Kitchen Wench

About two years ago I recieved a 3 speed “Classic” Kitchen Aid hand mixer from my parents. We have a 5 speed at home and while I was rather disappointed at how slow the “Classic” was, but it got the job done (and it was a present). However, I was infinately more disappointed when the beaters went missing from my house this spring. Did someone take them? I couldn’t find them anywhere. Who does that? I was outraged when I discovered them AWOL (though this outrage might have had something to do with the giant batch of tiramisu that I was supposed have ready that afternoon). If you want the mixer, just take the whole thing. A mixer without beaters is like a car without tires. Impossible to use and kind of sad looking.

Strangely, it is as though the Kitchen Aid gods have been conspiring against me because when I came home for the summer, one of the beaters on our 5 speed somehow got damaged and refused to lock into place. So, I beat with a 1-legged mixer. It was like a gimpy mixer, a shell of its former self, really. I’ve had good experience with the Kitchen Aid hand mixer in the past; using it with only one functional beater was almost insulting to its otherwise good nature.

The answer to my beater woes was simple, I thought. I’d just order new parts from KitchenAid.com. But, somehow, every website I went to was either out of stock or wanted to sell me dough hooks or an attachable blender blade instead. Also, they wanted 15 bucks for a new set of beaters. When I calculated the cost of 2 sets of new beaters plus shipping, it was all of 9 dollars cheaper than just buying a newly refurbished 7-speed mixer (including shipping) . Refurbished hand mixers are available at KitchenAid’s ebay store for only 45 bucks, which is an absolute steal, since the regular 7 speed costs about 80 dollar retail. So I bought the new mixer. I still don’t have any beaters… but, you know, maybe those dough hooks…