KitchenAid Artisan Mini, 3.5-Qt Tilt Head Stand Mixer, Candy Apple Red

My old 7qt KitchenAid died with the grease leaking out. I probably could have had it serviced but it was such a chore to lift and use. I actively avoided using it because it was so heavy. I bought this 3.5qt and I love it!! It is so light and easy to pull out of my bottom cupboard. I bake semi-regularly and despite it being a 3.5qt, I've never had an issue with "regular" recipes or double-sized recipes. The bowl is plenty big and the mixer has enough power. I don't make any heavy recipes so I'm not sure if I there would be a power issue with meat grinding or double-bread dough recipes or the like. I have even encouraged my senior mom to replace hers with this smaller version.

I kept waffling back-and-forth between this and a larger model specifically because all the video reviews and everything said this was appropriate for 1-2 people, but the deal is if you just bake normal things and normal portions like one cake or pie, or one batch of cookies at a time, and you don't want a larger model, this is just fine for a family up to 4-6 people. My wife broke it in today and made a batch of four dozen cookies using a 12 oz. bag of chocolate chips and had no issues with the bowl being too small for the batch. We wanted a stand mixer because while my wife loves baking, she has issues with arthritis that make hand mixing something like this batch of cookies and other things that you would normally hand mix difficult. But this mixer made the task nearly effortless, and once she was done mixing the batch she described this mixer as "a Godsend." I really wanted this model because it has a DC motor and is just as powerful but quieter than the larger models with their AC motors, and it also has all metal gears and soft-start. The only drawback with the 3.5 quart model is that there isn't a plethora of additional bowls and accessories, though all the attachments do work with it apparently with the exception of the ice cream maker. There's only a couple of additional beaters available from KitchenAid or any other vendor, I could only find a glass mixing bowl from KA, and there's no pouring shields from anyone, just generic pouring chutes (and NO, it does NOT come with a pouring shield despite what this website says). There's also no pastry beaters available, but I figure if our baking skills progress that far then we’ll get the 5 quart Artisan next Black Friday. Update: Made a yeast roll recipe that called for 4 cups of flour, and it just rode up the dough hook instead of mixing around in the bottom. I will halve the recipe in order to make it in this mixer. Still happy, though.

I bought the mixmaster for my daughter and she absolutely loves it. She uses it frequently and never had a problem with it. She also loves the fact it’s a mini so it doesn’t take out a lot of space on the countertop.

My wife was mad at me for buying this for her because of what it cost. She was the Chief Financial Officer of our businesses for practically 50 years and juggled millions of dollars. In retirement, she has become the Chief Female Officer of our home. Her total control of our money hasn't changed. She is also a master baker, especially for bread. And as a small woman, this mixer was hard for her to move on the counter. It is VERY heavy. I bought her the Mixer Slider Compatible with KitchenAid Mini 3.5 Qt Tilt-Head Stand Mixer to put under it, and that changed everything. She has been using the mixer with the slider for months and now loves it. The most important thing is that she has forgiven me for spending so much money; she now thinks it was worth it.

I absolutely love this mixer. It’s really pretty for one thing and it has everything I need to mix.

It is of good good quality like it’s big brothers, just a little smaller. I’m usually only cooking for myself these days. It’s perfect for my needs.

KitchenAid used to be synonymous with top-quality kitchen equipment and was worth every (over-priced) penny. That's gone down the drain. This is a decent little mixer, but it just looks and feels cheap. My biggest quality complaints: * The silver strip with the brand name going around the tilt-head portion isn't actually attached. It's just tacked on somewhere on the back, clacks and moves around if you tap it, and good luck getting flour out of it if you get a puff of dry ingredients from the bowl. * They are apparently too cheap to include a spring on the beater head attachment anymore, but this model at least feels like they fit more securely than my other larger bowl-lift model. * The power switch knob thing is basically unusable if you're a lefty. Don't ask me how the heck they managed this, but it glides perfectly fine with almost no effort if I use my right hand and not at all (without difficulty and changing the angle my hand moves) with my left. Pros: * Unlike my 5-quart bowl lift (KV25G0X), this one does *not* sound like an airplane taking off with a rock stuck in the engine. It's much quieter, like my old classic tilt-head model that finally died a few years ago. * Unlike the bowl lift model, this one can perfectly handle creaming a single stick of butter to start a recipe, and the flex-edge beater is AWESOME at getting ingredients fully mixed. I just have to stop and scrape the sides (mostly the bottom) once or twice instead of multiple times. (Can you tell I'm not impressed with the bowl-lift one?) * It's just the right size for a single batch of cookie dough, casserole for a 9x9 pan, or 1-2 loaf bread recipe; perfect for an individual, smaller kitchen, or if you're like me, for smaller batches that your bigger mixer can't handle. (I don't typically do yeast dough so that's 1-2 loaves of pumpkin or banana bread.) In addition to the quality issues above, my biggest pet peeve is the design of the flex head beater in regards to being able to clean it thoroughly. There are defined, poorly-smoothed seams where the rubber portion is sealed over the metal (?) beater. They're a pain to clean and require taking a scrubbing brush to them to ensure all the batter is gone. I'm kind of okay with that in tradeoff for how well they mix, though, and they're still easier to clean than any of the blades in my food processor. :) I almost gave up on KitchenAid after my poor experience with the bowl-lift mixer, but I'm glad I gave this one a try. I certainly wouldn't buy it except on sale, though. There's no way I would pay the $330-$380 it's currently listing for.

Love this mini! Had kitchen remodeled and this fits perfectly on my counter. It's such a practical size too.

Súper bonita... me encanto!

Práctica, compacta y super útil, llegó bien empacada y a tiempo

I have had this for a few years and love it. It is lightweight and doesn't take a ton of room on the countertop. The bowl is big enough for cakes, muffins, meringues, and single loaves of focaccia bread.

Excelente producto a un excelente precio.

This is good for 1-2 people. Any more, one should invest in a larger one