OH my word what an amazingly sweet hubby you have!!!! Definitely make him something extremely yummy!

Love a story with a happy ending!

And they live happily ever after!!!!

luv happy ending stories!

I remember when hubby bought me my first one and he was aghast at the cost but bought it anyway. This was during my cake sabbatical when we were first married so it was strictly personal use. Once I got it, i was making "something" for dessert every night for dinner. Why is that significant? Because we are NOT dinner-n-dessert household! He'd come home and ask what was for dessert tonight, then he'd laugh (with glee!) when I'd say "Oh I don't know .... I go out there and whip up something real quick!"

He was the one who loved the mixer more than me, once he saw how easy ti was for me to use it.

BTW, do you have any small kids in the house? WHen my daughter got hers, her biggest thrill was being able to let the mixer do the work while she chased the kids out of the kitchen (or cleaned up the spill, or referee'd the fight, or helped find their shoes, or.......)

I myself had a hard time justifying the price of a KA but if I only had ALL the receipts for the many mixers (non KA) I have literally BLOWN UP mixing Icings, batters, etc. I probablly could have bought about three Kitchen Aid mixers from the start and STILL saved money! If I had only known then what I know now!! LOL

You can make homemade bread in it! YUM!

My advise, start a dollar bank for yourself. Whenever you have a single put in aside. I go to the bank when I get 100 and exchange them for a $100 bill and keep going. I use a silly old wallet. I have saved up probably nearly 1000 dollars over the past year and have used it to buy those things that I don't want to have to justify to dh!

This week I bought my first KA. It was on sale at Target for $199, but it came wth a $20 gift card, so the price was $179. I decided to "pony up" because I have burnt out the motors of 3 Sunbeam Heritage mixers (at $70 each) since this summer. I needed something that would last a little longer, so I bought a KA. Also, the attachments on the KA allowed me to make my first batch of SMBC yesterday--something I could never do with my Sunbeam. Well worth the money, IMHO!

My husband gave me mine as a Christmas gift 13 years ago. A few days later I used it for the first time on a wedding. It paid for itself and then some the first time I turned it on. It's been making me money ever since. Never had any problems and I would go into mourning if something happened to it.

Just tell him to call me. Working without a kitchenaid is like trying to bake with no arms. I dropped mine off for a tune up before I went away on a cruise. My anxiety was through the roof! I was imagining all of these scenarios in which I would need it but not have it. I think performing open hear surgery would have caused me less anxiety than relenquishing my kitchen aid, even though I wasn't even going to be in the same hemisphere at the time!!

If anyone is in the market for one, Williams-Sonoma is selling the KA 610 for $299 today only. Future DH just bought me one!! I told him I'd give my current Artisan to my younger brother and his girlfriend, but I'm going to try and find the room to store them both. I just don't think I can part with my first KA!

I kept my old 4.5 when I got the 6. The 6 is just too big for some jobs. The 4.5 works better if I'm just whipping up 2 or 3 egg whites.

I have 3 Kitchenaids, and there are many days when they're all going at once! My mother-in-law bought me my first one over 10 years ago for Christmas. It is one of the lower wattage 4-quart mixers, and it was a refurbished one, but it still runs like new to this day. When I make icing or marshmallows they have to whip on full blast for 20 minutes and my KA takes it all and keeps on going!

Kitchenaid is a must have for me. I have always told my husband that its the best gift he ever gave me, who needs jewlery I am at the point now that my 4.5 qt. is too small. So tired of the powdered sugar going all over my kitchen, its just too small, and it starts out too fast, need a slower start. Upgrading to the 6 qt for christmas, I hope I like it as well as my old one.

When I think of how many hand mixers I went through just doing cookie dough and cakes just for the family I realize how much money I wasted. I burnt out the motors all the time or the beater insert broke. ( I loved baking for family). So I am talking just food for family. In the long run you will save with a stronger motor in a better machine. Forget all the doodads unless you really want to make your own pasta and sausage. Just get the machine . I have my mom's machine and then my daughter bought her own machine. Only thing I want is a second or third bowl when I am whipping up frostings with colours.

If money is tight start putting a little away in a jar as much as you can. Then look for a good sale. It seems about 1-2 x a year they do go on sale, combine that with a store sale and it adds up. My daughter's 6qt. she got on sale for almost 40% off.

Glad to hear you got it worked out I just got the story and I have 4 kitchenaid mixers and I could have sold you one for around 75.00 but you would have to pay for shipping.

Yay! make that sweetie some sweets!

My opinion....they are worth their weight in gold They are SO much better than a hand mixer. You can mix up batches of cookies and other stiffer type mixes without any issues.

It also frees your hands to do other tasks while mixing Get one if you can

Jennifer

Cathyscakes, how do you like your new 6 Qt? I bought mine early last fall and got a great deal on it. I'd never had a Kitchen Aide, so I was a little startled at the noise level, but got used to it very quickly. This machine is my best friend. . .I LOVE it and kick myself every day for not getting one earlier. I've bought 2 extra bowls, a small sized bowl/whisk set and a number of the attatchments to go on it and I use it for everything!

I have a 5qt bowl KA now and it makes great icing using a 2lb bag of 10x sugar.  QUESTION to all bakers who have a 6qt KA - can you do a double batch (4lb bag of powdered sugar) of icing? 

Will a 6qt bowl hold 4 sticks of butter and 4 lbs of icing ... and mix it up?

THANKS - trying to decide if I should get a larger one of stick to the same size.

My 5.5 qt KA stand mixer will hold a 5# batch of buttercream.  So yes, a 6 qt will easily handle a 4# batch.

AI make a 7 lb batch of icing in my artisans. I have 3, so make 21 lbs at once. It is a lifesaver!!!! It is 2 1/4 lbs of butter/shortening and 5 lbs powdered sugar