Re: Kitchen aid mixer...do you prefer

RespectLife · ‎02-27-2012

I have BOTH bowls. I don't keep my KA out...so looks are not important to me. My TSV KA came w/ the glass bowl. The glass bowl cracked w/in 2 wks so it was replaced for free under warranty. Have now had that one for 2 years. NO problem w/ that band. I like that I can see inside to know if I am thoroughly mixed all the way to the bottom...or if I need to scrape. Which I do more often in the glass bowl. It doesn't seem to get everything mixed especially in the deep bottom.

It IS very heavy, it IS a tad awkward to use. Also, there is NO splash guard made for the glass one. I was having a problem w/ dry ingredients POOFING back up at me and wanted the pour/splash guard. I had worn enough flour on my face!!

SO...last summer when Everything EZ Pay day came...I ordered a SS bowl and the pour/splash guard plastic thingy. The SS bowl is shaped slightly different and I find I get to the bottom better w/ this one. It is so much lighter..I find myself grabbing the SS more often. I do like having 2 bowls though...comes in handy for big projects not to have to clean one and start again.

If I could only pick one...I would pick the SS.

debic · ‎09-02-2010

The glass looks nice, but one drop and you're out a machine.

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*Off The Deep End~A very short trip for some!*

house cat · ‎08-23-2012

Can I purchase a SS bowl for my 5 quart, even though it came with the glass one? Are they interchangeable?

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

On 1/7/2014 house cat said:
Can I purchase a SS bowl for my 5 quart, even though it came with the glass one? Are they interchangeable?

The tilt head one? It should work. I have an old ss bowl I have put on my Artisan. . .

ID2 · ‎06-25-2012

I have an Oster Kitchen Center mixer that I got when I got married 35 years ago. It came with two sizes of glass bowls. I still have those original bowls with no chips or anything wrong with them. I can't even imagine using a mixer with stainless bowls. But I think the quality of my glass American made bowls (back in the day) were made to last.

"Pure Michigan"

house cat · ‎08-23-2012

On 1/7/2014 Sooner said:
On 1/7/2014 house cat said:
Can I purchase a SS bowl for my 5 quart, even though it came with the glass one? Are they interchangeable?

The tilt head one? It should work. I have an old ss bowl I have put on my Artisan. . .

Yes. It's the tilt-head model.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

On 1/7/2014 house cat said:
On 1/7/2014 Sooner said:
On 1/7/2014 house cat said:
Can I purchase a SS bowl for my 5 quart, even though it came with the glass one? Are they interchangeable?

The tilt head one? It should work. I have an old ss bowl I have put on my Artisan. . .

Yes. It's the tilt-head model.

I put the 1983 ss bowl of my mother's on my new Artisan and it fit! I used her old paddle beater with it and it seemed to work ok. I imagine the newer bowls fit better. The kitchenaid site will give you all the model numbers for the bowls so you will know exactly what they fit!

house cat · ‎08-23-2012

On 1/8/2014 Sooner said:
On 1/7/2014 house cat said:
On 1/7/2014 Sooner said:
On 1/7/2014 house cat said:
Can I purchase a SS bowl for my 5 quart, even though it came with the glass one? Are they interchangeable?

The tilt head one? It should work. I have an old ss bowl I have put on my Artisan. . .

Yes. It's the tilt-head model.

I put the 1983 ss bowl of my mother's on my new Artisan and it fit! I used her old paddle beater with it and it seemed to work ok. I imagine the newer bowls fit better. The kitchenaid site will give you all the model numbers for the bowls so you will know exactly what they fit!

Thanks. i'm going to look into it.

brii · ‎06-20-2010

I'm glad I read this thread. I've been wanting the glass bowl, but I don't think I do anymore.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

On 1/8/2014 house cat said:
On 1/8/2014 Sooner said:
On 1/7/2014 house cat said:
On 1/7/2014 Sooner said:
On 1/7/2014 house cat said:
Can I purchase a SS bowl for my 5 quart, even though it came with the glass one? Are they interchangeable?

The tilt head one? It should work. I have an old ss bowl I have put on my Artisan. . .

Yes. It's the tilt-head model.

I put the 1983 ss bowl of my mother's on my new Artisan and it fit! I used her old paddle beater with it and it seemed to work ok. I imagine the newer bowls fit better. The kitchenaid site will give you all the model numbers for the bowls so you will know exactly what they fit!

Thanks. i'm going to look into it.

I sort of had that backwards. . . I think when you look at bowls it tells you what mixer models they fit. That's what I remember anyway! Probably Amazon and other sites do as well.