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Hobart N50 Mixer.

Who would buy it? A bakery or a restaurant would. These machines can handle huge lots of dough at a 100% duty cyclel as an example. They are not for home use nor even appropriate for home use. I used Hobart mixers in culinary school. These machines are POWERFUL. Hobart is a brand of the same company that makes Kitchen Aid mixers and other products.

I have two Kitchen Aid mixers, a Kitchen Aid saucier pan, a Kitchen Aid immersion blender and even a Kitchen Aid dishwasher. It is a popular brand at my house. I forgot. Even my spice blender is a Kitchen Aid.
 
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Hobart used to make Kitchen Aid products, but not any more The division was sold to Whirlpool Corporation around 1986. Ever wonder why Whirlpool started putting out so many mixers, especially the bowl-lift models? It's because they began to cheapen them by using inferior parts, such as plastic gear cases which would break down & the gears themselves would fall out of whack. People would buy them & when they got home, thinking that they had a good mixer, things went wrong & they had to return them to the stores. Whirlpool began selling the mixers as having been refurbished. They had so many that they couldn't keep up with them. :thumbsdown:
 
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GadgetGuy said:
Hobart used to make Kitchen Aid products, but not any more The division was sold to Whirlpool Corporation. Ever wonder why Whirlpool started putting out so many mixers, especially the bowl-lift models? It's because they began to cheapen them by using inferior parts, such as plastic gear cases which would break down & the gears themselves would fall out of whack. People would buy them & when they got home, thinking that they had a good mixer, things went wrong & they had to return them to the stores. Whirlpool began selling the mixers as having been refurbished. They had so many that they couldn't keep up with them. :thumbsdown:
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I sold Kitchen Aid mixers in my gourmet housewares store so I'm aware of the issues. Luckily both my mixers predate the Whirlpool acquisition. I have stopped buying Whirlpool laundry appliances since they seem to have a short life span. I discovered the Samsung appliances which are superior to what Whirlpool produces in Michigan. I don't like to say that but it is what it is. Neverheless, I like the Kitchen Aid products of every type. My mixers are bullet proof and very heavy.
 
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blades said:
I sold Kitchen Aid mixers in my gourmet housewares store so I'm aware of the issues. Luckily both my mixers predate the Whirlpool acquisition. I have stopped buying Whirlpool laundry appliances since they seem to have a short life span. I discovered the Samsung appliances which are superior to what Whirlpool produces in Michigan. I don't like to say that but it is what it is. Neverheless, I like the Kitchen Aid products of every type. My mixers are bullet proof and very heavy.
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I'd NEVER buy anything that has a short warranty!!! Amazon does that also with some of their Vitamix blenders that have been used. Normally, Vitamix blenders are sold with a long strong warranty - about 10 years. Buy a refurbished one, as they call it, & the warranty is only for 90 days!! What a ripoff!!!! Homey don't play that!!!! These are blenders that were bought new, but were found out to be broken, retuned back to Amazon, fixed & were resold, supposedly as new. I made sure that the one that I bought was brand new, never used before!! :eek:
 
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I once made two 7-up Cakes (like the one pictured below) at one time using the Electrolux mixer (now the Ank) for a family dinner & they both came out good!!
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