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Cooking & Baking

MissMillie

(39,768 posts) Sun Jun 28, 2026, 04:16 AM Sunday

I want to give a shout-out to Kitchen Aid [View all]

They made a standing mixer that LASTS, and then didn't mess w/ it.

I inherited my mixer--with a dough hook, beater (whisk) attachment and mixing paddle. It's probably 30 years old (possibly older).

We recently went looking for other attachments and it turns out that the attachments they sell for the newer machines FIT the older machines.

So we just bought a meat grinder attachment, and will be looking into the pasta roller in the future.

No need to buy a new machine.

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I want to give a shout-out to Kitchen Aid [View all] MissMillie Sunday OP

Another Very Loud Shout-Out to KitchenAid wyn borkins Sunday #1

Ours still works as well. Dunc Sunday #2

A fine example Whip-poor-will Sunday #3

They are TANKS! BumRushDaShow Sunday #4

Ours is about 30 also. AverageOldGuy Sunday #5

Things aren't built to last anymore. Bumbles Sunday #6

Yes they are magnificent. FarPoint Sunday #7

Mine is 20+ years old so a newbie. Lonestarblue Sunday #8

Pasta roller- - my grandfather was born it Italy. In the fall, my grandmother bought bushels of tomatoes and spent days 3Hotdogs Sunday #9

My daughter is a pastry chef BonnieJW Sunday #10

Love my Kitchen Aid Mixer, too! HeartsCanHope Sunday #11

next on my wish list (n/t) MissMillie Monday #20

Both my 30 yr. old Kitchen Aid stand mixer and 40 yr. old Cuisinart food processor work perfectly. Diamond_Dog Sunday #12

Man... buzzycrumbhunger Sunday #13

My Mom gave me her Kitchen Aid mixer Marthe48 Sunday #14

Mine is about 40 years old and now lives in Costa Rica. sinkingfeeling Sunday #15

Mine's about the same age chowmama Sunday #16

Unfortunately the latest standard machine isn't powerful enough to do bread dough anymore. You have to buy the big one. Alsteen Sunday #17

Mine is about 35 years old, and I had to repair it ... surrealAmerican Sunday #18

Yep MissMillie Monday #21

Do you have any maintenance? Morbius Sunday #19

The one thing I DIDN'T inherit was the owners manual MissMillie Monday #22

Mine didn't last very long Old Crank Monday #23

The old ones are great spinbaby Wednesday #24