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>>14304619
>I have made bread in stand mixers and noticed some of the smaller Kitchen Aid models struggling to knead even simple brioche
As the doughboy for my local pizzeria I found that even the commercial Hobart mixers aren't ideal for kneading dough. The funky design of the Hobart/KitchenAid style orbital mixer's dough hook does an okay job of the first and messiest step of the process... mixing the flour and water etc for the first rise, but I still kneaded the dough ball by hand after. The Bosch Universal seems to have a well designed dough hook that does a more thorough job incorporating the ingredients and is designed in a way to produce a larger amount while not overloading the motor and drive gears. You should check out some YouTube videos on the Bosch and Bosch vs KitchenAid.

Some things to look for as far as KitchenAid is concerned is the newer models are designed with a sacrificial gear so that the gear fails before the motor goes out. These can be replaced and you can do it yourself if you're handy. The older Hobart made KitchenAid models are said to be tougher, but at the cost of having weaker ~300 watt motors vs the ~600 watt big dogs they make now. I want an older Hobart made lift bowl mixer myself, and a K4B model with the horn and fin on the top to round out my personal collection. Pic related. I have several more not pictured. Old Hamilton Beach and Dormeyer's as well as KitchenAid and Sunbeam.

Also there are some lower end KitchenAid models that don't have a spring where the paddle locks into place and they make annoying clacking while the attachment bounces around when mixing.

Left to right.
Sunbeam Mixmaster model 3a
Produced from 1935-1937

Sunbeam Mixmaster model 12
Produced from 1957-1967

KitchenAid 4c various models from this line were produced from 1955-1977. The 3c, 4c, 4b etc.

Sunbeam Mixmaster model 1
This was the first production model to boast 10 speeds There were several M4 models prior with 2 or 3 speeds. The model 1 was manufactured from May 16, 1935- August 1936 when it was then replaced by the aforementioned model 3.

(Front) Sunbeam Mixmaster model HM-N. The HM stands for Hand Model and I believe this one is from the 60s.