Breville Scraper Mixer Pro / Twin

Upgraded machine – I used use a BEM 810 (700watt) model and had that for a number of years @5), but was finding that for bread and some of the thicker recipes that the motor didn't quite cut it and was starting to smell iffy under a heavy load. So, I upgraded to the BEM820 and it was the right decision. The smaller bowl is useful for smaller mixes - like beating… Read more ·  1

yolks for a curd, etc, but it is the bigger bowl, or should I say the extra bigger bowl (I kept the old large bowl) that makes this truly bliss to use.

I know of no stand mixer that will beat hard butter without struggling, but softened and the Breville is great! I've never had a problem with either the BEM810 or 820 twin if I followed simple logic and softened ingredients before adding them.

I made 6 heavy fruitcakes this Christmas and the machine had no problems even given the large volumes of butter, sugar, flour and the like. That's truly where the extra bowl came in handy, and I'd advise (fwiw) that if you buy the extra bowl for large volumes, you get a much better mix of your ingredients - by working in two or more batches.

If you make large volumes of heavy rye bread, etc, then the new Breville with the pyrex bowl (1200w) may be a better option. I did look at it, but the base for the bowl to lock on is NOT the same size as the BEM 810/820. So any benefit of keeping bowls is effectively lost. Also, and this is just a personal observation, I have issue with glass bowls when I'm cooking. I'm not clumsy, but even a hardened glass bowl can chip and then I would have to discard my ingredients. The metal bowl is easy, tough and even with knocks, I've never managed to dent one...not that I've actively tried to.

Excellent mixmaster!! – After 26 years, my trusty Sunbeam has finally been replaced. I use my mixmaster about 3 times every week, sometimes more. So I was really careful about choosing a new one. I had been longing for a KitchenAid and almost bought one. However, it was really heavy, and not suitable for putting back into the kitchen cupboard after each use. I'm not used… Read more ·  1

to having something that large staying out on my kitchen benchtop, either, So I looked at everything else on the market. This Breville model came out tops. It's a lot heavier than my Sunbeam, but it's still easy for me to put away each time. I've only used mine for making cakes so far, and it's been excellent. Even when the butter isn't quite soft enough, this mixer can handle it (I start off on a slow speed, then turn it up as the butter softens), whereaas my Sunbeam would send little butter splatters all over the kitchen! It's also much faster at mixing and beating, and I never need to scrape down the sides, which is just as well because the bowl is too narrow for me to use the spatula anyway! So that's my only gripe. My Sunbeam bowl was wide enough to sift flour straight into it (using a sifter), but this new bowl is much too narrow for that, so I sift my flour in batches on a plate and tip it into the bowl. Works fine this way. Beware of cracking eggs straight into the bowl for the same reason. I'm pretty sure that the KitchenAid's bowl is also quite narrow. One thing that I really like is the extra bowl and beater, so I don't have to wash the beater if I'm beating egg whites after using the large bowl. Overall, I would recommend this mixer, especially if you can get it on sale!

Good quality for the price – I bought it about 6 months ago and been using it 2 times a week since then. I haven't had any issues yet, but had a bit of noise coming from the motor lately which isn't too bad. It's little heavy and not easy to wash due to size which isn't suit with the most sink in the apartment. However, I am satisfied with the performance as it works with… Read more

different kinds of food such as meat, flour mixing for baking cookies and bread and mixture of vegetables and seafood. I will see how long it will last until stop working and see if it's worth to spend $439. Generally recommend it.

Very good, except the design – It's been 6 months using the appliance and I must say it is useful. light as stainless, and easy to keep it clean. Motor starts to make noisier sound than the first month but still not that loud. I use once or twice a week for bread dough, cookies or cakes. Design is not my taste, but except it, a keeper.  Show details

Not happy, Jan – 1/ I bought it two years ago for bread making. I make two 3/4 kg mixes twice a week. Despite the recipe book having a 1kg bread recipe it labored early on. It then overheated and stalled. Now it is not fit for any purpose. It smells and stops. In my opinion the gearing is wrong for the task. 2/ I ended up wiring the large bowl to the base to… Read more

stop it free wheeling. The hold-down studs are inadequate.

3/ The scrapper hook for the small bowl is useless for doughs. It just plasters the mix around the bowl.

4/ The food entry chute for the small bowl is just a mouse hole. I modified the plastics to a usable size.

5/ It will whisk and also make biscuit dough in the large bowl. For what it does any cheap mixer will do.

For bread making I would not buy any similar looking machine.

Mixer, Scraper, Whisk, Accessories BREAK – I would suggest you avoid Breville mixing machines. My scraper broke in the first month of use. The whisk has broken - a piece is detached at the crown. The metal coating on the solid mixer is peeling. Breville customer service is not particularly helpful because they told me that the accessories are NOT covered by warranty. Breville have been… Read more

particularly disappointing.

