Kenwood Chef XL KVL4100 Questions & Answers

Dear Roberta, Thank you for your question regarding the Kenwood Chef - KVL4100S Please be advised this appliance only has one size bowl which is the original and 6.7L. Spare parts for your appliance are available here if you need anything:

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For small-volume mixes - We recommend lowering your bowl tools with the spanner provided in your box to pick up and make this unit work:

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Yes it was me

I can't understand what I have to do to get an answer. Regards Wendy

Yes it was me enquiring about the small bowl for the KVL4100S. Wendy

yes it was me, I just want to know if I can purchase a small bowl for my Kenwood Chef xl kvl4100

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Hi, could someone please let me know if I can get the smaller bowl KVL4100S. Regards wendy

My one does the same rattles and shakes

Not that happy I think this is one of the fault with this model wish I knew I only brought and thought it would be great as I use to have a kenwood and lasted over 25yrs with no problems

AGREED! Following this, as I was about to ask the same question. Seems the only model that doesn’t have a bowl with handles available - given it is so large, seems an odd design flaw. Many thanks

Hi Lozz, Any of the XL/Major 6.7l bowls will fit. Thanks, Kenwood

I have the same query - is it possible to please supply model numbers? All the bowls I see don’t list the KVL4100S as compatible and I’m reluctant to pay $100+ unless I know it will definitely fit. Thanks!

Kenwood mixers such as the KVL4100 are planetary, this is better for everyday general, mixed usage. Spiral mixers are more common for professional bakeries that specialise in artisinal breads as they have one motor for the mixing tool, and one to spin the bowl. This generates lower heat and reduces risk of overfermentation but isn't as varied in usability as it isn't designed to be used for other activities like an orbital model such as KVL4100 is

Thank you very much

Mine came with a whisk, silicone edged mixer, kneader and k mixer

Hi Les, Our Kenwood Chef XL comes with a High quality K-Beater, whisk and dough hook so you can create a range of food with ease.

Hey, I have had my XL for close to 2yrs now and went through a lot of trial and (many) errors with bread and pasta dough. While the machine is pretty strong and will battle through quite a bit, it doesn’t have the weight to stay stable for big and thicker challenges. I also feel like it puts a lot of strain on what is still a small motor.

To answer your questions as directly as possible: 1. I maxed at about 1/2 the XL bowl for volume without feeling I was overloading the machine. This makes 2 decent sized loaves.

2. Anything more than setting 3-4 is often too much for dough as it shakes the machine but also starts adding a lot of friction and heat into the dough which you don’t really want. If you watch commercial dough machines they run at slow steady speeds which compare to about 2-3 on the XL in my opinion

Hope this helps

Thank you so much for sharing JCL. Really appreciate it. I haven’t tried with other attachment yet. I expect them to work well without shaking? Dough is always the tricky one. Is that right? I previously had the Kitchenaid but I felt it was a much smaller machine than this. Hopefully this will last longer.

I know that you asked this question 8 months ago but wanted to reply in case anyone else also had the same question. To build on JCL's answer above, I often use my XL 6100, which is a cheaper model but the same size to make a 1kg foccacia dough. This is definitely at the limit of what it is designed for, and I wouldn't want a very dry dough of that weight and put too much strain on the machine, but it has battled through without issue every time so far.

Thanks for the reply :)

Do t know. Sorry

Hi Joanne, With regard to using a smaller bowl, the 4.6 bowl is for the smaller Chief machine so should not be used with your, if you are wanting to mix smaller amounts you can adjust the mixing tools to as to insure your smaller batches are being properly mixed.

hi but will smaller bowl fit in xl machine too?

Hi Wahab A, Can I ask what you are trying to mix at high speed. The machine can vibrate depending on what you are trying to mix ie if you are mixing a heavy mixture you need to start at a lower speed and move up to the high speed so that the mixture stays even within the bowl.

Agree with above.

However if it seems unstable at high speed when empty or thin mixes than that is abnormal.

Mine is very smooth (But noisy) at max speed when empty

Hey klsimpson09 thank you for your question, rather than have another bowl we have made our bowl tools adjustable. There is a spanner that you would have received with the machine and you can undo the nut on top of the tool and make it sit lower in the bowl. Here is the link to the video showing external link  Please don't hesitate to ask anymore questions

I’d say that this is a noisy machine but your neighbours are pretty safe. The food processor attachment is intolerably loud just as a heads up. For most mixing I rarely use high speed other than for whipping and haven’t found the sound worse than say a blender.

Hope that helps

Making bread was one of the main reasons I bought mine. I spent a lot of time looking for the answer to this question and in the end, the answer is that there is no wrong answer. Generally speaking I would suggest mixing by hand (spoon) initially just to get everything together a little bit. Then start at a slow speed until you have a ball forming, from there turn it up to around 3-4 (relatively low-moderate speed) for up to 10min of kneeding.

If you go too quickly the dough will fling off the kneeding tool and will heat up affecting the gluten.

Bread is fairly temperamental and affected by lots of factors so just play around a bit with what I’ve suggest above, hope it helps.

Thank you very much for your response. That explains why my gluten was breaking down. I was following the same procedure as my kenwood 4.8l titanium chef not realizing this bowl is soo much bigger needing a diff technique

Get in touch with company,or get partner to try to release,I’ve found that my whisk attachment does not get to bottom of bowl can’t get it down

I'm in agreement with Pammy, that sounds like a mechanical problem with the latch. Since the machine is brand new it will be covered under the initial manufactures warranty, I'd suggest cleaning it out and taking it back to the place of purchase. It's a hassle but they will often just replace it for you.

Hi Genevieve,

That's no good. If you can please give us a call on 1800 126 659 we will do our best to help out.

Regards, Kenwood

I regularly mix small quantities in my large bowl, however I find that you need to premix things a little when using the dough hook, otherwise it doesn't get enough 'grip' on the mixture to bring it together. The whisk and K-mix attachment both seem to be better at picking and combining small batches.

My recommendation is to use a spatula to help bring the dry and wet ingredients together slightly when working with small batches prior to turning on the mixer.

Hope this helps