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Saturday, February 3, 2024
I remember these. They should re-issue them, same style with modern innards. Sell like hotcakes.
I've used both. The Kitchenaide is better, far better, and can handle heavier loads like gluten-free flours and such. And does an excellent job of kneading dough using the bread-hook thingy.
The Sunbeam was nice, but you could overload it using a single recipe if thick, and doesn't do dough at all.
I picked my Kitchenaide up on sale at Sams. It's the non-tilting head variety and is a beast.
See the little black circle on the side? Remove that plug with a big straight screw driver and you can then maintenance or replace the brushes, extending it's life span.
50 year old Sunbeam stuff will outlast anything "modern" from KitchenAid or Cuisinart junk. KitchenAid won't sell you replacement parts so you can fix stuff yourself. KitchenAid and Cuisinart are meant to be disposable junk.
Service parts. That's the key. Service parts to the consumer (end user). Sadly, we live in a disposable society. I want parts to fix my sh*t. And no... not $78.00 for a set of mixer brushes. Ruger Firearms, for example: "I wore out my firing pin return spring on my Mark II. May I order a replacement?" Yes Sir, it will be in the mail today." Cost = $3.55. That's how it's done!
Hi C.W., Yup, I remember my aunt, my dad's only sister, had one ... way back .. early 50's ... I was still still in the single digit's... The family is from he "Old Country".... turn of the 20th Century Hungry... before the Italians (DAGO'S) got into a fistacuffs with them and cut them off from the Adriatic!!!! Anyway, she could "COOK and BAKE!!!!" That Mixmaster made a gazillion great Hungarian Cakes and Pastries!!!! 'Don't know what ever happened to it ... 'probably still around after she died..... Among other notes ... When Cessna came out with that "Twin Engine .. Center-line Thrust" high wing aircraft they called the "Sky Master".... Well, if 'ya hung around "aviation" very much... you heard.. that plane almost immediately got nicknamed ... you guessed it........ "THE MIX MASTER!!!!!!!" If you said that at a local airport, everyone knew what you were talking about!!!!!!! Blue Skyz!!!!!, skybill
My wife has one. We bought it used about 3 years ago. It replaced a Kitchenaid. She prefers the older one. There are still a few our there. We'll look for another one to keep as a spare this year.
same innards too, mom's held up cooking for 12 almost all of her life. Lasted almost as long as most Kitchenaids. new innards would be crap
ReplyDeleteyep. Same innards. Big clunky inefficient motors with brushes.
DeleteOutlast most people if cared for even a little bit.
Karen wants a KitchenAid. Bigger $$$. And "status".
ReplyDeleteI've used both. The Kitchenaide is better, far better, and can handle heavier loads like gluten-free flours and such. And does an excellent job of kneading dough using the bread-hook thingy.
DeleteThe Sunbeam was nice, but you could overload it using a single recipe if thick, and doesn't do dough at all.
I picked my Kitchenaide up on sale at Sams. It's the non-tilting head variety and is a beast.
"new innards would be crap"
ReplyDeleteI thought the exact same thing
Mixmaster - long ago sarcastic nickname for helicopters.
ReplyDeleteKaman HH-43
Deletewhen ma brought it out you were looking at a cake for dessert.
ReplyDeleteSee the little black circle on the side? Remove that plug with a big straight screw driver and you can then maintenance or replace the brushes, extending it's life span.
ReplyDeleteMy parents gave us their old blender today. They got it on their wedding day, about fifty years ago. It still works.
ReplyDelete50 year old Sunbeam stuff will outlast anything "modern" from KitchenAid or Cuisinart junk. KitchenAid won't sell you replacement parts so you can fix stuff yourself. KitchenAid and Cuisinart are meant to be disposable junk.
ReplyDeleteYou can still buy all the replacement parts for a Kitchenaide. Including internals.
DeleteGet the noisier steel gears rather than the cheap nylon ones.
DeleteService parts. That's the key. Service parts to the consumer (end user). Sadly, we live in a disposable society. I want parts to fix my sh*t. And no... not $78.00 for a set of mixer brushes. Ruger Firearms, for example: "I wore out my firing pin return spring on my Mark II. May I order a replacement?" Yes Sir, it will be in the mail today." Cost = $3.55. That's how it's done!
ReplyDeleteHi C.W.,
ReplyDeleteYup, I remember my aunt, my dad's only sister, had one ... way back .. early 50's ... I was still still in the single digit's... The family is from he "Old Country".... turn of the 20th Century Hungry... before the Italians (DAGO'S) got into a fistacuffs with them and cut them off from the Adriatic!!!! Anyway, she could "COOK and BAKE!!!!" That Mixmaster made a gazillion great Hungarian Cakes and Pastries!!!! 'Don't know what ever happened to it ... 'probably still around after she died.....
Among other notes ... When Cessna came out with that "Twin Engine .. Center-line Thrust" high wing aircraft they called the "Sky Master".... Well, if 'ya hung around "aviation" very much... you heard.. that plane almost immediately got nicknamed ... you guessed it........ "THE MIX MASTER!!!!!!!" If you said that at a local airport, everyone knew what you were talking about!!!!!!!
Blue Skyz!!!!!,
skybill
My wife has one. We bought it used about 3 years ago.
ReplyDeleteIt replaced a Kitchenaid.
She prefers the older one.
There are still a few our there. We'll look for another one to keep as a spare this year.
Mom had one handed down to her when I was still very young. Dad fixed it twice before the innards were simply worn right out - I was in College then.
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