The on/off dial is faulty requiring several attempts to get it to turn on.

The machine vibrates on it’s hinges and rocks when in use. It looks sturdy and is heavy, but it is NOT ☹️ In the past I used Kenwood. I’ll use them in future.

Nice machine, but! – Breville Food Mixer We purchased the Breville food mixer as the design is similar to the commercial Machines such as Hobart and Peerless where the beater, whisk and dough hook fit into the planetary head in a similar manner and being very secure. I also like the head lifting mechanism with the button on top at the back in conjunction with the… Read more

handle at the front. The stainless-steel mixing bowl is another plus. In fact, the whole design of the machine looks good.

After using the mixer for just over two years

the motor started "hunting" this means the beater speeds up and slows down. I took the machine to be repaired. The company contacted Breville to ask for a warranty but Breville didn't want to know. I asked the repair man not to touch the machine as I will make do. An additional quirk has now arisen, I don't use the self-scraping beater as I prefer to hand scrape batter from the side of the mixing bowl, sometimes the machine does not want to re-start after scraping down so I have now to switch off at the mains and switch on again for the machine to operate.

Our first food mixer was a Kenwood Chef and I purchased it second hand. It came with all the attachments, Liquidizer, Mincing attachment, Juice Extractor etc. This machine was with us 40 years. No prizes then for guessing which food mixer we will purchase when the Breville finally pops its clogs.

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Excellent stand mixer – I’ve used a Breville stand mixer more than 10 years. Up to now, it’s still working well. I often use 3 or 4 times a week. I’m very happy with this stand mixer. This product is very stable.  Show details

very loud – l bought this mixer online and was really existed about it, but when it arrived l was a bit disappointed. It did the job perfectly but was loud and noisy compering my hand mixer.

Love my Black Sesame Breville Stand Mixer – Have been happy with all settings and haven't had any issues over the last four years. Beautiful design (I have the Black sesame). Have used all attachments and works beautifully with dough attachment. I feel it handles dough extremely well. Scrapes the bowl well too with the scraper attachment. Whisks well too. Great bowl capacity and bowl and… Read more

all attachments very easy to clean. Beautiful quality bowl and attachments. Still looks brand new and probably use it 1 to 2 times a week. My model is the 1000 watt and the current model 1250 watt. I always get positive comments on how beautiful it looks in my pantry.

Died making pasta – I bought this 5 1/2 years ago so it is out of warranty. It has been a great machine and was very sad when last night making pasta it just died. Thought it should last longer. The gearbox needs replacement. Thought I may as well upgrade and bought the 1200 watt machine, BEM825. Unlike another poster, I have found the bowls are interchangeable so I… Read more

now have 3 bowls and 2 sets of implements. I bought the same unit as I feel it is good value even though it died prematurely and fingers crossed this one last longer.

Died Young – Lasted just 2 years. I bought this in May 2015 (on the Gold Coast), mainly because i couldn't afford the competitors and there was a cash back offer, plus wasn't physically able to do the kneading and whisking it was supposed to be able to. From the start i was disappointed. Now i wish i'd saved a bit longer, because it's out of warranty and… Read more

frankly dangerous - when you put it on Pause, the beater/hook keeps moving, or moves suddenly from a full stop. Even when the button on the arm's pushed in ready to lift the beater out of the bowl. It seems to be a short - i can see the light bar flashing and making zzt sounds. If i push the dial in to the mixer a bit, it stops. It's happened quite suddenly. I've never overheated it, it's never been so overloaded it stops, in fact it's had a pretty easy life. Before this latest problem, my main gripe with it was "it doesn't scrape the bowl as advertised" (making mayonnaise - or anything which starts needing a small quantity of something, like two egg yolks whisked to start - was impossible, despite me having a small bowl as well as the large, and i bought a medium one from Target). Also i bought it without realising top weight of mix is 600g (that's one small loaf of bread). Apart from that it was just a cheaper version of one of the GOOD mixers (better than a $20 powered hand whisk, but for the price not great). Okay for cake mixes or meringue, but the dough hook is more a decoration, kneading bread with it means staying and watching, as dough tends to work up the bowl, so i'm forever pausing it to get the dough back in the bowl. It's also very heavy, not really easy to clean, lots of crevices. Not worth the money - i could have bought a bread maker and a small mixer - for cake mix to meringue - for less. And they might have lasted longer!

