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I really wanted to love this mixer. It has a lot of things going for it with a powerful yet quiet motor, large bowl, solid construction, timer, attachments, and a three year warranty, but it doesn't knead dough!

Let me start from the begining. I love to make bread and am a perfectionist about it. I started out with 4.5 quart Kitchenaid model. It lasted three years and needed one $80 repair. I then bought the 5 qt model, the motor burnt out in two months. It was still under warranty, so a new one was sent to me. The next one lasted almost three months and the motor burned out. Another new one was sent and it lasted 9 months, then needed an $80 repair, three months later it needed a $30 repair. I wasn't abusing the machines, just using them for bread dough. By this point I decided to get away from Kitchenaid and find a better mixer.

The next logical choice is a Bosch. I read negative reviews about this and talked to people. It sounded like it works great, but with heavy use it won't last more than ten years. All the other home use machines that I came across seemed weak as well. I started looking into commercial mixers, which was very frustrating because there are of course no consumer reviews on them. I found a few on ebay and called about some. One sales rep told me to stay away from one I was looking at because it couldn't handle dough. I was a amazed that $1000+ dollar mixer could not handle dough. What is it good for? whipping cream? My $10 hand mixer can do that.

Then I came across the Electrolux Assistent or Magic Mill and I thought my problem was going to be solved. It got amazing reviews as a dough mixer, and people seemed to love it. I also read that it was hard to get used to, but I was sure I could figure it out. I tried, and tried, and tried, but could not get it to knead the dough properly. Most of the time it stayed in the middle while the bowl spun around it. I changed the lever position, tried the roller, tried without the scraper, but could not get it to work. After 12 minutes the dough wasn't properly kneaded, the temperature wrong, and the dough was a bit dried out. Needless to say, the loaves didn't have a proper rise, and ended up quite dense. After three weeks and I don't know how many failed loaves I returned it. I had a 30 day money back guarantee, thank goodness!

I should add that it did work well for really sticky doughs, like rolls or ciabatta, but for anything else, it was awful!

I went back to commercial mixer research and called a local chain bakery. I bought an 8 qt Globe which they have had sucess with. I hope this will be the end of the mixer trauma! Get more detail about Electrolux White Assistent Stand Mixer 8 Qt..