RIP raspberry KitchenAid
My raspberry red KitchenAid, my pride and joy, the kind of gadget that has to sit out on the work surface to be universally adored, the one that makes you feel like Nigella, yes that one, it’s been banished from my kitchen.
It’s taken me a little while to come to terms with it. I felt like I was ousting an old friend when the courier came to take it away. I’d saved hard to buy it and we had many happy hours baking cakes, kneading dough and experimenting with marshmallows.
But then I met another mixer called KMix. And things changed. Rapidly.
KMix in raspberry
I was making cookie dough at a special event with Miranda Gore Browne from the Great British Bake Off, and there was a sea of KMixes for us to use. This will be interesting I thought. You can’t beat a KitchenAid I thought.
So I put the beater in. It went in first time. I switched it on using the dial and it gradually hummed into life. Not all sudden-like sending flour flying around the kitchen, oh no, it’s far too restrained and British; unlike the yanky KitchenAid who tends to be a bit keen in that department.
But then you can turn that baby up and she mixes hard, but still oh-so-smooth. No jerkiness here, no jigging about, oh no.
You can even turn the dial in the opposite direction and you get a ‘fold’ action – pure brilliance.
I really didn’t think my head would ever be turned from the good looking chassis of the KitchenAid, but the KMix really stands toe to toe. If anything it has even sleeker lines, the pop of colour is still there and the controls are far more discreet.
So there you are. I’ve come clean. I’ve traded my KitchenAid in for a KMix, and a few months in i’ve not regretted it…
Thanks to Kenwood for providing me with my raspberry KMix… I hope you’ve got a good therapist for my abandoned KitchenAid 
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I remember my Mum’s old Kenwood mixer from when I was young, and this looks so much like it in a kind oif retro way, love it.
It’s a good looking workhorse that’s for sure! My mum’s always loved Kenwoods too…
I felt the same when we attended that Miranda Gore event, and I saw how easy it was to click the beater into the K-Mix and the smooth ramping up of power. They made the same offer to me, that if I did indeed like the K-Mix better they’d give me one for free in exchange for my old Kitchenaid. But what it came down to, in the end, is that I had several attachments for the Kitchenaid so it didn’t make sense to accept their offer. In any case, when it came down to our side by side comparisons, we found the results so similar. I do like the bowl cover that comes with the K-Mix though.
Hi Kavey – it was a fun event that wasn’t it – and a real eye opener about the K-Mix. The bowl cover is amazing – no more clouds of icing sugar choking out the kitchen!
Snap, I too have switched from KitchenAid to KMix which I won at last years Fortnum and Masons gift swap via Vanessa. I found exactly the same as you, a much smoother start to the whole process of mixing and better functionality and features. British all the way! I LOVE the raspberry colour of yours.
Good old Kenwood eh – British and reliable – but superstylish too
My question is can a kmix make dough for bread? Im puzzled because a kmix has a 500w but a kenwood chef has 1000+ w
Yes you can! I make pizza dough in my kMix every week and it comes up a treat