If you happen to love being in the kitchen, finding the right appliances is a definite must. Finding the best mixer is more than likely your first priority when searching. You must first decide what type of mixer you want to have. The choice between a hand held or a stand mixer is yours. Make your choice wisely and search around before buying.



Some might also confuse a blender and a mixer as two in the same. They are not, this is as well a completely different kitchen appliance. A blender has three to four sharp blades inside of a glass or heavy plastic pitcher. This allows the food to be chopped, pureed, liquefied or even blended. A mixer on the other hand has no blades and using only mixing tools to mix food and drinks

Hand held mixers are used more in kitchens that are small and have little counter space. They are also much cheaper than the stand mixers, which makes that a definite plus for those who are on a budget. Uses usually have to do with beating cake mixes, eggs or even mixing mash potatoes. Although they can perform many tasks, stand mixers perform much more.

Most retail stores in your area will have hand held mixers for you to purchase in the kitchen department. You will have your choice of different colors to choose from other than the standard white. You can also either go with the electric hand held mixer or the battery operated mixer. All hand held mixers have the standard low, medium and high speeds. Kitchen Aid has a nice array of different hand held mixers to choose from if your looking for brand-name mixers.

Hand held mixers do however have limited use compared to stand mixers. If you are one who just wants to get in and out of the kitchen, a hand held is for you. There is really no mess when it comes to using a hand held either. All you do is pop off the mixing tools and put the rest away. You can also choose from using any size bowl from just your average cereal bowl to a huge mixing bowl when using hand held mixer. This gives the user more control and a lot less mess.

Now if you have a huge kitchen with lots of counter space, this is definitely the choice you should make. However they are a lot more expensive, sometimes running into the hundreds of dollars, but the sturdiness and different options you have are well worth the buy. Another plus with the stand mixer is that it comes with either one or two mixing bowls, and two different mixing tools.

When buying this type you can have speed controls that range anywhere from 1 to 15 speeds depending on which you choose. Kitchen Aid sells a one that has 15 speeds for all your mixing needs. Back when baking was work, controls on the these were either button style or turn knob, not anymore. Now they come with a digital screen for easy viewing as well as a timer just in case you have to do something else at the same time.

The Kitchen Aid comes usually with a 5 quart mixing bowl to begin with, other sizes are available for purchase if needed. Other accessories are available such as pasta pressers, meat grinders, and all sorts of paddles for your needs. They also come in a wide variety of colors such as red, green, blue, and stainless steel for those who just like simplicity..

Purchasing your new toy cannot be done at any store. Large department stores in the mall, house ware stores and online stores are some of the places you can find them. Buy a brand that you know is dependable such as Kitchen Aaid, their appliances have been around for many years, you can be sure you will get the best of the best tool.