Will this mixer go slowly so that pieces don't fly out of the bowl when you cream sugar and butter, for example? Thanks!
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I didn't have issues with things flying out of the bowl, but I did have issues with things flying to the sides of the bowl and not mixing at all. Reminded me of that ride at carnivals where they spin you around and then drop the floor... the centrifugal force is so strong that you stick to the wall. That's what happened to me on a few recipes I tried making.
48161
Never tried mixing butter and flour, but I do not think it should have any problem. While mixer is running, the bowl also spins. This should prevent the flour from flying out.
48162
It's lowest speed is a bit too high in my opinion. With the ingredients you mention, you'll have a bit of a mess potentially.
48163
No. Slow, or anything close, is NOT something this machine can do. Even level 1 is fast enough that it was difficult to keep all ingredients in the large bowl. Another noteworthy issue, is that on the bottom of one of the beaters is a small tip which does not allow the beater to reach the very bottom of the mixing bowl, therefore, creaming butter and sugar is difficult during hand-held method. This machine does not possess the ability to cream butter and sugar in stand-alone mode unless the quantity is VERY large.
1240484
No, the bowl does not rotate. The beater(s) turn and rotate within the bowl. You do need to scrape the bowl during the very initial mixing.
1852085
I didn't keep this one, but I believe I can help: Lift the body of the mixer. I don't remember this one having anything to hold the bowl in, so at that point you should be able to just lift it out. If it IS held in place, I'd try turning the bowl counter-clockwise.
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No their not, this mixer broke during the very first use! The motor gears broke, I only had a little soften butter and a little sugar in the bowl when I went from low speed to med speed it suddenly went to high speed and would not come out of high speed. I would not buy this. tried to return but the company wouldnt take it back because it had been 3 months. But it was a gift and I didnt get it for that long after it was bought. Go with a kitchen aid.
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Are you sure that the rotating part has not slipped slightly when you placed the food on the tray? Sometimes we have the problem and find that the tray slipped a hair and then from the weight of the food, it slipped enough to stop completely or rubs on the side of the appliance. Was cooking a chicken in a bag (in half-time) and the bag got so heavy with juice that it hit the side of the appliance and stopped completely. My wife loves the half-time. Does not use the regular oven at all anymore.
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Yes it is noisy! So far I've only made cakes & buttercream in it and I had to keep stopping and scraping the bottom and sides as it didn't seem to reach them very well, much more so than other mixers I've tried/owned. Hope this helps!
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Hi Crystal-I have only used this mixer to make cream cheese frosting. It does well on the mixing part but beware that if you put too much powdered sugar in at once it will POOF out of the openings (there is a small space between the bowl and the splatter guard). I made a cake in it last night. I am very happy with this mixer. I use it to make my own bread. It is not a strong enough or big enough mixer to make a 3 loaf recipe.
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mine doesn't. It doesn't mix very well either. you really need to attachments other wise you chase eggs around the bowl.
2063151
It is adjustable from slow to very fast by using the large dial on top. Making batter should be no problem.
286168
I have only used it once (I'm not one to bake a lot), but I don't remember it sliding around. I have a stone countertop. Not sure if that makes a difference or not.
918284
Yes, it's very smooth and slow. And, even when you take it all the way to max speed, spatter is minimal with the wire beater design. Of course, if you lift it at high speed it's going to fly everywere! But, to your question, smooth start is very slow and smooth.
722677
It does not start slow on lowest speed. You have to start it before placing in your bowl with ingredients but it slows down quickly. I love it.
1552278
It's not slow , but I put my ingredients in a bigger bowl. It gets the job done fast and I'm not mixing with a fork or whisk any more.
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I have the same problem. The slow speed it way too fast for a cake mix, and normally a "middle" speed is what you use for that. This one can NEVER blend dry ingredients and is way too fast for wet ingredients. When it starts on low speed, the liquids are thrown to the edge of the bowl and whirl around like a tornado! The ingredients hardly touch the beaters because the ingredients are moving way too fast at the outer edges of the bowl.
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No it doesn't. The beaters do not do a good job when needing butter, sugar or eggs creamed. Leaves chunky particles. I purchased because I thought this would be worth a try. Love the case, that has 2 beaters and a whip beater but disappointed in beating capabilities. My cheap old timers beaters on conventional mixer does better. I'm a very busy baker.
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The cake does get stuck. Mostly close to the center point. I ended up bending the sweeper to clean under it and wasn't able to get it to lay down as flat as before. I haven't used it since so I'm not sure how much it will impact the ability to get the cake out cleanly.
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The beater rotates around in a circle, I guess meaning it has "planetary action." Also, it doesn't actually touch the bottom, so you will need to use a spoon to mix up the very bottom of the batter. And mine is holding up just fine!