Smeg SMF01

A very ordinary mixer that looks good, but did not justify the price. Thankfully I purchased on a big discount - the "bonus" attachments arrived over 4 months later. This machine struggles with more than 600g flour on pizza dough, though is rated for 1kg. The bowl needs regular scraping down as the mixer does not reach the sides effectively. The… Read more

speed settings labels wiped off after the third clean. The mixing bowl easily comes off with heavier mixes. The base of the mixing bowl is not sealed properly, so water can get inside. The handle on the mixing bowl was not welded properly and came off entirely in the third year. It's competent for small light use, and now hides in the back of my cupboard as a backup for large entertaining at Xmas and Easter. I very much regret buying this stylish toy, and will stick with my not so pretty KitchenAid in the future.

Tragic performance – Sadly had to return my mixer due to poor performance For the longest time I had wanted a smeg mixer because they are beautiful pieces of art. So my partner surprised me with this red SMEG for my birthday. I was ecstatic- simply beside myself. It was beautiful and heavy and sturdy. However, when I tried to make the pasta dough recipe that came with… Read more

the mixer - I was not impressed with it's performance. It completely failed to pick/pull ingredients from the sides of the bowl. I had to stop the mixer 4-5 times to manually incorporate in the flour. Absolutely in disbelief I pulled out my cheap Breville stand mixer and made the exact same recipe and only had to scrap down the bowl once. Thinking maybe it was only the dough hook with issues. I moved on to make a cake which uses the whisk to whisk egg whites and flat beater to fold egg whites into the bulk batter. The whisk preformed well, however the flat beater didn't mix well. Yellow batter at bottom and white egg white left on the sides. By now I was very sad and knew I had to return it to the store - David Jones chermside. I tried to love the mixer so much but it fails at the one job it was designed for. Anyhow we got the refund in the end but we're made to feel like we were in the wrong -even though a full refund was well within our rights. Some people just aren't cut out for customer service.

Stay clear of the SMEG. Looks aren't everything. Kenwood for me next upgrade.

Recommends this product ✘ No

Not mixing from the bottom and sides – First: I love the design and the true red. As a friend said: "who needs a man, with a mixer that looks this sexy." I also bought it for the 800 watt motor which was a lot better than the Kitchen Aid. However, I mainly use it for mixing bread dough and, as other reviewers have noted, it doesn't pick up flour from the bottom and sides. I don't… Read more

really understand the shape at the bottom of the bowl. There is a little bump in the bottom, perhaps to make liquids run towards the mixer but it doesn't work for flour. Also, needing 3 egg whites before it will whip them, seems a problem. It's my first mixer, waited decades to afford one, so a little disappointing. It does the job, but it sounds like there are better and cheaper options out there. Also hoping that Smeg adds more attachments.

Waste of money – It has been a disappointment from the start after buying it the first two delivered were faulty. The third one after a week the speed numbers came off and they gave me a tacky looking sticker to remedy the problem after a year the coating off the attachments is falling off. I’m told it’s never happened to before I must be using it too much!! I… Read more

used it every 2 /3 days with half the ingredients I’ve used in my other mixers. In Taiwan where I brought it I’m always told It must be me using it wrong or too much. ( even though I only copied what the instructions say to do and some one watched me using it..) What’s the point of an expensive mixer that can’t be used for what you need I’m only cooking for two adults and a child .. only making bread twice a week and cake once a month..? Id strongly recommend anyone don’t buy it save your money and your time.

Loolscgreat but poor performance. Disappointed – I am in nz. I have the exact same problem as the previous review in that i always end up manually scraping the bowl down as the mixer just seems to clump everything at the bottom and the sides of the bowl. I had a very old kenwood for years and never had this problem. Really disappointing.

Disappointed – I make breads regularly so kneading dough is definitely the most used function of this machine in my case. I would like to love it so much- as I really like how it looks, but it doesn't perform well. I need to stop the machine many times because the dough keep spinning around the hook. The machine head also moves a lot during kneading, making it… Read more

annoying. Sadly, it's a beautiful piece but not really usable compared to the Kenwood Major I owned for more than 7 years ( and it still works well btw, I just bought Smeg for the design)

Beautiful to look at. Awful to use – I purchased my Smeg stand mixer after a spending days researching which mixer would best meet my needs. I regularly make bread for my family so my main objective was to purchase a machine that could handle the labour of kneading dough. After reading many positive reviews about the Smeg Stand Mixer, I was sold. After arrival, I quickly made my… Read more

first batch of dough.. and boy was I disappointed. Firstly, the dough hook is set too high up in the bowl to correctly mix and combine the ingredients. This is unchangeable, unlike the Kitchenaid. Secondly, the unit wobbles around while mixing the dough. This is typical of lever-type stand mixers but it was still unsettling given it was only my first use. Thirdly, once the dough came together, it continued to whirl around the dough hook. Unlike a spiral dough hook, the C shape hook on the Smeg is useless at kneading the dough. Instead, the dough just sticks to the hook and crawls up the dough hook. I added lots of oil to the dough at one point, increased the speed, but still, the dough eventually ended back up on the hook. I tried three separate bread recipes, including the recipe included in the Smeg box. All had to be removed from the mixer and kneaded by hand. It is also worth mentioning I tried to make a cheesecake with the whisk attachment. Again, the bowl is set too low and didn't mix the ingredients sufficiently. I ended up taking off the bowl from its base and holing it up closer to whisk to mix it. This is not suffiencent long term. Funnily enough, in the Smeg dough demo on youtube, they completely skip showing the viewers the dough hook in action. I feel they knew about this problem the moment it rolled off the production line! It's such a shame because I love my smeg freestanding oven. Sadly, this mixer is heading back to the store. I will be replacing with a much more powerful, but less beautiful, Kenwood Chef Mixer.

Great Machine with small disappointment – Machine works good and has great motor speed, can keep up with high usage. My main disappointment is it has trouble creaming/ whisking little amounts as the attachments don’t go close enough to the bowl. Also the numbers on the top of the machine have come off so I don’t know what speed my machine is sitting at. Considering the price you pay, you are best purchasing a kitchenaid where these problems are not occurring. Show details

Very disappointed in smeg – I purchased my smeg a few weeks ago after the amazing reviews online. When I received it it all seemed fine however, when I was putting it together I noticed a 3-4cm between the bowl and the balloon whisk attachment. I emailed smeg immediately to see if that was normal and to whether my batter will mix evenly. I have not received a response from… Read more

two weeks ago!

Unfortunately I could not wait for a response so I have decided to use it for my sons birthday this weekend as as expected it did NOT pick up the dry ingredients on the bottom of the bowl! And for some reason my whisk has a crack? Is that normal? I would have liked to revive an email response back from smeg before posing online. I’m very disappointed in my smeg experience.