good as long as the products fail within a certain time period. Or I have had decent luck with them. I have had great luck recently with a jura coffee machine, the factory repaired the machine that was out of warranty and offered shipping both ways at a great price.
I have a kitchen aid pro and it only worked for a couple of Christmases before it gave up the ghost. It was expensive and I was disgusted. Without the original box I couldn't even ship it out for repairs or find a local repair person.
There aren't a lot of repair places for these. I broke one years ago and had to trash it.
I like the Kitchenaid better because you can attach many different things to the front hub
+James spinelli I have rarely used those attachments :(.
The kitchenAid has an ice cream bowl, can opener, pasta sheet roller and cutter set, grain mills, citrus juicer, gourmet pasta press, food tray for meat grinder, suasuage stuffer, slicer shredder attachment, vegtable strainer, etc.
No can opener but the Bosch also has a citrus juicer, pastry press, meat grinder (with disks for noodles), sausage stuffer, slicer-shredder, food processor, flour sifter, ice cream maker, grater, several pasta rollers, and blender. They seem to have discontinued the fruit press and grain mill which are probably still available on eBay.
Attachments for stand mixers are the rule, not the exception.
desiree shotlandHi through circumstances over the years as a professional chef pastries and cooking through three countries South Africa France and Australia now , I bought a kitchen aid in Australia as my life long dream after having used two Boschs sponsored to me in South Africa and used a Bosch hand Beater in my restaurant in France , I can confirm what Stephanie said above the Bosch outdoes the Kitchen Aid in every way I've now reverted to a Bosch again and given my kitchen Aid to my daughter in return for my small 6 egg max Bosch she had kept all these years from the 1980's it's so powerful I'll use it any day in place of the larger Kitchen AidI swopped her to get back my old baby botch far lighter and motor better I replaced my Kitchen Aid I gave her with a larger Bosch equitable with the size of the Kitchen Aid 12 eggs capacity( 4.8 l)and its performance largely out does the Kitchen Aid in every way. I also had the big one like she shows in the video above which is still going in a friends house as I sold it to her with no space to keep it herein my kitchen so I bought the Kitchen Aid after that and regretted it ever after! For anyone who bakes a lot the big one is amazing I now use the 6 egg small Bosch for small things ( it's over 35 years old brown and cream with stainless steel bowl ) and my 4.8l one for large bakes however I ve lately started using the new one for everything as it's so powerful and easy to clean that I get a joy of using it as its red and I'm a girl after all as well :) but I love good machines in my kitchen so do not hesitate to buy a Bosch machine ever
Thank you for your note. For me, as a workhorse, this one simply does a better job. It is also lighter and easier to move around.
My darling cousin thought the sun rose and set on her KA . . . until I bought her a Bosch Compact. Her younger son, who still thinks the sun rises and sets on the KA, was the lucky recipient of her old machine.
KitchenId mixer have been around for generation they are durable and last a long time.
+James spinelli they are both really good mixers.
Bosch all the way!
THANK YOU!!
I love my kitchen aid. would never dream of trading it for that bosh. its way too large for my kitchen. glad you like yours but I love mine. thanks for the demo.
+Linda Mcneely I still have both ;)
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My kitchen aid professional model bought 6 years ago (450$), very light use officially stop working. I was always question about how this thing gonna last because of the way the bowl design (put on 2 side hook and lft the handle to raise the bowl up) and the noise of the bowl getting shaking and self-adjusting during operation. Now the motor is working, but the bowl could not adjust its movement, strains the motor, paddle stop spinning and the whole thing make scrary growling sound. Zero credit for kidchen aid, i see Bosch having smarter design. I make sure my words passed to my next generation Kitchen Aid, no thank you. All so i never happy with other a attachemts, the attachemts go with machine (whip wire, duogh hook) are very cheap made and leave black metal dust on the food. meat grinder is a waste, meat comes out with black stuff from the intact betwen driver. A whole horrible experience.
Plastic is awful. Standard bowl in KA is stainless steel.
Dangerous chemicals more likely to leach from plastic. Stainless steel very safe for food.
KA seems better.
Bosch looks like cheap plastic food processor.
Love my kitchenaid
+Barbara Nelson they are a classic mixer we all love.
Kitchen aide does have a shield and a lot more attachments ice cream and pasta making attachments
+richard westerfield you are right, they do have a lot of attachments.
+richard westerfield Bosch has the same attachments as Kitchenaid, with the exception of ice cream maker and spiralizer - but I don't think Kitchenaid has a blender attachment either.
I have an ice ream machine that I love. It doesn't require me to refrigerate a bowl for 24 hours like these bowls do.
Bosch Universal Plus now has an ice cream attachment. No spiralizer.
Может подскажете где можно купить в Украине? Хочу сделать себе подарок на день рождения).. Kitchen aid? А может вы смогли бы мне его продать.. )... С Ув. Виктория...
Bosch has a metal bowl you can buy
I did not know that.
I got my metal bowls on Amazon. They're great when you need a cold bowl. I keep mine in the big freezer.
I will always use my Kitchenaid!!!
+Sydney Baker Excellent! It's a great mixer.
Because you don't have the best.....BOSCH..haha
I would like to say KitchenAid… But I can’t. Bosch is better, hands down.
I bought aBoesch mixer because it's lighter, I am 71". I gave my kitchen aid to my son.
+Joelle Spice I totally understand that!
Plastic bowls aren't better because you can't make meringue in plastic because it retains grease and oils
They work fine as long as they're very clean and dry. Although I usually beat my egg whites by hand, I've also beaten them in this machine's little brother; its bowl is the same plastic. Never had a problem. I suggest you check out some of the product videos here on RUclips that show the BUP whipping a single egg white--very impressive.
You are comparing a 325 watt, 5 qt. tilt head, mixer to an 800 watt, 6.5 qt. mixer.Apples to oranges. Not a good review. Good reviews compare things of same size and similar power. Now if you compared it with a KitchenAid Pro 5, 525 watt, or 6 qt. 575 watt mixer, then I would be more inclined to consider your findings. But a V-8 Buick to a 4 cyl. Pinto comparision, just doesn't do it.
+MichiganMorels I appreciate your insight. Good luck this spring in finding your mushrooms.
I like that you compared entry level, to entry level. Even if you did a 525w or 575w is irrelevant to your talk points. (You never said it wasn't as powerful.) This person saying simply comparing engine size is like comparing a V-8 Buick to a V-8 BMW... still NO COMPARISON simply because you match one technical aspect. I'm researching for a book and valued your observations. *Hugs
I wonder if Bosch paid her 4 this review other than just giving her a free mixer? A plastic Bowl and suction cups are a sign of lasting quality LOL
Very one sided review.
Cynthia Wolfe yup, especially since most of her issues with the KitchenAid would be solved by using a stainless steel bowl instead of glass. There’s a splash guard/pouring shield, it weighs less, and no concerns about breaking it
kicthenaid does rule of course, well known fact
For those who have never tried a Bosch ... 😘
Bosch is the way to go. Kitchenaid is all china-made these days. No more metal gears unless you fork over about $800.
Kitchen aid is hopeless. Should not buy . They dont have service network. After one year product is showpiece
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