NutriMill Artiste Kitchen Stand Mixer 6 Quart Black Trim

Ok so I had a kitchen aid and the motor started going after using it monthly for 7 years. I didn’t want to break the bank on another expensive machine so my search began. I settled on this machine based on watts, size of bowl, and weight. I was super skeptical on the performance this machine would deliver. Let me tell you I was blown away. I make bread every few weeks and freeze it. I usually make about 5lb. This machine killed it (in a good way). It mixed the dough with ease in a matter of minutes. No sweat, no shaking, like a peace of cake. Oh and the cover with an open close window is absolutely a genius!! Why did I not know about this powerful, easy to clean, lightweight, cheap machine earlier?!?!? If you want a budget friendly mixer don’t waste your time and money. This machine is so reliable I highly recommend!!! Happy baking:)

My wife loves it to make bread. We had a Kitchen Aid fixed head , which worked well, but the dough paddle in the NutriMill mixed it much better, especially small batches. Powerful motor. Purchased the cookie, cake paddles and bowl scraper separately and have not used it, but expect great results. Highly recommend

I've had this mixer since 2021. That's also the last year I bought bread from a store (outside of sourdough, but finally figured that out last year...). It makes making bread go so much faster (I did it by hand before). And it can handle heavy dough. I make a honey wheat dough that is heavy! (Makes 2 loaves and 6 dinner rolls) Mixer gets it through about 95% of the process. I have to pull it out and kind of knead for a minute after because it tries to climb out of the bowl at that point. To speed up the process between batches (I usually do several doughs in one day) I bought an extra bowl and crank drive. Anyway, I love this mixer. I want to address the common issues in the bad reviews. -SLIDING DOUGH/STICKING TO HOOK- there is a learning curve when it comes to order of operations. The FIRST time I used it, I had the sliding problem since I added the dry ingredients first and then added wet to them. Seems to work best by putting in the wet ingredients first and then the dry (half a cup at a time). And then speeding up the paddle as the dough gets thicker to kind of 'fling' it off the hook for kneading. If it's going too slow, it will just spin on the hook. Additionally, if there is too much flour, it will slide because there is no friction. I've been able to adjust by adding a few drops of water. -COOKIES - yeah, I don't really use it for cookies that often. But it would be best to use the dough hook for cookie dough. The cookie paddles can't handle it. Maybe if they were metal instead of plastic and just smaller versions of the dough hooks...but alas.... -SMALL BATCHES - it doesn't do well with small batches (like one loaf of bread). This isn't a problem for me since I'm not going to pull out a mixer and make one loaf of bread. For loose mix like cake, batters, pie filling, the bowl scraper attachment is genius. -OVERHEATING - Have NOT had this issue. Even with my heaviest dough. I run it about 15-20min during the process. It might just be the luck of the draw on that one. -PARTS THAT BREAK - I haven't had any breaking parts. But that's because I read the bad reviews before I bought it. The whip drive I have is metal, not the plastic one. I don't use the cookie paddles at all. The whisk paddles should be used with whisking things (cream, eggs, butter...). No issues with the cake paddles. I have a back up crank drive since I've seen that those break, but the original one is still going strong. CLEANING - as this was my first mixer, the cleaning process seems fine to me. But I hear the KA mixer is easier. Hot water, soap, a straw brush (The ridges in the bow) and it's clean for me.

I waited to review this until I used it. I've had it for a few months now and made a lot of different breads! I live this machine... still worried that the paddles are plastic but so far so good and MUCH less expensive than their counterpart. The suction cups on the bottom are super strong... it takes a bit to figure out how to break the suction to move it. Highly recommend this one

It works great and I love the cover over the top to prevent flour from flying around the counter when added. The different blades are wonderful and really help to make your bread or cookies and cakes perfectly!