6 variable speeds for perfect results
3 types of detachable blades for mixing: beater, balloon whisk and dough hook
Splash guard to avoid splattering
600W mixing power
240V/50Hz
Injection housing
Pulse function provides a burst of power
5L removable stainless steel bowl for easy operation
Planetary mixing action
Premium finish
Tilting head with safety lock
Anti-slip rubber feet
Perfect for mixing, kneading and whipping
Are the attachments not stainless steel?
I can check the other attachments tonight, but the dishwasher tarnished it. I dont think they are.
If they have blackened in the dishwasher, then they are likely aluminum.
how do you find it? I bought a mixer through Aust Post a few years ago, but I found that it wasn't scraping down the sides of the bowl enough when mixing, nor the bottom of the bowl enough, so I had to continually do it manually….which defeats the purpose lol. Went back to my trusty 37 year old hand mixer
Would that be suitable for kneading bread/pizza dough for longer than 1-2 minutes? Or is it going to burn the motor, which is often the case with cheaper kitchen appliances?
It's a 5L bowl and 600W vs Kitchenaid's 4.8L and 300W at 10x the price.
This is what I was using it for - worked great for this exact purpose!
So you can leave it kneading eg. 1-1.5kg of dough for eg. 10-20 minutes? Great to hear.
Why would you need to knead continuously for that long?
@harro112: I sourdough, so different experience maybe, but I mix for a few minutes at a time across the first hour. After that, no further mixing required.
@harro112: Hand kneading is significantly slower than machine kneading.
A couple minutes machine mixing would be the equivalent of 10 minutes hand mixing.
I'd go as far as to suggest that mixing for 20 minutes in a machine could even start destroying the gluten!
@ESEMCE: yeah honestly i've definitely never done that much kneading in a stand mixer, normally i use it to bring everything together and do the rest by hand. since you mentioned yeast and heat tho I thought that link was worth sharing, since getting the internal temp up to the desired range is fairly important.
@harro112: Dude
There’s a whole chapter titled Be Careful with Pizza Crust Dough Final Temperature.
I guess it’s self explanatory
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So you can leave it kneading eg. 1-1.5kg of dough for eg. 10-20 minutes? Great to hear.
You don't knead it in the stand mixer for 10 to 20 mins, that would overheat the motor.
Most stand mixer only recommend running it for max 10 mins and resting the motor.
Just need to do it enough so that all the ingredients mixed together into a rough wet dough ball which could be 3 to 5 minutes depends on the speed you set.
Usually start at a higher speed then slow it down to 1 or 2 speed for 1 minute etc.
Then you take it out and knead it by hand on a large wood chopping board or knead mat until the dough ball is not sticking to the board by regularly adding more flour to it.
Do a few of these and you will understand the pizza making process.
Go watch some youtube videos and you will understand.
@pinkybrain: Thanks for the tips everyone.
My original question was specifically if somebody can tell if that particular ALDI mixer can continously work for "10-20 mins". Because I can do that with KitchenAid without waiting for it to cool down for half an hour or longer.
@pizzaguy: who knows and why would you want to put that much stress on the motor (even if it could)?
10-20 mins will make the motor really hot
and the machine will not last very long if it needs to work that hard due to the heaviness of the dough ball.
Also the dough will not be a nice dough texture but more like a gooey mess if you let the machine knead it that long.
I have had well known brand machine motor died when I didn't know before
and just let it knead the doughball for longer than 10 minutes.
Now I know better and only run knead the dough ball in the machine for maybe 3 minutes etc..
I just mainly look at the whether the mix ingredients has turn into a dough texture.
If you want to know how long this aldi machine motor can run for
then best get the manual instore to read
or google for it online.
Generally though, most manual say not to run it longer than 10 minutes max
and resting the motor.
10 to 20 minutes seems excessive (for a machine), by hand I would expect it be that time, but I honestly think more like three minutes tops in a stand mixer
Kitchenaid uses a direct drive system as against to the belt which the Aldi one is likely. Direct drive is much more efficient and hence less power
So that makes up 20W maybe.. What about the remaining 280+W difference?
Heat in the motor, mostly.
I get you’re wanting a gotcha moment on the expensive mixer, but the quality of the motor in any mixer goes a long way in how long it’ll last
No good for dough. Bought this model a few years ago and returned as the motor emitted a burning smell after kneading dough for a few minutes. Bought a kenwood instead, much better.
same happened to us, we returned the unit.
Mine did much better. It turned the dough black by dripping oil out of the unit onto the mix.
I bit the bullet and got a Kenwood. Not looking back….
From all the comments here, I feel I may skip this machine and get something more expensive and sturdier.
I have burnt too many motors.
Looks similar to Kmart one. Been using Kmart one similar price. Going great so far.
how do you find it? I bought a mixer through Aust Post a few years ago, but I found that it wasn't scraping down the sides of the bowl enough when mixing, nor the bottom of the bowl enough, so I had to continually do it manually….which defeats the purpose lol. Went back to my trusty 37 year old hand mixer
No mixer will scrape clean against the bowl (well aside from an Ice-cream churn)
I have been reading about stand mixers etc and product reviews don't have very good reviews on this aldi one but in terms of "scraping clean" the bottom of the bowl potentially a stand mixer like this one with flexible fins might work better?
Some mixers come with (or have available accessories) flex edge beaters which are great for creaming butter and sugar. My Kenwood Chef XL came with one and I know there is one for Kitchenaid machines.
If you get one of these cheap mixers resist the temptation to use it for kneading dough. At some point it will leak a black oily sludge into the mix.
Comment based on experience ;-)
Been hunting for a well priced KitchenAid for a while, so this genuinely intrigued me. Looked up the reviews on it. Yikes. Not good.
Yeah, from the comments here you may get lucky, esp. if you don't knead a lot, but might be not worth the hassle to get this one only to burn its motor, have to return it and find something better again.
Don't do it.
In terms of mixers though, has anyone here been able to buy a WILFA Pro Baker? I can't find anyone who will ship one here?
If you can’t find a shipping service from a seller you can look into a redirection shipper. It really depends how much you are willing to pay and how badly you want it.
Yeah it looks like that is route I am going to have to take
Great unit! Just dont put the attachments through the dishwasher.. it stuffs up the coating on them.
PS. If anyone has a spare dough hook - I'd love it! Or a solution on how to fix?