Most today’s cooks often bake a dozen doughnuts or batch of bread for their favorite holiday, and in those situations, whisking or kneading by hand goes with the “specialness” of these holiday sweets. For cooks who normally bake, though, that step of food preparation can be more toil than holiday cheer. If you happen to be one of these busy cooks, your busy kitchen needs to include a well-made stand mixer. We have selected three especially reliable models for you to consider. Another great model to consider is Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 Rice Cooker.

The KitchenAid Artisan Series stand mixer is normally the appliance most customers visualize any time they talk about stand mixers. KitchenAid has been producing some model of this mixer for generations, and it may well have the best stand mixer available today. This mixer’s 5 quart bowl and 325 watt motor means it is well suited for big batches, and the 10 adjustable speeds and three attachments ensure that you benefit from a wide variety of functions to work with. This model comes with a splash guard and an opening for adding ingredients, consequently KitchenAid’s mixer is also a convenient model to work with. The KitchenAid Artisan series mixers sell for $285, and are available in a virtual rainbow of colors, which means that you may acquire the best mixer on the market in your ideal color, also.

Hamilton Beach also has a top quality stand mixer called the Eclectrics 63221. While the Eclectrics line lacks KitchenAid’s market share, it still includes nearly all convenient attachments. The 4.5 quart bowl is somewhat smaller, but it offers the same mixing gadgets and the useful splatter shield with pour spout. An Eclectrics mixer is only available in six colors, and is a little lighter than the KitchenAid model, as a result it has an interesting habit of “walking” across the work surface when kneading a very heavy batch of dough. Generally speaking, though, Hamilton Beach makes a very suitable stand mixer for about $180. Another nice option is Zojirushi NP-HBC18 Rice Cooker.

Cuisinart is another name with an established record of marketing thoughtfully engineered machines, and the beefed-up Cuisinart SM-55 ought to keep Cuisinart’s reputation unharmed. This heavy-duty mixer is lightweight enough to be toted handily, but stable enough to make sure that it does not do a bread dough shimmy. This mixer uses the expected whisk, dough hook and paddle tools as well as a splash guard like our other two models. One thing this mixer offers which makes it stand out is its timer.

You may actually set that timer and go away to do a different task, and this model will stop once the task is done. The motor has a particularly long 5-year warranty, and there is a well-appointed group of attachments that could be purchased separately, like a citrus juicer and a meat grinder. The Cuisinart SM-55 is offered in black, white and brushed chrome, and sells for about $250.

If you are dedicated to cooking, but prefer to perform your upper-body exercises somewhere other than your kitchen, one of these machines could meet your needs. Another good item to look into is Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 Rice Cooker.

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