KA has a new modified "super duper" spiral dough hook.
any "old style" users bought one and is it actually any better?
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any "old style" users bought one and is it actually any better?
I do breads , , , ,
I've got the lift bowl model - whatever that is.
it works, I don't ask a lot questions when something works as advertised.
I'm baffled by "they said it would not work." is it the shape of the bowl, hardly likely to be the vertical shaft size/mounting.
I went to the KA site - all the hooks are listed as "dough hook" - coated. burnished, original - nadda a blinking thing about "new and improved" - so thoroughly uninformative I just gave up.
my hook works. guess I just stick with it as KA can't be bothered to provide any information and per "users" it us apparently all smoke and mirrors anyway.
yeah, I'm grumpy today.
I contacted KitchenAid about getting a new pigtail style cook for my 6 quart mixer and they said it would not work. Boo-hoo. I would've bought one if it worked. With that said, if you're going to get a KitchenAid mixer. I would look for one that uses the new style.
The reason the spiral hook won't work on some mixers is that on the ones that can handle it, it is due to having the section of the mixer where the attachment goes reinforced to handle the compression from the spiral hook.
In other words, if you use the spiral hook on a mixer not designed for it, the hook can force its way into your KA mixer head!
I also have the K-5SS since 1986 and love it. Mine is black and the hook and beater blade have the white coating on them.But I would seriously consider getting the mixer whose pic I posted above, if my K-5SS machine ever broke down!!
But it probably won't because it is made to last & last & last! It has stood up to all of my mixing and baking needs!!
Since I'm a lefty, and my left shoulder sometimes experiences wrenching pain there, I just couldn't possibly beat heavy or thick batters by hand - no way!!! My three mixers are a godsend!!!
I wouldn't buy the 7qt mixer. On EGullet, it has very "mixed" reviews.
thanks for the picture Sherman, I have never taken my part but I feel I will need to in the very near future. Did you buy the gearbox from KA if so, could you give me an idea of what it cost. I have a pro 600 KA mixer but I believe it to be the plastic gearbox and I know it's going out from the noise that is making.