KitchenAid KSM150 Artisan (page 4 of 7)

I brought my mum a kitchenaid for christmas last year, in white.

within a year, the hinge portion of the kitchenaid failed and was not locking/unlocking properly.

contacted kitchenaid for warranty, terrible customer service but that is besides the point.

no pick-up service, and the service center is a hours drive away.
it was a simple none electrical problem and required 2 weeks to fix.
did not contact me when it was fixed, i only found out it was fixed when i did a follow up call.
a hour drive to go pick it up during service center's opening hours as stated on the card. IT WAS CLOSED. ...

I have a kitchenaid food processor and have been wanting a stand mixer for years and now I finally have one. i have only used it once so far but I am very impressed. It's solid looks beautiful on my bench. It's quiet to use and comes with a whisk, beater and dough hook which will be very handy
Solid well made, easy to clean, stylist and i can add attachments easily ie: mincer/grinder
nothing so far

I love the look of my Kitchen Aid but I've found that the beaters don't reach the edge of the bowl, even with the rubber attached. I am constantly having to stop the machine take out the bowl and scrape down the sides.... constantly. It makes using the machine a chore. It's such a shame because it looks lovely. I also bought the vegetable chopper and noticed that I had to tilt the machine to make the carrots come out. If I didn't tilt the machine the carrots blocked the shute.
Colour and cuteness
Leaves food build up on the edges of the bowl.

I've had this mixer for many years now and gradually added accessories along the way. Ice cream bowl, glass bowl, half bowl, scraper beater, mincer, juicer, bowl covers. It is used frequently and is hardly a bit of bench candy in our house. The kids love the glass bowl, as they can watch the ingredients coming together from a safe distance.
I had a problem where the head wouldn't lock in place anymore, and Kitchenaid Australia were excellent in explaining what needed to be done to adjust the beater height and fix the problem. Good as new :...

I've had this mixer for about 6 years now, and I use it once a day on average. I make everything in it - ice cream, cakes, cookies, bread, pancake batter.... couldn't do without it now.

I have seen a few reviews talk about the machine not handling dough, but that hasn't been my experience. I did have to replace the sacrificial nylon gear once (after 4 years of use) after using it to make a heavy pizza dough, but I've made bread several times a week since then and have made pizza dough since and not had an issue. Personally, I'm very happy...

I couldn't wait for my Kitchenaid to arrive and I just loved it from the minute I opened the box. It was so well packaged which was great too. I had a baking day to try it out. The focaccia bread was the best I have ever made. I made two sponge cakes and they are so so light. I have never been able to get enough air into the mix before but these are wonderful. I also whipped marshmallow and the same mixture I usually use was this time nearly double in volume and so quick to mix too. I just love it. Wish I had bought one many years ago.
I found the bigger motor meant the machine didn't work so hard to achieve great results

This is the mixer I should have bought the first time around. After a repair, a replacement & finally a refund from the Breville ProScraper, I bought the KitchenAid (in boysenberry). It is a strong, sturdy mixer & extremely versatile. I use it for the usual baking; but most often I use it to make pasta dough, which is does incredibly easily. I just mix the dough with the standard blade, then when the dough has all come together, switch to the dough hook & leave the KitchenAid to do its thing for a few minutes. Perfect!

I have also bought the...

I desperately wanted a Kitchenaid, for years. My husband made me wait for ages, with a maybe for my birthday....I was wrapped when the day came and I received a Kitchenaid Artisian in Almond Cream. I couldn't wait to do my first batch of pizza dough - No more hand kneading! That's pretty much when the fun ended. It overheated on the first batch of dough. I mean it was screaming hot to touch, smelt like burning, after just a few minutes. The head didn't lock down properly either, and kept popping up while mixing. Don't get me wrong, that Kitchen...

I love my KitchenAid mixer! So far I have only used it with the standard attachments but I am impressed that you can also get icecream, mincing, sausage making attachments.

It is very heavy weight, nice and stable and looks very stylish on my kitchen bench. Everyone comments on it!

Functionality is excellent, various speeds and makes life a lot easier in the kitchen!
Reliable, stylish, works great.
Bit expensive but I expect that it will last for a very long time.

I have owned the Artisan 150 for about 2-3 years now and am still as thrilled (or maybe even more thrilled) with it now as I was when I first bought it. It is perfect for cakes and meringues and cream and royal icing and I even make ice cream in it (not using the ice cream attachment but just the stainless steal bowl then freezing and mixing hourly). Last year I bought the glass bowl and find it very useful (ie as I can put this in the microwave) and just to have two bowls. The handles on the bowls are very useful when transferring the mixture.
Everything, mixes perfectly
The addons are very expensive!

I needed a new mixer and it was a big decision on my part to go with KitchenAid due to the price. I am so pleased I did. I love it. I have mixed small amounts, and because of the design of the bowl, it manages this very well. It certainly makes the fluffiest pavlovas.
Beats wonderfully from small amounts (1 egg) to huge cake mixtures.
It is heavy, but that does not worry me as I keep it on my benchtop.