Scraper Mixer jumped of bench – Our scraper Mixer walked across the bench and before we could grab it it fell off the desk and broke the hinge where it opens and closes. It's about 2 years old. Do I take it back to Good Guys where I bought it or do I ring or email Breville?  Show details

Great to use, when I use it – We bought this mixer one year ago as an outgoing model. It is well thought out, which I like a lot. Mixing is very powerful and the scraper minimises wastage. It is easy to use, with speed settings and a timer. Our mixer is stainless steel which resists stains exceptionally well and can be easily sponged to restore the machine. The inclusion of a… Read more

small and large mixer bowl is useful.

For mixing dough, it is effective, despite being quite loud. I put it in the laundry for 20 minutes. I do find that I still have to hand knead the dough for a few minutes after mixing.

All in all a good machine for when the baking bug bites.

Not Happy! – Initially thought this machine was a life saver until last week. 1 year 6 months old gear started to get really noisy! To the point it was so loud and a horrible sound- so took for repairs! 1. Gear replaced next day went to use it, beater wasn't turning so, took it back to repairer 2. Screws tightened Today, went to plug my mixer in and BANG!… Read more

loudest Bang sound EVER! and it tripped the switch in my meter box. Took the mixer back today, repairer has advised that the circuit needs to be replaced

3. Circuit to be replaced (waiting on parts, won't have my mixer for possibly 2 weeks)

Because the repairer felt sorry for me, he gave me his older model BEM to use in the mean time at no cost, but seriously??? I paid $370 for this product, it should NOT be having such MAJOR issues within 2 years of the warranty. And as I see from other reviews the gear issue is common and a fault within the product!

I'm thankful that the above mentioned issues have been covered under warranty, but still... Paying so much for such a product for it only to last 1.5 years? Makes me wish I bought another brand.

What to do when it dies outside of the 2 year warranty Breville? huh?

Brilliant! So Happy! – I absolutely love this mixer. I got it for my birthday and have so far made meringues and cakes and slices. It makes my meringues in no time and whips the eggs whites beautifully. Cakes are so quick and making butter icing is a dream compared to my electric hand beater. The attachments it comes with are: whisk, beater, scraper beater and dough… Read more

hook. (I have yet to use the dough hook)

The stainless steel bowl has a nice, easy to hold handle and is light. I did purchase a second smaller bowl (on special 50% off) which is great. It has two D shaped handles. Both bowls are easy to pour mixtures from. Most mixers these days come with glass bowl which are very heavy and expensive if need replacing.

It is easy to clean. Even though it says the attachments are dishwasher safe I would not put them in there, just as easy to hand wash. Definitely recommend this to anyone!

Overall I love this mixer so glad I purchased this one over the KitchenAid.

Powerful motor, weak gearbox and dough hook – The gearbox has died after less than 2 years. The plastic coating on the aluminium dough hook wore off after a year. I make dough once or twice a week, but this mixer doesn't seem up to even that light task. The motor easily handles kneading the dough, but the gearbox has slowly gotten noisier and noisier over the last 6 months and today… Read more

finally ground, literally, to a halt.

Lucky it has a 2 year warranty.

The dough hook itself doesn't work as well as the one on a Kenwood I previously used, taking about 50% longer for the same recipe.

Love it! – I’m loving this mixer, it handles everything so far. I’ve been baking bread a lot recently and it’s saving me so much effort with the kneading. I also use it to mix things like making brown sugar with the scraper beater and also sauces. What used to take me 10 mins by hand is done in 30 seconds with this machine. The motor is powerful. It… Read more

easily handles kneading 5 cups of wholemeal flour. The splash attachment definitely helps too. I’ve used all the attachments and they’re all great. The scraper beater really does what it says, so no ingredients get left on the bowl. The bowl is a good large size, big enough to knead dough for 2 loaves of bread.

I’m very happy with this purchase.

Waited years to get one, wasn't disappointed – I wanted a stand mixer for YEARS but could never justify the price. I finally treated myself to the cranberry model and I love it so much. It has never even stuttered no matter what I chuck in it. it is easy to wipe down and mixes everything in seconds. I only have to be careful of the time because it can over whip stuff in the small bowl due to it moving faster than the large bowl  Show details

Scraper attachment NOT dishwasher safe!! – Great machine, although after just 2 rounds in the dishwasher the rubber part of the scraper beater attachment warped and now can't be used in the machine. This is despite the manual clearly outlining that the attachments are dishwasher safe...and sadly the parts are not cheap once delivery is accounted for.  Show details

Perfection – I absolutely love this mixer! Two different sized bowls and attachments... what more could you want? I'm a pastry chef so it gets a workout at home with making cakes, biscuit doughs, meringues, macarons and pasta dough! Just bought myself a spare large bowl so I can cook more at once! The small bowl can do one egg white, although it does take… Read more ·  1

longer and is slightly more noisy if using the whole small whisk attachment but it still whips up perfectly. Occasionally the motor kicks up a gear by itself and then returns to its normal speed but has no effect on the mixing process. Would recommend to anyone!

