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Costco Members: KitchenAid Professional Series 6-Quart Bowl Lift Stand Mixer

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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: KitchenAid Professional Series 6-Quart Bowl Lift Stand Mixer w/ Flex Edge on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free. Thanks toddwz

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The 6-Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer is perfect for heavy, dense mixtures. Burnished metal flat beater, PowerKnead spiral dough hook and professional-style wire whip will help you mix, knead and whip ingredients into culinary masterpieces quickly and easily. -slickdewmaster

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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: KitchenAid Professional Series 6-Quart Bowl Lift Stand Mixer w/ Flex Edge on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free. Thanks toddwz

Note, must be an active Costco Member and logged into your account to view sale pricing

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Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
The 6-Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer is perfect for heavy, dense mixtures. Burnished metal flat beater, PowerKnead spiral dough hook and professional-style wire whip will help you mix, knead and whip ingredients into culinary masterpieces quickly and easily. -slickdewmaster

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PedroDaGr8
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Nope, that hasn't been true for about 4-5 years now.

You are thinking of the old Costco model. That model was a Professional 6000HD (not to be confused with the similarly named Professional 600) and had a 1.0HP DC motor. The current Costco model is a disguised Professional 610 and has a 590W AC motor, making it the most powerful model (by 15W) in the Professional 600 lineup.

As for attachments, the Professional 6000HD (the old Costco model) used a modified 5QT bowl with flared sides to make it a 6qt bowl. As such, most 6qt bowl related attachments won't fit it but a few 5qt ones will. All other non-bowl related attachments are fully interchangeable with that model. The current one uses a standard 6qt bowl, so it can use any attachment any other Professional 600 models use.
isuzudiesel
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I did some quick math to help alleviate this concern. As a disclaimer I have this mixer in red and it is amazing. If you add up all the 1,2 and 3 star reviews you get 418 reviews. Now add up the 4 and 5 star reviews and you get 4177. If you look at this as a percentage it is almost exactly 10%. It's safe to say that more than 10% of the general public are not good equipment reviewers or users for that matter. I meet people that honestly can't tell me how to get to their house, they have no idea what roads they take they just drive them. If 90% of the reviews are 4 and 5 star, that's a bet I'll take, I can promise you that. This is a solid mixer, it'll sell out at this price. I got it for $219 about 4 years ago and it's still running strong and 0 complaints here.
PedroDaGr8
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Despite the name, both of these models are targeted at home users. You don't really start seeing the true professional features and power until you hit the DC motor models, which (confusingly) start at the Professional 6000HD or 6500Design and up. For true professional use though , you are looking at the Commercial 8qt model which has all of the necessary commercial features, NSF approval, and a commercial warranty.



The difference in power is only notable when you are doing larger volumes or more difficult doughs like pasta or bagel dough. This Costco model is the most powerful of the AC motor models. To get something better from KA, you would need to step up to a DC motor model which though looking the same are entirely different beasts.



The plastic gearbox housings had a tendency to crack. Kitchenaid has stopped using those in all bowl-lift models other than certain ultra-budget models for things like BF specials. Additionally it was a single sacrificial plastic gear designed to shred itself if the motor is over taxed. This is IMHO a good thing, not a bad thing.

As for the removal of the microcontroller, I have seen that on more than just this Costco model. It likely means that motor overload protection is gone (unless they accomplished it with discrete components). Alternately, the microcontroller could be integrated into the hall effect sensor. I have seen a few uC's integrated into hall effect sensors.




It is not. Costco used to sell a DC motor model around five-ish years ago but no longer do.

