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KitchenAid KSM50HDPBK Heavy-Duty 5-Quart 10-Speed Stand Mixer, Imperial Black Buy New: $179.99 You Save: $140.00 (44%)

Before I say anything else about this product, please let me refer you to their website to read about the proper way to adjust your “beater to bowl distance”. It’s important that you do this so no batter is left unmixed stuck to the bottom of the mixing bowl. I bought this a little while ago when I decided to equip my kitchen with the things I always wanted, I really needed, and was never able to afford before. Ever since I got this and my Le Creuset pots, I feel like a grown up woman! This machine is to me what a drill and good tools are to many men I’ve known. I love to turn this baby on and hear that motor go. The clean up is a lot easier now that I don’t use a hand mixer. It seems like a big mess was always inevitable with the hand held one. Also, with this machine I can knead breads without slaving over the dough. I like having the ability of grinding meats, making sausages, homemade breads and sweets and other dishes in a snap because that way I can better control what goes in my body. This machine has helped me in my efforts to eat a cleaner diet with less additives and preservatives. I chose this color over others because no fingerprints show on it and because I like a more modern and industrial look to my kitchen. I’m not the kind that gets a girly pink anything.