Terrible Customer Service when BOTH paddles broke – both of my paddles have broken at the SAME time. The metal one has a plastic coating peeling off and the scraper paddle has cracked. I just called to have them replaced and was told I'd need to purchase them and that they weren't covered by warranty. I purchased the mixer a year ago.  Show details

Do not buy!!!! – Was happy with this for first 2 years then was mixing dough and it started making loud noise and wouldn't turn. Had it repaired however 9 months later the same thing is happening. Breville is now saying I have to cover the cost at approximately $250. So angry as I expected better from a Breville product. Why pay this to get it fixed only to have it happen again? Would never but Breville again.  Show details

Love!!! – I've had this for almost 4 years now and its still one of the best appliances in my kitchen. I use it all the time. Makes mixing so easy and so many different attachments gives it versatility. Its quiet, and so easy to clean. Also have the icecream bowl attachment which has been great too, just need to keep space in the freezer so its aways cold  Show reply

Lasted 2 years – Bought this mixer 2 years ago because the reviews were great. It started to make a noise so I took it to the Breville service centre and they told me the gearbox was shot and it isn't worth the money to fix it. I am really disappointed. The price was quite a lot for a mixer but I trusted the brand name. It did mix well and was quiet, but it's… Read more

longevity is non existent. I had an old 2nd hand Kenwood before this which was still going when I got rid of it, I wish I had kept it.

Love it – I've made bread dough, brownies, cakes, short crust pastry, ice cream (Need the freezer bowl for ice cream), meringue, icing, and countless other things! I've only had minor problems (shaking,whisk attachment doesn't always get to the very bottom of bowl, but nothing that opts me to fully complain). Mixes very well, dough kneads well, bowl is very easy to clean. Motor runs well. The ice cream has been fantastic!  Show reply

Works well, then didn't – Has been my pride and joy, no more hand kneading, no more scraping. Has now started on a grinding noise, I suspect a bearing somewhere, seems to be running ok just a severe grinding noise now even with no load on it, somethings kicked the bucket inside, deep inside so will see what happens with it.

Omg I think I'm in love – This machine is amazing it is so quiet, even on the fast speed, which is great with a sleep baby in the house. It also has what is speed is designed to do eg. Folding, whipping, kneading etc... Which is fantastic if you aren't a pro in the kitchen. There is also a timer function if you need to mixer something for a set time, mean one less thing… Read more ·  1

laying around the kitchen bench. I definitely recommend this machine for anybody at any cooking skill level

Poor has not lasted – Was happy to start with, worked well if not a bit fast on low speed. After intermittent light use for 2 years it has died, motor goes but does not turn - cheap plastic gears I presume. Was hoping this would last for the price paid. Not sure what to try next.

Disappointed onto my 2nd mixer same problem – Based on previous ownership I purchased another Breville. What a mistake. Obviously they are now made in China to a price point! The first mixer was great until I made a batch of Marshmallow. I know this is thick and sticky but no problems with my old mixer. This time the gears started to play up, it became noisy and appeared to overheat. … Read more

Took it back for a replacement and guess what.......same again! My love affair with Breville is now officially over. Wont purchase again unless they start making better quality products again outside of China!!

Very nice mixer – Just before Christmas, I got it into my head that I wanted a food mixer. I have never owned one and I figured it was about time I did. I have always made do with a hand held electric mixer. So, plan made to get one, I started researching. The one I really would have loved would have been a Kitchen Aid in red, yes thank you. However, given… Read more ·  1

that I only ever make an occasional cake and from a packet mix at that, I couldn't justify the expense.

Serendipitously it seems, I received a voucher from JB Hi Fi, which enabled me to buy the Breville Scraper for a very nice price - $189. Bargain. I couldn't refuse.

So I have ended up with a silver Breville and it is very nice too. I have only used it a few times but so far so good. It has a nifty timer arrangement on it so it counts down the time I spend mixing or I can set it so it switches off when the time is up. I like that. I like the big blade beater too and attaching and detaching is very easy.

Whipping cream though was a bit of a disaster. I ended up with more cream on me than in the bowl and I have resorted to breaking out the hand held mixer for this job. Maybe it was me more than the mixer though.

I am very happy with my food mixer even though I haven't tested it to its limits. However, I have no doubt that it could handle a lot more than I ask of it.

After A Year – Have beaten, whipped & mixed all sorts from eggs to cooked potatoes, cookie dough to ice cream. All have turned out fine (bowl needs an extra scrape towards the end), but I would keep a cautious eye on the mixer. It's started thumping the bench when mixing up any sort of dough, as in the arm shakes & the base shudders. It's out of warranty so… Read more

I'm stuck with it now. But it beats & mixes lighter ingredients like a dream. 50/50 on whether I'd buy it again.