Stand Mixer!
Marlyn looked at the Kohl’s Ad in yesterday’s Washington Post and noticed a Kitchen Aid Stand mixer on sale. Link
Plus you get an additional $20 off mail in rebate. So how did I get mine for $120? Well, if you sign up for a kohl’s credit card you get an additional 15% off that purchase price so that’s $30. On top of that every $50 you spend at Kohl’s you get a free $10 gift card to be used in the next couple weeks.
So $260 stand mixer on sale for $200, minus $20 mail in rebate, minus $30 discount from credit card, minus the $30 in gift card = $120.
More about the Stand Mixer:
The stand mixer definitely is not the $500 one that is probably worth the money if you could afford it. The two big differences between the $500 mixer and $260 mixer is the wattage and the size of the bowl. The $500 mixer has 550 watts of power whereas the $260 only has 275 watts, or pretty much half the power. I have no idea how the difference in power would effect anything as I would have to run tests to find out; if you want to listen to the sales clerk who said that the lower power wont allow you to make as big of batches when you cook then you may.
The size of the bowl matters too. The $500 mixer gets you a 6 quart bowl in comparison to the 4.5 quart bowl you get with the $260 version. I think 4.5 quarts is enough for my personal use but I would plan on buying the best one I can afford when this one wears out (hopefully 10 years or so). Also the $500 mixer comes with a $20 plastic pour spout that I’ve never seen anyone use before.
Attachments:
In terms of attachments the $260 version and the $500 version should run all the same attachments. Power-intensive attachments such as the meat grinder might wear down the motor more in the cheaper version and that is where the more wattage would come handy. Unfortunately attachments of all kinds are expensive and in some cases more than the cost of our machine itself. I was looking into getting the meat grinder but I’ll probably just use the food processor for the time being; I’ve already got a manual pasta roller and I don’t find it cost-efficient to pay $120 for a new set. If there was a converter out there that allowed you to use the manual pasta maker in the stand mixer that could be cool.
How’s poker been going? Don’t ask. My mom is visiting the first week of November; I’ll be in Denver the 2nd week and in Indianapolis for Thanksgiving.
Jeff
