Customer reviews from Kitchen Aid
KitchenAid - Value Bundle Artisan Series 5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer with - Contour Silver
Average customer rating
4.7
(178 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 178 reviews
5 Stars
149
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Star
5
94%of customers recommend this product.
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153 out of
162)
Customer Reviews for KitchenAid - Value Bundle Artisan Series 5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer with - Contour Silver
Customer Rating
5
Best quality appliance in my kitchen.
on December 26, 2021
Posted by: Lenny B
from Haverhill Ma
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Put it to work day one. It made short work of my favorite recipe!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Kitchen Aid
Customer Rating
5
Great features
on December 9, 2019
Posted by: Sunitacindy
from Loch Sheldrake NY
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this two weeks ago and I’m just loving it
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Kitchen Aid
Customer Rating
5
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on November 30, 2022
Posted by: Myboysjood
from Rock Hill, SC
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The best and I stll have my old one that I got in 2003...
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Quality as expected
on January 7, 2020
Posted by: Tburn1
from Atlanta
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Quality as I expected so far. I was not pleased with the glitches I had with buying from an experienced manufacturer such as yourself.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Better Than Expected
on December 2, 2022
Posted by: Debbie6184
from Roanoke VA
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I’ve had this mixer for nearly 2 months and use it more often than expected. It really speeds up my work in the kitchen. I store it on my counter top so I frequently use it with no hassle. My husband said that I’m like a kid with a new toy at Christmas. Clean up is simple too. I haven’t tried the shredder attachment but look forward to using it soon. So happy that I can easily shred chicken with the batter attachment.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Great appliance
on January 28, 2024
Posted by: HDBS
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have been waiting a long time to own a Kitchen Aid stand mixer, and I am loving it. The attachments are easy to use. I hope to have many years with this appliance.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Kitchen Aid
Customer Rating
5
Love it!
on June 15, 2020
Posted by: Llilisa13
from Westchester NY
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I purchased this about a month ago it’s been absolutely wonderful!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
Mostly Awesome
on January 25, 2023
Posted by: LZika
from Minnesota
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I ordered my Artisan stand mixer in late December, choosing the bundle that includes the Fresh Prep Slicer/Shredder attachment. I’ve used it several times per week since it arrived in January. Some items in the order took longer than others to arrive, so I didn’t have all the “pieces” until the second week of January.
I was particularly excited to use the mixer to make bread dough. I enjoy having homemade bread on hand and the thought of not having the floury mess on my counter every couple days was appealing. Since I’ve never used a mixer to make bread dough before, I decided to use one of KitchenAid’s recipes to begin with to get an idea of what order to add ingredients, what speed to use and how long to knead. I’ve made several batches of bread now and can say that the recipe for Basic Bread makes a nice tasting loaf that is good for both sandwiches and toast. It slices well, even for the thin slices my husband prefers for toast. What surprised me, though, was the fact that the mixer seems to struggle to mix the dough once you have all of the flour added and it is in the kneading stage. It keeps going, but the top wants to pop up…the first batch I made it actually DID pop up and down enough times that it wiggled the down lever right out of the locked position! I’ve learned that I need to stand there with my hand resting on the top to keep it from doing that…and this is with one of KitchenAids recipes, which you would think would be developed specifically for their mixer. The dough, once it gets to the kneading stage, also builds up on the dough hook to the point that it climbs over the top of it and creates a ball of dough. The first time I used it for bread dough, I kept stopping the mixer and scraping the dough back down, but then I came across a tip that said to coat the dough hook with olive oil or something similar to help prevent that. It worked pretty well, but toward the end of the kneading stage it started to do it again anyway, so the oil must have gotten incorporated into the dough by then.
I’ve also made pie crust, which came out beautifully. No concerns there.
With the slicer/shredder attachment, I’ve tried it on numerous cheeses, a number of veggies, and a stick of pepperoni so far. With the cheeses…it works great, particularly on the firmer cheese. Softer cheese, like American and mozzarella using the larger-holed grater, it grated the cheese nicely, but it does build up inside the slicing chamber and creates tubes of softer cheese between the grated blade and the white housing that you find when you take the grating cylinder out. They’re usable and fine, just unexpected. I’ve learned that if you are grating multiple types of cheese for a recipe, do the firmer cheese first and end with the softer cheeses as they leave behind a bit of a mess inside the attachments.
The same approach applies to grating veggies…firmer veggies work better than softer veggies. Onions through the grater ended up being onion slurry. Onions through the slicer were OK, but still a bit mangled. Carrots through the grater, by contrast, were much better. After the onions, I didn’t even attempt celery through the grater, but it went through the slicer ok…although there were some interesting celery strings wound around the slicing tool when I got done. Potatoes sliced well…I haven’t tried grating them yet since I haven’t needed grated potatoes for anything so far.
Overall opinion on the slicer/shredder is that it works nicely on firmer things, hit and miss on softer things….and nothing I’ve put through it so far in terms of veggies are a nice, consistent slice like I get with my mandoline slicer. If you’re not worried about a consistent “look” to the results, then it does save lots of time…if you’re making a fancy dish for company or an event and want nice, clean, consistent slices….this is not your tool.
Overall I’m very pleased with the mixer and happy with my purchase. I haven’t had it long enough to test out every dish I might use a mixer for, but so far so good. I’m concerned about how much it labors doing bread doughs, since that was the primary reason I purchased it, but time will tell.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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