KitchenAidArtisan Series 5 Quart Tilt Head Stand Mixer with Pouring Shield KSM150PS, Contour Silver

I bought the KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer as a birthday gift for my daughter, and she is absolutely in love with it! The quality is everything you’d expect from KitchenAid — solid, powerful, and reliable.The color is gorgeous and really pops on the kitchen counter. It’s not just a mixer — it’s a statement piece. She’s been baking nonstop since she opened it, and it handles everything from cookie dough to bread like a dream with a large mixing ability.This was such a worthwhile purchase. If you're looking for something that’s both functional and beautiful, this mixer is it!

I bought the 5qt red KitchenAid tilt head mixer in Oct 2011 and it is still going strong in 2025! It gets a real work out from Dec thru Jan every year when I make my Italian Pizzelles. I make over 700 Pizzelle cookies every year for gifts for friends and family Christmas.You use an electric Pizzelle maker that makes only 2 at a time. The batter I use fills the 5qt glass mixing bowl. One batch of batter makes 12 dozen pizzelles - 144 cookies x 5 batches = 720 pizzelles!!! It's a labor of love.❤️When I bought mine it was advertized as a limited addition special "Candy Apple Red" with a clear glass measuring mixing bowl. Candy Apple Red always has been my favorite car color so I couldn't resist! It doesnt match my kitchen colors but I don't care as it is a beautiful red color.My mother had one with a metal bowl so it took me a while to get used to the glass as I was afraid I might break it, but it is very sturdy. I like having a handle and plan to buy a metal mixing bowl with a handle and a lid so I can make 2 batches of batter as I have family helpers at Christmas.Oh by the way my mothers KitchenAid mixer has out lived my dear mother. I used it until I bought the red one and passed my mother's on to my daughter. I believe hers is an Almond color.Anyway I know these are expensive but they are worth every penny. If you can wait for a sale even better. I haven't tried making pasta, icecream or sausage with it as I don't own any of the special attatchments but may try the pasta maker in the future.

The media could not be loaded. This mixer is a dream! It’s powerful, quiet, and beautifully made. It handles dough, batters, and everything in between with ease. The design is stunning and the color matches perfectly with all my kitchen supplies.

This is a great mixer. You should probably own one. Not sure? Read on!Before we bought this mixer, I thought of residential model kitchen stand mixers in terms of my mother's Oster Kitchen Center or my grandmother's Sunbeam 2371 MixMaster Stand Mixer, White (but about 60 years older, with yellowed plastic...) Think: two beaters, a bowl that turns based on beater friction, basically a hand mixer on a stand of some sort, in concept if not design.When you think of the KitchenAid, you should think of a large restaurant/commercial Hobart mixer down-sized to fit on your counter. It works exactly the same way - and it's an awesome thing.Pros:- Powerful. You can put cold butter or refrigerated cookie dough in this and begin mixing it immediately. The motor is very powerful, and I have seen almost nothing that it can't get through. Kneading very stiff dough even works here - sometimes you might hear the motor strain a little, but I've never run into something that it simply couldn't get through.- Mixing attachments. This unit comes with a mixing paddle (the attachment that I use most often), a whisk (next most often) and a dough hook. I use all three - in that order of frequency.- Accessories. I don't own any of the accessories, but there are some great ones out there. On my list of accessories that I will get someday are: the pasta attachment - KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers, and the pasta extruder - KitchenAid KPEXTA Stand-Mixer Pasta-Extruder Attachment. There are others that I'm less sure would get lots of use in my kitchen, but they might in yours! These include the "attachment pack" for meat grinding and vegetable slicing - KitchenAid FPPA Mixer Attachment Pack for Stand Mixers, the grain mill - KitchenAid KGM Stand-Mixer Grain-Mill Attachment and others. Even an ice cream maker KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment which I admit I'll consider if my Cuisinart ice cream maker ever truly dies.- Tilting head. I really like this feature, since the bowl is securely attached to the mixer base, and you just rotate the head up and out of the way. It keeps the beater over the bowl and lets anything needed drip back into the bowl, reducing mess somewhat.- Orbital action. This is great, since one mixing implement orbits around the bowl giving full coverage and leaving no places "unmixed" for you to discover later in the recipe.- Variable speed. You can vary the speed from very slow to "time to clean the spatters off of the ceiling"As with any tool, I can think of a few cons as well:- The head rotates on a metal pin. This is a good design feature since you can slide the pin out to remove the mixing head when necessary, though it's never been necessary for me in the 8 years I've owned the device. The problem is that the motion and vibration of the mixer, at least for my unit, causes this pin to "self-remove" and invoke the unit's self-disassembly "feature". The solution, however, was ridiculously simple - I just wrapped a single wrap of electrical tape around that part of the mixer neck, and the pin has stayed put for years now. Black electrical tape on my black mixer is nearly invisible and nobody has ever questioned or commented on it.- "Walking dough." When using the dough hook and kneading even a moderately-sized dough, the dough tends to "walk up" the dough hook and instead of reaching the wide neck and falling back into the bowl, it keeps walking up and around the hook, sometimes getting up to the mixer head, resulting in discarded greasy dough. If I keep the batch size relatively modest and spray the hook with non-stick spray before kneading, I can usually get it to work just fine, but it's not as fool-proof as mixing with the paddle.- Cleaning. The bowl is simple - it's stainless steel, and you can wash it by hand or stick it in the dishwasher. The mixing implements, however, should be washed by hand. Hand washing isn't hard, and they'll come out great and last forever. If you put them in the dishwasher, however, the metal (maybe it's aluminum?) will degrade and tarnish with the harsh detergents used in the dishwasher. This will result in a grey powdery substance forming on them, which could get into your food if not carefully cleaned after the dishwasher. And the substance is ugly. So avoid any problems, and hand-wash always!On balance, I think you should just go buy this mixer. If you don't want this one, you should be looking at more expensive models.Stepping up the Kitchen Aid line, you can move to a mixer with a stationary head and a bowl lift to lift the bowl into the mixing position like this: KitchenAid KP26M1PSL Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Stand Mixer, Silver or this: KitchenAid KV25GOXBU Professional 5 Plus 5-Quart Bowl Lift Stand Mixer, Cobalt BlueFor those looking for even cooler appliances, you might consider this big boy: Viking Professional 7 -quart Stand Mixer, Black or maybe this: Cuisinart SM-70 7-Quart 12-Speed Stand Mixer, White but I must state I've never used either tool.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Great stand mixer. I love using it to make bread and cookies. I love the color, durability and perfect size for my dough. Will probably buy the pasta and ice cream attachment eventually !

This is a wedding gift. We have gifted Kitchenaids several times because we believe in the quality and versatility of these mixers.

I recently got the KitchenAid Artisan Series 5 Qt mixer, and let me tell you, it's a game changer in my kitchen! Right out of the box, I was impressed by its sturdy feel and stylish design – it really adds a nice touch to my countertop.Using it has been such a breeze. I’ve whipped up everything from bread dough to cakes, and it handles everything like a champ. The different speed settings let me mix things just the way I want, whether I'm folding in delicate ingredients or kneading something tougher. And the 5-quart bowl is the perfect size for batch baking. I can make enough cookies to share but still have room for mixing larger recipes!Cleaning up is also a lot easier than I expected. The bowl and attachments are dishwasher safe, which saves me time and hassle. Honestly, I can't imagine going back to mixing things by hand after using this.Overall, I highly recommend the KitchenAid Artisan mixer. It's reliable, fun to use, and has made my baking adventures so much more enjoyable. If you're on the fence about it, just go for it—you won’t regret it!