KitchenAid Professional 600 KP26M1X

“I've had mine for 10 years, working in bread and dough making. I had to replace the gears once, because of too many heavy breads, but the replacement parts for these are easy to get and easy to install yourself.”

“I had a Kitchenaid Professional 600. I like to bake bread. I found while making dough that the bowl would flex a bit and move a little while the machine worked with dough. One day, I stripped the gears in that machine, and when I took the cover off to see what I could do, I noticed that part of the transmission housing in the kitchenaid was made of plastic.”

“but this particular motor seems a little more robust than some others. For low hydration dough and really heavy duty use i don’t think KAs are the tool for that, but if you’re wanting to do a loaf here and there your version will be fine.”

“It's got a decent 590W 1HP motor on it that can actually drive attachments and knead tough dough.”

“At home I have a Kitchenaid Pro 600. Its a great little mixer but like pretty much every kitchenaid, it is not made for bread at all.”

“The motor in ours burnt out and it wasn't covered by warranty anymore. I bought a replacement motor for $100 and installed it myself. There were only nine screws I had to take out and eight of them were the exact same screw. They are dead simple to fix.”

“I thought my wife would love the Pro 600...but I ended up hating it. We make pizza dough a lot, and although this is the most powerful unit they make, I found out that due to a design flaw, the planetary falls out of the head.”

“The one I got is Professional 600. Not sure what all the small differences are, really. I know there's mentions on here about it not working to knead dough, but that hasn't been the case for me. Some of the dough that gets really thick sometimes needs some help, but it works for me.”

“it just broke, but fortunately a replaceable part. But until it broke it was great.”

“I have the professional series The attachments are great But it is huge and heavy”

“He just bought the thing out of the blue and shipped it to me (Pro 600 in white). I absolutely love it and use it as often as I can.”

“I brought it to work because our KitchenAid whisk broke (kitchen aid pro 600 I think is our model). Comparing the two models there are some pros/cons but I think the Kenwood is a far superior machine both in quality but also in ease of use.”

“I ended up going with a KitchenAid Bowl Lift Professional 600 Series Stand Mixer. It was expensive and probably overkill, however, 5 years later it has done everything I’ve ever needed to do and more. It has performed flawlessly, the investment (cost) is something that I don’t regret.”

“I gave my little sister the one-year old Kitchenaid professional 600 because I couldn't stand it.”

“I have a KitchenAid Professional 600. I have had it for a month and in this month, I have made the following: cupcakes, muffins, bread, pizza dough, quick bread, and frostings.”

“My Dad makes homemade pizza and had a KP26M1X (Pro 600) series that was a gift in 2008 and it lasted about 5-6 years. It was worked on twice, once in the first 90 days and again in 2011-12, just before I started working there. It stopped working in 2015 and when I took it apart, the bevel gear in the transmission housing was stripped.”

“Not 30 minutes ago I finished rebuilding my KitchenAid Professional 600's gearbox for the fifth time. I have learned a lot about these mixers from rebuilding them, the most surprising being how poorly they are engineered inside.”

“I've owned the Professional 600 for over 10 years. It's by far the very best kitchen/baking gift I've ever been given. However, there has been one downside for me and it is that because the bowl is a 6qt bowl it is quite large.”

“KitchenAid stand mixer. I have the 600 series "professional" mixer. It's ok. They are very user serviceable, but mine already needed new gears after 5 years and just doesn't have the torque for lots of my baking projects. You can fix it repeatedly, but if you do whole wheat, large batches, or low hydration, it's not that great.”

“I love rich Boulderites who buy cool toys and then don't want them anymore. I'm just excited to get consistent bread finally.”

“it just sits and spins and makes a ton of noise. No components of a dough are ever harmed in my KA pro 600!”

“I love my Pro 600, as I also do a ton of bread dough and pasta dough. Totally worth it. Big batches of cookies, no problem.”

“Unfortunately, it's still not working.”

“The professional series are built to handle more strenuous tasks - if you're only using it to whip creams and meringue, then anything will do, but if you're doing heavy duty stuff, you get what you pay for. The side handle is way better and there's less stuff to break inside. I don't know about the 500 series, but the 600 comes with a spiral attachment, wh”