Heads up all you foodies. Costco has the 575W KitchenAid mixer on sale for $50 off for the next three weeks.
A very good price on an awesome piece of machinery!
Look for an old used one. The new ones are made in China and I’ve not heard many good things about them. I do know that their had mixers are made there and they suck. Complaints are all over the web.
I saw them at costco last night and thought it was a great price. I bought mine from Bed Bath & Beyond with a coupon and gift cards for a bit more. I’ve had it for a few years now and have had no problems.
There is some info in the comments on amazon http://amzn.to/rVbGhK about which ones have plastic parts.
I’d highly recommend the mixer regardless. I used to have one of the smaller 4 (?) quart models and I’d frequently max it out making double batches of bread.
I couldn’t wait so bought this very one on Monday. A jet-black Professional 600 series. Used the 20% off coupon and I’m also supposed to receive a $50 rebate bringing it to $295 after sales tax! Couldn’t find this model (new) for that cheap on the web.
Only used it once to make a boule but I am already impressed. Worked like a champ and the clean up was simple. The ease of clean up was a major factor for me because doing dough in the food-processor is a cruel joke. I see this now.
I would have thought the mixer would be too big but no- my choice was right. 
I love my KA. I have had mine for nearly 10 years now with out a problem (knock on wood) except that the knob for the PTO cover broke a couple of weeks ago. I sometimes wish I had the bowl lift version instead of the swinging head version but I am not complaining.
LOVE IT!
attachements to date:
- pasta roller kit
- ice cream maker kit
- shredder kit
- pasta extruder kit (which I don’t use much as the roller is really easy but which is also the base kit for the food grinder/sausage maker)
KitchenAid mixers are bulletproof. They are built by Hobart and hand assembled in Greenville, Ohio.
The 575W model has a 5.5 quart bowl. It will power through a double batch of bread with no problems. They also rock at making sausage.
Some of KitchenAid products are still made in Ohio, but a lot of the gears are now plastic. A lot of their other products are made in China.
okay forget the bowl lift KA what I REALLY want is a hobart floor mixer. I just can’t think of any reason why I would actually need it. :-\
Do you work for Hamilton Beach, or what?
No. Read the reviews. People will repair the old ones, but trash the new ones. We had a hand mixer that worked about 5 times, but it was over a years period. Had a blender that didn’t seal around the shaft and it froze within a couple of years. In both case I contacted customer service and nothing. Oh, in the case of the hand mixer, they offered one at a discount. I could buy it from Amazon for $5 cheaper. We bought the other 2 items, because the old stand mixer was built so well. What a difference a few years can make.
There was a statement by KA that all the gears are steel now. Evidently the move to plastic gears was a mistake. I would not have bought it if they had been plastic.
BTW the 600 has a 6 or 6.5 qt bowl and it is the bowl lift style. It is a miniature of the gigantic Hobart at my old job. That badboy could mix up just about anything. Thirty pounds of compound butter? No problem. Mashed potatoes or pizza dough? All the same to the Hobart.
The icecream maker attachment will probably be the first addition to my Kitchen Aid stable.
KitchenAid hand mixers and blenders are not on sale at Costco.
Is that ‘not’ supposed to be ‘now’ ?
You have 575W hands?
buy it, use the bejees out of it, recycle it, buy another and another and still be way ahead. i think they’re a best buy for now
I plan to use the bejeezus out of the darn thing. Took over ten years to finally pull the trigger. For once everything worked out as planned!
Anyone know what the thing would have cost ten years ago?
No idea what they cost 10 years ago although mine is almost that old. We got it as a wedding present. I forget what model mine is exactly but it’s comparable in size to the 575. When this one dies I’m going bigger.
I seem to recall paying $250 to $300 for my KA Professional about 18 years ago and it is either a 4.5 or 5 qt.
It is built like a rock, but the attachments are not something I would pursue unless you are space limited. I do use the meat grinder, but it is really only good for small batches. It’s better to get a countertop grinder for less than 100 beans and you can grind the world in a couple of minutes. The sausage attachment is ok, but better is a grizzly upright 5 lb stuffer. However for mixing it is a champ.
Of course I also love my Braun food processor which is just as old.
I guess back then I filled my kitchen with all my gadgets!
I have the meatgrinder attachment and while I like it I agree that it’s really only good for doing a couple pounds at a time. Sometime soon I want to fill up my never-used 11 lb sausage stuffer. The thought of grinding 11lbs of meat through the kitchen aid is the thing that’s been stopping me up to this point.
You made me spit beer on my monitor. Damn that was funny!
I love mine, I inherited a bunch of attachments. I make my chorizo with it.