I love this stand mixer for Sourdough but …. So I tried making a batch of cookies with the silicone beater. I used small butter cubes to the mixer first to cream. It didn’t go well at first. The beater balled up the butter cubes and it took a lot of hands on using a spatula to guide the butter. Then once I thought that it was ready to add the sugars, it repeated the balled up process where I had to use my spatula. It took a good bit of time to cream before adding the vanilla and eggs. I then added the flour, baking soda, and baking powder mixture and mixed just until incorporated. This didn’t take any time at all but then I added the chocolate chips on a very low speed. This is when the dough shot straight up the backside of the mixer bowl. I used the spatula to keep the chocolate chips inside. This was a 1X dough. I can only imagine how difficult it would have been with. 2X batch of dough. I had to clean the dough out of the beater bar attachment place as well as free the dough from the beater. Honestly, I don’t love the silicone on the mixer beater. It was a pain to clean. To summarize, I love my Ooni for bread making but my KitchenAid Pro is much more efficient for mixing cookie dough. I was hoping to retire my KA but not until Ooni comes out with a better mixing silicone free beater, I haven’t tried the whisk attachment yet.
This mixer is the best for dough I never have to to worry about building gluten but the only thing o was worried a lot is the dough hook breaking. I don’t bake all the time but for some reason the hook broke. I had it for less than 6 months. They did replace it right away I wish there was an easier way to buy parts
Mixes dough perfectly. Much better than a stand mixer. Very easy to clean up after use. Have not used the beater or whisk so cannot comment. For both sourdough and yeasted dough this machine is very quick and simple to use. Love the bowl cover when resting dough. It feels like a well built machine with great stability. This machine is superb for handling large amounts. Not good for small batches (less than 500g flour) but, this is understandable given the size of the machine, and not a problem at all. I use it for stiff doughs and very wet doughs, both work well. Also very good with enriched doughs. Although I have not found it necessary to autolyse flour before mixing, I generally do as mixing is much quicker which does not allow the dough to get to hot. It is a good idea to follow Ooni’s instructions for mixing and use cold/cool liquid. In summary, this is a fantastic machine for anybody who regularly makes bread, pizza dough, and enriched doughs. In my opinion, it is worth every penny and would highly recommend. I honestly don’t know how I coped before the consistency of my dough is fantastic. I don’t think I would bake half as much without it