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ibnuts
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Thanks! Wife asked for one. "For the house not as a gift." I'm wrapping it either way so there's something to put under the tree. Will look nice out on the counter until it's used twice/year for mashed potatoes laugh out loud
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slammitude
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Quote from isuzudiesel :
I did some quick math to help alleviate this concern. As a disclaimer I have this mixer in red and it is amazing. If you add up all the 1,2 and 3 star reviews you get 418 reviews. Now add up the 4 and 5 star reviews and you get 4177. If you look at this as a percentage it is almost exactly 10%. It's safe to say that more than 10% of the general public are not good equipment reviewers or users for that matter. I meet people that honestly can't tell me how to get to their house, they have no idea what roads they take they just drive them. If 90% of the reviews are 4 and 5 star, that's a bet I'll take, I can promise you that. This is a solid mixer, it'll sell out at this price. I got it for $219 about 4 years ago and it's still running strong and 0 complaints here.
Thanks for the info.

What do you think about the idea that this model isn't good at small batch work?
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isuzudiesel
Nov 20, 2020
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Quote from evan.m.humphrey :
Thanks for the info.

What do you think about the idea that this model isn't good at small batch work?
I think it's great at small batch work, although I do have a few different mixing blades and paddles to choose from. You can actually manually move this up if you need to momentarily to help you mix thoroughly. My 12 year old daughter can use it with no problem and essentially taught herself with me watching and making sure her hair was pulled back, no kidding. If you spend a few more dollars on Amazon or any place of your choice and get some decent paddle style mixing blades and anything else you may need, you can't go wrong. Also, for what it's worth, I have all black appliances and still bought red, I don't regret that a bit either, it's gorgeous.
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Carnivore
Nov 20, 2020
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Wasn't this on sale for $200 at KitchenAid's own website a short while ago?
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Cerberus83
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Quote from Carnivore :
Wasn't this on sale for $200 at KitchenAid's own website a short while ago?
Different model/version. The one in this post is 6 series (bigger motor and metal gears) vs. the one you're referring to is 5 series (lesser motor and plastic gears).
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Grabdadeal
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Quote from Carnivore :
Wasn't this on sale for $200 at KitchenAid's own website a short while ago?
About 4 months ago.. I brought from everything's kitchen for $300
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rohandalwadi31
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Was $199 a month ago at Best Buy
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TrailerParkRicky
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Quote from rohandalwadi31 :
Was $199 a month ago at Best Buy
No that was series 5 pro
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fkhan11
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Quote from rohandalwadi31 :
Was $199 a month ago at Best Buy
Again, no. The smaller size was on sale.
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JuJuCoCo
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Please note this is not Pro-600 series. It is similar but bit different construction.

"The gear housing is also the older style die-cast, not that plastic case the Pro 600 had for a while. Otherwise, the control board is different with fewer parts, the IC DIP package noticeably missing, and the hall effect sensor soldered to the board, instead of attached with a connector."

But this one has hight power of 590 compare to 575 of Pro-600. And Much cheaper.
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rockjon
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Quote from Carnivore :
Wasn't this on sale for $200 at KitchenAid's own website a short while ago?
Slightly different version, that one was for the Professional 5. The bowl is smaller at 5qt and the motor is rated for 525 watts I think. This one also comes with a flex edge beater which is the paddle/mixer attachment that scrapes the sides of the bowl for you.
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conceptvbs
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Quote from Cerberus83 :
I ended pulling the trigger. Same price as Costco Business Warehouse deal a few days ago, which was not available to everyone.

I'm not a baker nor am I into it, but (I think) I want a mixer to knead dough (for pizza). Based on my research, most KA appliances struggle with dough, which is why I wanted to buy Bosch or Ankarsrum, but at this price and the fact I can easily return it to Costco, I figured what the heck.. and decided to get it.

My only question is if it's worth the price difference between this and the 5 series? Per KA's website, 5 has a smaller motor, but I believe most people on SD said it's the same as 6. The 6 comes with steel gears where as (allegedly) 5 comes with plastic.
Get the 6 as it is made to withstand additional use for professional setting.
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Juice.C
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Quote from Carnivore :
Wasn't this on sale for $200 at KitchenAid's own website a short while ago?
5 quart artisan tilt head, and it was refurbished
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conceptvbs
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Quote from rohandalwadi31 :
Was $199 a month ago at Best Buy
That was a different lower tier model

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Icedragon316
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Any one know if the silver or red come with the extra attachments that show up with the black?

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