My husband bought me this kitchenaid mixer for my birthday. Let me tell you, it helps out tremendously. This machine can knead pizza dough in no time. I made 10 pizzas for a family pizza party in less than an hour (minus baking time). This machine also champs through cookie doughs, heavy bread doughs, shredding cooked meats (so far it does great for shredding chicken and pork), and making meringues. Best machine ever!!!!
I bought this for myself as a Christmas present! (well, really, hubby paid for it, but I picked it out!) It has been so easy making everything from bread to cookies to meatballs. I used the schredder for cheese and I was very pleased! Take a lot less time to mix everything and it doesn't matter if you fold this and put that in, I've just dumped it all in and my cookies were wesome!
I bought this wonderful stand mixer about 6 months ago to make dough with. It was so easy to user that I have expanded to cakes and pies and have even moved into pastas! I love it and it was well worth the price for such a fantastic and classic product.
I got this mixer because my mother in law has had her mixer for years and uses it a lot. I wanted a mixer that was dependable and reliable and that's why I got a Kitchenaid!!