How is the beater blade for this unit? I see 3rd party blades getting great reviews for the KA mixers, but not for the Cuisinart.
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The beater blade attachment is the open flat paddle style that works great for cake batter and most things like that. I find myself using the whisk attachment more often just as a matter of preference.
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I love my Cuisinart and have used all three of the blades and been successful with all of them. Much happier than I was with my Kitchen Aid that I had for many years.
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I think the beater blade works great. It doesn't completely clean the bowl every single time, you do have to scrape from time to time, but not nearly as much as I used to have to scrape the bowl with my KA mixer. With the KA mixer I really needed a third party beater blade. With this one, I have not felt the need. I haven't had to scrape nearly as much with this one. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this mixer. I use it every single day sometimes twice a day. Awesome!
79952
We haven't used the beater blade yet. We mostly use the mixing and hook blades, which work good. Sorry I'm not much help.
79953
Works great! Better than Kitchen Aid. Don't know about any third party blades as ours came with the mixer.
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I'm looking to replace my Braun hand mixer that I've had for over 10 years. I know my "older version" definitely said to not run it continuously. It needs to be used in a sort of pulsing action. I have used mine primarily for the chopping and food processing for which I find it indispensable. Even with a family of 6 there are countless ways it is more practical that my large, bulky food processor.
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I'm thinking about buying this unit.just wondering why you didn't leave a review??? what is your opion of this slicer??
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Yes. Our Cuisinart blender works great, we've had it for several years and recently replaced the blade/gasket piece, now it's as good as new.
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Reviews say that the 3 blade is better, which is why I ordered it. Amz says they will replace the 2 blade they sent me & swap it out w/the 3 blade. I don't know much else, I suspect the more expensive 3 blade will be more powerful, I should know more soon.
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The New Metro Designs model CDV-5 fits the Cuisinart 5.5. The KA6L does not. This Amazon listing says it fits a Cuisinart: "Continuously beats, scrapes, folds and mixes ingredients for KitchenAid, Cuisinart, Viking and DeLonghi stand mixers" -- Not true as the attachment is different. Now I need drive my lazy ass to Sur La Table and see if they have the right model ... sigh ... no cake for me today. Also, do not attempt to beat packed brown sugar -- you will break the plastic shaft and end up like me trying to buy a replacement blade. As of January 2014.
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I have a very old, 30+ years old, Kitchen Aid, lift style with 5 quart stainless steel bowl. I looked in the book that came with it for Model identification, then went to the Kitchen Aid web site and to find which beater blade was for my mixer. It works beautifully - much better than the original one.
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I just contacted KitchenAid's customer support line, and they said that they do not offer a flex edge beater for the K5SS lift mixer (5 qt, stainless steel, lift). Darn, and it seemed like such a great idea.
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I think it does a better job than the mixing blade that shipped with the KitchenAid.
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Yes I have the Cuisinart DLC-2007N 7C and it works great. You also have room for extra blades if you have them.
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Following manufacturers directions and using the cuisinart as recommended has not created any issues for me. I can not speak to the other brand, I just know that this machine is reliable and works great for us.
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My daughter in law has the 6 quart professional mixer and she was not happy with the beater blade she had as it did not clean the sides of the bowl well I sent her a sideswipe beater and she loves it, no poblems at all
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I have no experience with Kitchenaid so I cannot respond. I really like my new Cuisinart.
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I think the flat 3 blade beater would be better. The whip is for lighter batters or mixes.
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Unfortunately I can't respond to question if the beater works on the K45SS. I purchased the Beater and the Dough hook as replacements for our KSM90. For the KSM90 the hooks worked "perfectly" and fit the mixer bowl without a problem. Used them yesterday 10/29/13 for cookie dough-NP!
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I have used an immersion handheld mixer with no scratching that I noticed, but I'm pretty sure a regular beater mixer would leave some utensil markings.
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Just to add my two cents, as John said it is the same coupling--in fact we are using our old blade assembly with the new unit since the new blade seems to splash a lot more (why would they do that?!). Our old coupling was indeed the part that broke, necessitating the replacement, but it happened after years of regular service when we accidentally tried to blend a metal spoon with it. So to agree again with John, I think if you stick with blending non-metallic objects it should last a reasonably long time.