NutriMill Artiste Kitchen Stand Mixer 6 Quart Black Trim

I've had this mixer since 2021. That's also the last year I bought bread from a store (outside of sourdough, but finally figured that out last year...). It makes making bread go so much faster (I did it by hand before). And it can handle heavy dough. I make a honey wheat dough that is heavy! (Makes 2 loaves and 6 dinner rolls) Mixer gets it through about 95% of the process. I have to pull it out and kind of knead for a minute after because it tries to climb out of the bowl at that point. To speed up the process between batches (I usually do several doughs in one day) I bought an extra bowl and crank drive. Anyway, I love this mixer. I want to address the common issues in the bad reviews. -SLIDING DOUGH/STICKING TO HOOK- there is a learning curve when it comes to order of operations. The FIRST time I used it, I had the sliding problem since I added the dry ingredients first and then added wet to them. Seems to work best by putting in the wet ingredients first and then the dry (half a cup at a time). And then speeding up the paddle as the dough gets thicker to kind of 'fling' it off the hook for kneading. If it's going too slow, it will just spin on the hook. Additionally, if there is too much flour, it will slide because there is no friction. I've been able to adjust by adding a few drops of water. -COOKIES - yeah, I don't really use it for cookies that often. But it would be best to use the dough hook for cookie dough. The cookie paddles can't handle it. Maybe if they were metal instead of plastic and just smaller versions of the dough hooks...but alas.... -SMALL BATCHES - it doesn't do well with small batches (like one loaf of bread). This isn't a problem for me since I'm not going to pull out a mixer and make one loaf of bread. For loose mix like cake, batters, pie filling, the bowl scraper attachment is genius. -OVERHEATING - Have NOT had this issue. Even with my heaviest dough. I run it about 15-20min during the process. It might just be the luck of the draw on that one. -PARTS THAT BREAK - I haven't had any breaking parts. But that's because I read the bad reviews before I bought it. The whip drive I have is metal, not the plastic one. I don't use the cookie paddles at all. The whisk paddles should be used with whisking things (cream, eggs, butter...). No issues with the cake paddles. I have a back up crank drive since I've seen that those break, but the original one is still going strong. CLEANING - as this was my first mixer, the cleaning process seems fine to me. But I hear the KA mixer is easier. Hot water, soap, a straw brush (The ridges in the bow) and it's clean for me.

My wife loves it to make bread. We had a Kitchen Aid fixed head , which worked well, but the dough paddle in the NutriMill mixed it much better, especially small batches. Powerful motor. Purchased the cookie, cake paddles and bowl scraper separately and have not used it, but expect great results. Highly recommend

I read a lot of reviews before purchasing this. I decided to give it a try since the price was so reasonable. I used to make my wheat breads by hand, but it was very time consuming trying to get the stretch I needed. This has been a life saver. Easily handles the heavy dough (I make two loaves at a time). Clean up is easy. Love being able to add the flour without the mixer in the way. I did not opt for the scrapper and don't miss it at all. Great product. Highly recommend it.

I waited to review this until I used it. I've had it for a few months now and made a lot of different breads! I live this machine... still worried that the paddles are plastic but so far so good and MUCH less expensive than their counterpart. The suction cups on the bottom are super strong... it takes a bit to figure out how to break the suction to move it. Highly recommend this one

Love this machine . It’s easy to use. Easy to clean. Not heavy to move around. I used it to knead 5 cups of flour and the dough came out nice. I recommend this product.