KitchenAid KSM150PSTB Artisan Series Stand Mixer with Pouring Shield, 5 quart, Twilight Blue

The famous Kitchenaid stand mixer lives up to its legendary reputation! I bought this as a treat for myself with hard-earned retirement funds, and look forward to years of fabulous cooking.The mixer does SO many other things besides blend, with its many attachments. I got rid of my old crank ice cream freezer in favor of the Kitchenaid ice cream maker attachment. My husband made deer sausage using its sausage stuffer, and salad-making, vegetable chopping and other food processing tasks are a breeze the chopper and grater and sausage-stuffing attachments.We're home-canners, and I highly recommend the Artisan for processing your ingredients for canning. It's fast, easy and cleanup is quick and painless. A few attachments, such as the coated blending, must be hand-washed, but most go right into the dishwasher. Mine came with the metal mixing bowl instead of the glass, and it's easy to pour and spatter-proof thanks to the shield.We've nicknamed our Cranberry Artisan mixer "Miss Berry" and she's an attractive addition to our kitchen. The mixer is quite heavy, which should relieve any cook worried about a child pulling it down. It also doesn't "walk" across the counter when it's in use, as some other appliances do due to vibration.The attachments come on and off easily. I have arthritis in my hands but have no difficulty with this process.The Artisan has a POWERFUL motor and easily handled large batches of cookies at Christmas. It is, in fact, more powerful than my stand-alone food processor.If you're shopping for a stand mixer, you can't do better than Kitchenaid. Its performance can't be matched (and I've used Sunbeam as well as Hamilton Beach) and it comes in so many colors you'll have a hard time choosing. I recommend it to ANY cook or chef, and it would make a fabulous bridal shower or wedding gift. Invest in the attachments, and do away with "appliance clutter" in your cabinets and countertop.This mixer is AWESOME.

35 years ago I got the larger KitchenAid to use in bread making and grinding flour, the one that cranks the bowl up. It was impressive in both power and construction but alas it now belongs to someone else.This is the little brother (325 watt vs 575 watt motor). It was also purchased for use in bread making and grinding flour. It has a couple of advantages over its big brother: (1) it fits on the counter under the cupboards and (2) the tilt head makes getting the mixing bowl in and out easier than was the case with the larger KitchenAid mixer.While the construction of this unit seems to be as good as the old one the assembly left a bit to be desired. The ring around the drive for the beaters was not properly seated (easily fixed) and the label band was not properly seated at the back where it is screwed to the housing, which took a little more work to fix properly. Finally, the slot for the anti-twist pin that all attachments have needed to be radiused on the bottom, the casting had excess material that prevented the pins from seating properly and needed to be cut away. Not too much work to fix.Otherwise it arrived in perfect condition.The mixing beaters work fine for mixing dry or sloppy ingredients. The dough hook works fine for a standard loaf of bread dough, not sure how it will do with dough for two loaves.The splatter shield leaves a lot to be desired. It does not attach to the bowl firmly, it is a bit warped so it does not sit down properly all the way around, and it needs to be held in place by hand. It isn't really needed if the speed is started slow and not raised too much while mixing ingredients. This part has been squirreled away in a dark place as a useless piece of equipment.To grind flour I purchased a Mockmill which attaches to the KitchenAid as if it were OEM equipment, an item I'll review once it has been used a few times. The Mockmill, as advertised, is shown attached to this KitchenAid model so I'm sure it has more than enough power to grind flour with this mill.My take on all those broken beaters mentioned in other reviews is that they were used to mix ingredients that were either too viscous for that beater or the speed was set too high. That said I'm not impressed with the dough hook but the shape is right and it seems to have no trouble kneading enough dough for one loaf. Purchasing a backup may be a good idea.To avoid destroying the machine should something lock up the beater KitchenAid put one gear in the drive train that will break up so as not to damage the rest of the drive train. The replacement isn't too expensive so it is my recommendation that one backup replacement should be kept on hand to avoid putting the machine out of commission until the replacement part arrives. Probably overkill though.

Sólo fíjate muy bien en el voltaje requerido para su funcionamiento.

It’s exactly what you’d expect . Quality machine , well made and does everything it’s suppose to do .

I have had this for years. Finally getting around to writing a review (I ordered it through this seller on Amazon in 2014). The only complaint I have is actually against KitchenAid: the whisk mixer that comes standard is NOT fully stainless steel. The top of the whisk attachment is not dishwasher safe and will eventually oxidize and leave black marks everywhere. In the end, I eventually purchased the stainless steel version from Kitchenaid (it's about $50) and worth it if you're an avid baker. Now I can just throw it in the dishwasher.Otherwise the machine itself is excellent - never had an issue and all the parts are such high quality.

It’s amazing! Love the colour and it’s pretty easy to clean!

I love my new kitchenAid Mixer! I have been making bread every other day and Cheesecake is done in no time. I am going to start buying the accessories now. So much fun while being useful at the same time. BUY IT YOU WON"T REGRET IT!!!