Hi-

If you have a professional or Artisan KA mixer, do you like it? How long have you had it? What about it do you like, what don't you like. What exact model do you have?

I'm curious becuase my little trusty KA is not working as well as I'd like- it took almost 20 mins to make my chocolate butter cream icing the other night- the chocolate wouldn't mix in and the beaters keep falling out. Not to meniton I droped it about a month ago- whoops! Other than that- I love it!!

I have a Pro 6. I love it! I can make big batches of butter cream icing w/o a problem. I make MMF all the time. It mixes up cakes like a dream.

The only problem I do have is when I only need a small batch of royal icing. My 6 quart bowl is a little big for that.

The only thing I don't like is that it is a little hard to pour in ingredients and scrap the sides of the bowl, but for the price and quality I think it is great.

I also have a Pro 6 qt. I agree with prettycakes - It is great for pretty much anything except smaller batches, but I dont make very many small ones so it works for me

I have the Pro 6 also and I love it. I rarely make small batches of anything so it isn't a problem. My favorite thing about it is bowl lift. There really isn't anything I don't like about it.

Is it too small for one batch of icing? the 1 lb of crisco, 4 cup sugar recipe?

I have the Pro 6, the Pro 5 and the 4.5 qrt....Big Mama is my favourite! Mixes great, can do just about anything. My little guy is reserved for royal icing only, and my mid guy for smaller batches of cake or buttercream...got him cause he was on sale 1/2 price - can't pass that up! Thinking on another.....LOL!