Thread Number: 74710
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Post# 985366 , Reply# 1   3/5/2018 at 06:07 (2,214 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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I've never used a Mixmaster. I almost bought one a few years ago but just decided to find a Hobart KA for a little of nothing. I don't care which one I have when it comes to making a from scratch carrot cake or homemade chicken and dumplings as long as it can stir the batter/dough so I don't have to! I'd love to have a Hobart N50 but they are so $$$$ even when very old! |
Post# 985370 , Reply# 2   3/5/2018 at 06:47 (2,214 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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This has been discussed before (see below) and the general opinion seems to be that for whipped mixtures (including cakes) twin beater mixers have the edge whilst for breads and doughs a planatary action is better.
Several years ago the late and much missed Kelly Beard (mixfinder) did a side by side test which seemed to prove this principle CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK |
Post# 985378 , Reply# 4   3/5/2018 at 08:10 (2,214 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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That 'Sunbeam' today is just another big-box store provider of more or less adequate appliances. They have nothing to do with the outstanding engineering and user friendly Sunbeam Mixers of yesteryear. That 'KA' today is just a division of a trashy company which can't even compete on the open market without paying off Republicans to protect them with tariffs against better quality competition.
So - that leaves vintage Sunbeam and Hobart.
Kelly did demonstrate the advantages of both systems. Personally, I find a properly adjusted real KA (pre- plastic transmission and pre-non-cooled under-dimensioned power electronics) mixes stiff batters far more easily than a Sunbeam stand mixer. I also find that a Sunbeam Mixmaster stand mixer whips cream and meringues better than a KA.
In the end, it's all about what gets the job done the way you need it at the time you need it and in the space available (we've had two KA stand mixers running at the same time in our kitchen with five people cooking and baking and it was too much). |
Post# 985434 , Reply# 5   3/5/2018 at 18:19 (2,214 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Sunbeam has been a sick, wilted, mismanaged entity for a long long time.
Their stained DNA runs in my company. They have almost no engineering. A small design staff in Boca Raton FL, where they "now" live. I say "now" in quotes because they seem to move every several years to chase cheaper tax havens. Their only capacity of engineering is a small group of legacy Jarden engineers in China. There's not too much energy going into Sunbeam. Resources are better situated going into Oster and Crock Pot. |
Post# 985437 , Reply# 6   3/5/2018 at 18:30 (2,214 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 985478 , Reply# 9   3/6/2018 at 00:49 (2,214 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Here's the Sunbeam planetary they sell in Canada. I've only ever seen it at Walmart and the price is dropping.. The classic mixmaster is still for sale and you can pick on of those up for about $70-$80 and hope it doesn't break in your hands.
There's also an Oster Planetary mixer for sale at Walmart which is very similar to the Sunbeam naturally CLICK HERE TO GO TO petek's LINK |
Post# 985497 , Reply# 10   3/6/2018 at 06:27 (2,213 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Spotted this machine at Walmart-its not NEARLY the quality of the KA machine sitting beside it.But the Sunbeam-Oster one is much cheaper in price. |