Factory-Reconditioned KitchenAid RKV25GOX Professional 5 Plus 5-Quart Stand Mixer customer reviews:
****Excellent Mixer!!!!**** Why buy new when you can get one for $162.00 plus free shipping? I have made pancakes, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, bread and countless cookies and bars with this bad boy and it just takes all that I can dish out. It is a bit big but it needs to be with such a large motor. All the utensils are easy to wash but they can go through the dishwasher as well. This mixer makes baking and cooking fun again, it is all hands free!! You just pour your ingredients in the bowl and the mixer will take care of the rest!
One thing to consider: Do NOT pick the wrong color, meaning if they are having a closeout on orange and you really want red or black, be patient and wait for the color you want. This will be sitting on your counter for 15 or more years. Also, consider the room between the bottom of your cupboard and your countertop. I do not have a lot of room so I chose the model that goes up and down, not the model that arches back. If you do not have a lot of room you should pick the model that goes up and down, otherwise you'll have to move it to where you have more height every time you use it. Did that make sense? This product weighs 25 pounds so putting it in one place and leaving it there is important.
It comes with three attachments: a wire whisk, a flat beater and a spiral hook for breads. The flat beater, at first glance, does not look like it can do a lot of work but let me tell you: it can and it does. It is just so much fun (and tasty) to throw stuff in there and let the mixer do the work. My kids and I really enjoy baking and what a nice alternative to Playstation 2! And let's be honest: Stuff from scratch really does taste better. There are other attachments as well: a meat grinder, a juicer, a slicer, but I am passing on those at this time as I own a Vita-Mix which chops stuff up very well.
I really recommend this mixer. Awesome! To be honest, I was freaked out about buying a reconditioned model. After all, you don't really know what was wrong with it to begin with. But I wasn't willing to chuck out $300-400 for a new one. After much agony, I purchased my refurbished mixer on amazon for $162.00. 5 days later, the price went down to $132.50. Because Amazon has a price guarantee, Amazon refunded the difference, so I got my mixer for $132.50. It arrived in about a week. The mixer looked brand spanking new, and came with all the necessary attachments. The motor on the mixer was louder than I expected, but performance has been perfect. This mixer has handled anything I've thrown at it. I would buy Factory-Reconditioned again in a heartbeat. Great Machine! Got it when it when on sale, but would have paid more for it. This is a much nicer product than an Artisan and has all the benefits of a Pro 6 without the cost. All the professional models come with all-metal gears, unlike the more popular Artisan or cheaper Classic. The bowl lift model is different than the tilt head most are used to, but I think it is great; you don't have to worry about the tilt head clearing a cabinet either. Yes it's both heavy and loud, but it's a high quality product and I don't feel that those negatives would be worth getting a different model. Also, it says under the "What's in the box" only the flat-head beater, but mine also came with the wire whip and the spiral dough hook. Would never know this is refurbished, a great savings in my opinion. handles heavy dough with ease I bought this mixer primarily for making yeast breads; there are a lot of great dough formulas out there that are really too wet to work by hand. I have used it ~10 times now for bread and other baked goods and have been very satisfied. It looked brand-new when I opened the box. At first I thought there might be a problem, because I couldn't seem to adjust the bowl height to provide clearance for the mixing attachments (there's a little screw for making minor adjustments, but I still couldn't get the clearance). Then I realized I just hadn't pushed the bowl all the way down in the back, where it snaps into place. The bowl is wide enough that I can theoretically add additional flour etc. while the mixer is running, but there's less chance of mess if I stop the mixer and lower the bowl (plus it's usually necessary to scrape down the bowl a couple of times early in the mixing process). The motor has no problem kneading stiff doughs with the dough hook; the top of the machine barely gets warm even after over 5 minutes of continuous kneading. This is a great machine. (But the casual baker probably doesn't need this model; it's quite large and heavy-duty.) WOW! This is a mean working machine. I love it. Works great! I use this all the time and clean up is a snap. I was a little worried purchasing a reconditioned mixer, but I couldn't be happier. The price was right.
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