FRIFER 8 in 1 Stand Mixer 5.5L 1500W 6 speeds mixers for baking with Meat Grinder and Juicer 9 Accessories Multifunctional Kitchen Mixer with Dough Hook,Beater,Egg Whisk

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The blade mixer doesn't get anywhere near the bottom or the sides, so lots of material is left on the bottom and sides. It makes it impractical to mix smaller quantities. It also means that you need to stop and scrape down the sides and mix up the bottom.

I should also mention that the unit doesn't seem very strong or stable. Its plastic and the hinged top part doesn't sit tight against the bottom, there's a good bit of play. When working dough, the top part is moving around in all sorts of scary ways as if its going to break. The slowest speed is pretty fast, so any sort of stirring or gentle folding is out of the question. The Kitchenaid is pretty quiet on stir, still quiet on 2. Maxed out to 10 its pretty loud but much quieter than the Frigidaire. And it doesn't sound like its going to break apart.

The Kitchenaid didn't just do a little better, it feels functional. It actually works. I guess the Frigidaire is the cheapest planetary mixer I could find, and it does what it claims, but does it so poorly that its questionably useful. The Kitchenaid has an adjustment to be able to precisely lower the head. An online video said to lower it until it just barely moves a dime at the bottom. Thats very close to the bottom. We adjusted it and it works great. It is able to mix small quantities and is much closer to the bottom and sides than the Frigidaire. Its a big difference. The speed range 1-8 is sort of a joke. The minimum is 1, which is really pretty fast. There is nothing like a stir setting. Range 1-6 is almost the same with very little difference. From 6 on to 8 it speeds up a lot, but even top speed 8 isn't really that much faster than 1. A little less than twice as fast by my measure. Ease of use and cleaning: Modern stand mixers can offer sophisticated features but being easy to use is incredibly important. Washing your stand mixer’s attachments by hand can also be a pain, so we looked for dishwasher-safe accessories to make cleaning less of a headache.

The slowest speed on the mixer is pretty fast and is the speed you're supposed to use to make dough. Processor versatility: Stand mixers should take on key kitchen tasks that make life a lot easier. Whisking, beating and kneading attachments are key to this and we awarded extra points to machines that offer more integrated features, like weighing scales, timers and extra attachments. The hook in the Kitchenaid has a wide disk at the top of the hook. This effectively stops the dough from climbing beyond the top of the hook and gumming up the works like in the Frigidaire. This is a huge difference and makes this one work. Results of functions: A machine that efficiently mixed all the ingredients at the same time was a staple requirement. We looked for pavlova mixes that were glossy and well-whisked, cake mixes that were light with evenly distributed zest and finally, well-risen dough that was soft and light when baked.

We tried to whip 1 cup of heavy whipping cream. At maximum speed, the whisk barely reaches the cream at all. Eventually after minutes we started getting some whipped cream. Capacity: like batch baking for cake sales? You’ll need a larger bowl capacity and perhaps a more powerful mechanism that will plough through larger volumes of mixture. Buy the biggest machine you can afford that will fit in your kitchen.