I had wanted a kitchenaid for donkey's years and finally purchased it this year at a good discount.
Ive only used it as a mixer and not used any of the optional attachments like the food grinder, or sausage makes but am keen to give them a go.
The machine is sturdy construction and hopefully will last a long time considering its cost
easy to use, sturdy, gets the job of cake making done in a fun way
doesnt scrape all the cake mix off the bottom or sides properly

I got this for a birthday present one year, I love it, it's so versatile. I've now increased the amount of things I bake. It's good quality, sturdy and really does the job. It comes with a few attachments but there are so many more that you can get, meaning that it doesn't just mix but will mince and make the pasta too.
It's study and powerful
It's pricey and quite heavy if you needed to pack it away after each use

I love this machine! It beats everything so quickly and easily, I only really use it for cakes and icing so only really use the whisk attachment but my husband is a chef and has used the other attachments and has been very happy
It is quite heavy but not as noisy as I would expect for such a big machine. I don't really like that it only comes with the one bowl and the 3 beater attachments, I would prefer the clear bowl/jug that comes with a different model and I think you can purchase this separately, same with the splatter guard that it is pi...

I bought this beautiful machine for my 60th birthday present; I needed an excuse to spend so much money on one item. I have not been disappointed. I admit I mostly use it for bread making and it does a great job. It's heavy but really has to be to stop it moving around when mixing dough.
looks great, works great

I have wanted a KitchenAid for many years and recieve on for my birthday last year. Its fantastic. I love that you can just mix/beat ingredients and not have to stand and hold a mixer. Creams butter/sugar very well. Beats egg whites very well. Certainly has improved my baking skills. And it look fabulous on my benchtop. Only downside is its price, and it doesn't clean the side of the bowl 100% so you still need to stop the machine and scrape the mixture on the edges to combine properly. And its VERY heavy to lift if you keep it in a cupboard and need to move it alot.
The look and its mixing capabilities.
A little pricey. Very heavy. Need to scrape down sides of bowl as it doesn't mix 100%.

I wish i could say i love this mixer but i have had problems since purchase. Being only 300watt you have to treat it with some care as to not overload the machine. My old Kenwood coped with double the load of KitchenAid's maximum. Motor Ceased after 5 months and was replaced under warranty. For over $600 i expected a little more.
Looks Great On The Bench. Sturdy Construction.
Not As Powerful As Others. Replaced After 5 Months Due To Fault.

Appliance Surplus distributre hundreds of unit Aust Wide. They have no record of this mareeswan idiot who claims to have not received her mixer...perhaps their competitors have enough spare time to post incorrect and slanderous posts and mareeswan was NEVER a customer of Appliance Surplus!!
cheapest in Australia

I bought the Black caviar version of this model for my wife and I even use it myself. Comparing to Kenwood, I would still buy this over Kenwood any day as this is way more artistic, high quality product. I would recommend that you buy it from a reliable online store with Australian warranty. Some of these stores will price match the best prices you can find.
Rock solid quality mixer from the US. Great variety of colours. Does multiple uses besides just mixing. Example with attachments you can mince meat, make your own pasta, or even ice-cream. Its a masterpiece and work of art.
The price in Australia is priced a bit way over what a person buys it in the US. We are talking about nearly $200+ more easily.

If you want a mixer for home this is the one to go for. If you used to own a 70's Sunbeam and are thinking of that brand then forget it, you will waste your money. My mother bought two in the last four years, one a "Retro" model which was all plastic and died months later. The 2nd one earlier this year, which appears solid but the key internal parts are not. See the reviews here they are spot on. Sunbeam was good once, but no more. Further, Sunbeam were very unhelpful at first but only with the help of Myers, they eventually refunded the purcha...

First thing made was pizza dough. The dough goes over the hook and gets stuck. The dough does not mix well and does not come out smooth or elastic. Then I tried to cream butter and sugar for a cake, the butter just spreads up the side of the bowl and the beaters don't even touch it. Third time I used it the lock that holds the head in the down position broke, so when mixing dough the head lifts up and the dough mixes even worse. I also have a sunbeam professional mixer. It was cheaper and it is sooooo much stronger and can mix 4 times the quan...

This is by far the appliance that I am most fond of. Don't get me wrong, if I didn't receive this as a house warming gift I probably never would've forked out $700+ for it, especially considering I'm certainly not a masterchef. In saying that, it gives me much pleasure to see this work of art in action and believe it or not it has actually inspired me to try new recipes. I've never once used my handheld mixer since I've had this legend.
So sturdy and easy to clean. Quality second to none.
Expensive and heavy.

No complaints about the actual mixer. Works so well and is so efficient! Just love the Candy Apple Red colour too.
Only complaint is that the slicing attachments are made of very poor quality metal and have a strong tendency to rust! ALso, it would be good if all the attachments were dishwasher proof, not a big ask given the pricing!
Quiet, efficient, gorgeous colour
Poor quality slicing attachments, can't put some attachments, eg whisking attachment, in dishwasher.

I love my kitchenaid mixer. It looks great, and I use it every two weeks to make whatever I can - even if it's something I should do by hand. However it is quite noisy, heavy to lift and was expensive. I waited till the sales before I purchased mine. I agree that the extra components are very expensive, so I will try to get by without them.
looks great in my kitchen
heavy, noisy, expensive

I love cooking & baking. The excitment of opening the box to see my shiny red KithenAid mixer was everything that I had waited for it has been the best present ever. I have used it heaps already have to buy the attachments now can't wait to make my own pasta.
Very easy to use.
its a little pricey but once used u can see its value