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2nd stripped mixer....uggggggggggggg

post #1 of 36
5/20/05 at 5:19am
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I just broke my second mixer!!! Making buttercream not even making a thick frosting. I broke my other mixer on Easter making cream cheese frosting. The same thing happened I heard a funny noise and the beaters stopped moving. Granted I am only using a hand mixer but I can't afford one of the industrial ones yet. Anyone know of and decent inexpensive hand mixers? Hope the frosting is ok cause I still had 5-7 min of beating to go.I will post the pic later when I am finished.
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post #2 of 36
5/20/05 at 5:32am
Good luck! I had the same problem until I found a good used mixer then my husband and son got me a kitchen aid for Christmas a couple years ago. Maybe you can find something on e-bay or at a thrift store or yard sale.

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post #3 of 36
5/20/05 at 5:36am
I am having the same problem. I have stripped one mixer already and the second one isn't sounding to healthy icon_cry.gif I am checking my local newspaper and yard sales for a used Kitchen Aid. I have only been decorating for 3 months now and am begining to think that at this rate it would be cheeper to invest in one good mixer than 50 cheep ones, not to mention the stress reduction icon_rolleyes.gif
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post #4 of 36
5/20/05 at 9:18am
I have to agree, invest in a good one instead of wasting money on cheap ones.
I bought my KA (kitchenaid) online @ kohls.com for a really good sale price. I was able to get it paid off in a couple of months.
Think about it this way...if you do a few number of cakes in a month, how many of those would it take to pay your KA off if you charged it to a credit card. Then make it your goal to get that many cakes made to pay for your KA. I don't like to charge things either, especially right now with our personal debt that we have, but to me it was worth it. It was also worth it to my husband.
My KA is a stand mixer, but I would also love to get one of their hand mixers, but since I am supposed to be getting a free one from my mom soon, I am not going to get it yet.
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post #5 of 36
5/20/05 at 9:20am
mjones, I went through 3 mixers before I decided I HAD to invest in a KitchenAid because I had spent more money on the 3 mixers I had bought than I would have if I'd just bought the KitchenAid. You will never, ever regret the investment. They are just an awesome mixer... there are different models, so look at all of them before you invest icon_smile.gif
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post #6 of 36
5/20/05 at 10:55am
I'm drooling over the one I saw at Target with over 300 watts of power, lots of bells and whistles... mmmmmmmmoney. ouch. Almost $250.
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post #7 of 36
5/20/05 at 11:12am
oh no...my old KA is making "noises" now and you've all got me worried! icon_sad.gif But hey, I've had it for 17 years! I do have a little mixer as back up and it's sounding like "bearings" going out. Thrift shop, here I come! Knocking on wood right now...I have 3 cakes to get done by next Saturday.
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post #8 of 36
5/20/05 at 11:27am
OMG....I am so glad this subject has been brought up, now I can assure my husband it really is the excessive use not the mixers. I bought a new one in November and then another one in February and had to buy another one a couple weeks ago.......I have had a KA, 325 watt for years, only got it out occasionally when I had lots to do because it's so heavy......well after the second hand mixer died, I decided it was time to rearrange the appliances in my kitchen and I wanted a stand mixer that had more power as well.......I now have a 700 watt stand mixer and my KA out on the counter,(that took some time rearranging everything) so they are available all the time and the new hand mixer for the really small jobs!
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post #9 of 36
5/20/05 at 11:30am
700 watts.... *drooling*....
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post #10 of 36
5/20/05 at 11:32am
my bf bought me a ka mixer bout 3 yrs ago.. i use it so much it broke... i invested in a new one last yr... and its gonna go anyday now to.. im considering in investing in a heavy dutybakery quality table top mixer.. i mean yeah it will cost me a pretty penny... but its built to be used all the time... hopefully
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post #11 of 36
5/20/05 at 11:33am
Calejo.....it's not a KA but boy does it kick butt!!! I also make alot of cookies and it mixes up a double batch of chocolate chip cookie dough with no porblems at all! It's wonderful......I got it at Sam's and it was less than $200.00 and it has a one year warranty which is exactly what KA has as well.
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post #12 of 36
5/20/05 at 2:54pm
Hand Mixers are not designed for the heavy duty use we Confectionists put them through. A KA is well worth the $$. DH got me one for my BD a few years ago and it has a place of honor on my counter, it does my cookie doughs and 2-3 cake mixes at a time. Invaluable time saver, I shine it daily like my hubby does his car icon_biggrin.gif
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post #13 of 36
5/21/05 at 1:30pm
my first stand mixer i bought through fingerhut where i could make a small payment on it. What i then did is any cake money i made went to pay off the mixer(we really had no money then and this was the only way i could get one) So thats just another option. My first one was an oster and its still running 15 years later, i now keep it as a back up just incase, it doesn't look as pretty anymore but its still able to get the job done.
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post #14 of 36
5/21/05 at 2:04pm
I understand the no money but I was in the middle of a course 2 and had already went through 2 hand mixers went to target and they had a KA on clerance for $129.00 but of course I had no money at that time so I ended up puting some rings I hardly ever where anymore do to the feelings that go with them in the pond shop! and went back to target to get the very last KA they had on sale! no regets and the money from my cakes has been getting my rings out the pond shop
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post #15 of 36
5/27/05 at 4:18pm
try Amazon.com. My boyfriend bought me my KA mixer on there last christmas and he got it for nearly half the price....no shipping charges either!
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