I have a 6 quart kitchen and it doesn't work well for small volume things, like a single cake recipe. Will the bosch handle small volumes?
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For cake batters you'll need the paddle attachment which is a secondary purchase. The reviews on that attachment are quite poor. The Bosch is most notorious for stiff bread doughs which will burn out a KitchenAid in under one minute. For cakes and pastry I use KA as it can't handle much more than that. If your KA is not cleaning the bottom of your bowl, invest in a paddle with rubber or silicone edges rather than buy a new machine. I would not use Bosch for much besides bread.
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I've used the Bosch twice for single cake batches, both came out well using the wire whip mix attachment. Mostly use the mixer for small and large bread recipes. One nice thing about this mixer regardless of the recipe is the weight...it's so much easier to handle than than the KA mixers.
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We use it for making cookies and pizza dough for our family of 4. I usually make enough pizza dough to make 2, 12 inch pizzas, which takes 3 1/2 c. flour. It works very well for this amount of ingredients. I would recommend the optional cookie paddles as well.
1826509
I cannot comment on cake receipts..I purchased this for bread mixing and it works super fine for me.
1826510
Absolutely! It makes large batches of bread that require 6+ cups of flour. I would buy anything else besides a Bosch.
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My daughter made a pound cake with it and says it worked well. We haven't had the mixer long enough to have made very many things yet. So far we really like it though.
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I've made a few batches with it and have only made one-quart batches and they have been fine. I don't see why you couldn't do it with a half-quart batch, or smaller. I also haven't made a full batch (two quarts). Hopefully that was a little helpful.
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Yes and I think it is superior to the Kitchen aid. Have both and the Bosch is superior.
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I have the 550HD. It is a 5.5 Qt. It works great. I believe to get to 6 quarts they only raised the height of the sides, so it should work. But I am not positive. You could call Kitchen Aid and ask them how a 5.5 qt and 6 qt bowl differ...is it wider or taller or both. If it's simply taller, then this would work great. If it is also wider, it should still work because the difference shouldn't be that much and I know my scraper really scrapes the sides well, so maybe it would have enough to scrape a bit wider.
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We had to replace our one year old working unit due to extremely poor performance. Bosch engineer told us that that model never should have been sold retail. Felt like we had been robbed of $600. You can call their tech support but don't expect a fix.
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The contact number at Bosch mixers is800-692-6724. I was told by them it will handle 10-12 cups of flour, though not to rise in bowl & the manual shows a similar bread recipe. Light doughs use stir beater, heavier cookies use dough hook, and beating whisk is for egg whites.
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This works for the Bosch Universal & Universal Plus Mixers. This does NOT work with the Compact mixer.
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Yes, I have used a few times and sometimes I can get it to function and most times it will not work. Have not contacted bosch yet on malfunction.
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This Bosch is good for smaller jobs, the Makita will be faster but may tired you out faster. Bigger is not always better - it depends. You may need both. LOL.
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I've found it very reasonable and much better than the Bosch and others I've had in the past. Hope this helps.TW
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I have only used mine for cake boxes. 18x20x4 and it lacks about 6 inches of fitting in it.
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It works on the 6 quart. I have the exact same mixer and this one works fine. Just don't get it from the supplier that I did. Packaging was terrible.
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Well, I've never used a Hamilton beach mixer before, but I can tell you that this Bosch is a real work horse. I make bread with it all the time, often times using it for 3-4 hours straight, and it's still going strong. I've had it for around two years so far I believe. If you plan to do a lot of small batches of pastries then this isn't the best mixer though. It can handle a normal batch but half batches it has a bit of trouble mixing together. It really just depends what you plan to use it for. If you're doing bread often, I would go with this one for sure though. From my research Bosch is one of the few that can handle making bread often. Well, I've never used a Hamilton beach mixer before, but I can tell you that this Bosch is a real work horse. I make bread with it all the time, often times using it for 3-4 hours straight, and it's still going strong. I've had it for around two years so far I believe. If you plan to do a lot of small batches of pastries then this isn't the best mixer though. It can handle a normal batch but half batches it has a bit of trouble mixing together. It really just depends what you plan to use it for. If you're doing bread often, I would go with this one for sure though. From my research Bosch is... » Read More Well, I've never used a Hamilton beach mixer before, but I can tell you that this Bosch is a real work horse. I make bread with it all the time, often times using it for 3-4 hours straight, and it's still going strong. I've had it for around two years so far I believe. If you plan to do a lot of small batches of pastries then this isn't the best mixer though. It can handle a normal batch but half batches it has a bit of trouble mixing together. It really just depends what you plan to use it for. If you're doing bread often, I would go with this one for sure though. From my research Bosch is one of the few that can handle making bread often. « Show Less
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Perfectly! Even though the interior is a bit small I just use smaller pans, etc. I even use it for my breads, cakes, etc.
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My wife said that it does not turn. She had a Kitchenaid power house. That thing would chunk up bricks. I think her main problem with the Bosch, other than being cheap built was that it didn't have the power she was use to. As old as we are, we were also use to German product being well built.
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Yes, my mixer last for 28 years before it broke. I mixed everything in my Bosch.
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I don't see why not. I have a Bosch 4100 and it works fine. I would suggest you get pack of zero clearance inserts so you can make both the 1/4" and 3/8". This will help to prevent any tear out.