Kenwood Chef - Stand Mixer 1000W 4.6L Mixing Bowl White

Bought to replace the same model which I had in the 1990’s and it lasted me 30 years. First impression it’s smaller and more quiet than my original model. Very smart to look at. It is heavy but it’s a workhorse so the weight reflects build and quality. The original bowl, bowl cover and most of the attachments I have bought over the years fit this machine. The only one that didn’t (my veg dicer) I was able to get an add on fitting to make it work. Really pleased with this. When buying the add on fitting I did need to order a couple of different types to find the one suited but as I could return the one not compatible it wasn’t an issue. There are cheaper stand mixers out but the number of attachments and the fact that my previous one lasted for some many years was the deciding factor to replace like for like and I do not regret my purchase. Would recommend.

We bought this one to replace one that my mum bought over 42 years ago. Which had been pulled on to the floor over 40 years ago by one of our dogs and still kept working. It had made Christmas cakes, birthday cakes, wedding cakes, christening cakes. Cakes to cheer us up and cakes for sale to raise funds for village events. It saw so much action in those years. So we were very upset when it suddenly had smoke coming off it. We are so pleased with our replacement, the job pavements are fantastic, new metal bowl (old one still had dog tooth marks) love the shield (no covering bowl with teatowel) and the pour in area with ingredients is a fantastic addition, such a bonus. Can't recommend it high enough. Worth every penny, well built, reliable, easy to use, easy to clean. A hard working machine which will inspire you to bake more.

Fantastic! Not as heavy as other models. My first Kenwood lasted over 20 years. I also bought my daughter and son-in-law the Prospero model, which also lasted 20 years!

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I had a Kenwood chef which was a wedding gift from 1985 and packed in in 2020 during lockdown. It was steam driven and needed a team of horses to pull it. I’d used it for mass bakes for charity events and the only reason it broke down was because a pin sheared inside due to me trying to beat butter that was too hard. I probably could have repaired it but decided on a new one. I looked at reviews s for new Kenwoods on here and on Trustpilot which were shocking. Same for the other popular make of mixer. I’ll be honest. It really put me off them and I started to wish I’d kept my old one. I looked at other makes too but finally went back to Kenwood and went for this. A year on it’s had much use. It looks fantastic, easy to clean and for the first time we keep it on the worktop as it’s a joy to see with its gleaming white body and stainless steel bowl. The glass bowl looks great too, to be honest I thought I’d use it more but the stainless is light and practical and has a “lid” which goes on when beating icing sugar saving the kitchen looking like there’s been a pillow fight! Comes with the usual three accessories, beater blade, whisk and dough hook. I did think about paying much more for heavy weight or large size machines but this does everything ai need for cakes and bakes and bread. I bought the glass liquidiser attachment which is amazing! Great for soups and making margaritas.

This is a replacement for the previous 900 model we've had for years, probably about 25, and had been used several times weekly, and had never given any trouble. We've yet to see how long this model will last! but has an older "Dad" to live up to. The only thing we've found that we don't find quite so good is the metal bowl instead of the previous plastic one. Not sure why, but we've found the plastc bowl seemed to be much better for whipping egg whitess for merangues - (spelt wrong). However we've got the old bowl so can use that! Overal a great machine.

Replaced one that was 50 years old. Much quieter and efficient

Overall: Very nice and a fantastic purchase we hope will be put to great use over the years to come. Pro's ------ * Looks great. I was expecting it to look a bit boring based on the picture but we like the model - it's a classic. * The attachments on an improvement on the ones we had for the old mixer. * It's a lot quieter than the old device. * The splash guard is very useful. * Some of the attachments from the old mixer still work on the new one. * I am getting a lot of homemade food. Con's ------ * The attachments are not cheap. OK, so there is no easy way to say this so I will just jump straight in , I bought this for my wife for Christmas. Don't judge me, she got me a weight training bench and weights to get me back into shape. We think this is a great kitchen tool which seems to be as well made as our last one. Indeed, our old Kenwood Chef was a hand me down from my parents and I remember my mum making me delicious food with it when I was a child. These things seem to last forever and the old unit has been passed back to my parents for one of the younger members in the family to use.

Product seems that has been used or opened and returned? It’s body is dirty and has grease !! Also the manual is for food processor machine not the stand mixer!!