Initially, Amy's review got to me. I thought about return my Ovation. However, who would have invest so much on a machine to put on the market when it work so poorly?! I read lots of positive review on amazon which I've decided to gave it a try. After trying out the machine, I absolutely loved it. Not only it was easy to use, it worked the way it should be. Not sure why Amy had so much trouble. Amy's review was just her opinion. I wouldn't rely on one person's review.
I am glad that you are enjoying your Ovation. I really wanted to like this mixer. However, I just couldn't give it my recommendation because there are others that perform better for the price. I have over 30 mixers and this is how I feel about it. Thanks for watching!
@@AmyLearnsToCook I just purchased a Kenmore Ovation that will repose on the kitchen counter under the cabinets (16" clearance) in my very small kitchen. I also own the very expensive KitchenAid mixer with the very expensive attachments that has been relegated to the basement because of its height and weight. I have mixed cookie dough and ground meats successfully with the Ovation, but have not tried the notorious whipped cream test yet. As with any appliance there are pros & cons, and I would like to share mine. Pros: I like and frequently use the pour spout, the well designed detachable pouring shield keeps my counters free of spills, the mixing bowl lid is really handy for refrigerator storage, I like the glass mixing bowl, and the 5-year warranty is a plus. Cons: It is not a KitchenAid, nor should one expect it to duplicate the performance of one; there are longer mixing times. All components must be hand washed, it is a heavy little devil, the grater and egg separator can be safely discarded, and I wonder how secure will a warranty be from a virtually defunct company. Summary: It is a beautiful appliance and I delight in the innovative design features. Amy is right, this mixer is not suitable for such heavy duty tasks such as bread making, nor does it match the mixing speed requirements some users might demand. At the time of this review, the cost is $229 on Amazon which is what I paid for this appliance.
@@JeannetteShoreland I got one for $50 when they tanked and closed them out, likely due to this review 😂 It's been fine for us, i like all of the gadgets available to attach to the kitchenaid, but really this works well for everything we've ever used it for. If one needs to wisk eggs, why the hell would they drag out their stand mixer? My $10 hand mixer has a wisk attachment. I like that this thing is mess free.
When you watch the ads for this, with the whipped cream it's especially noticeable, the bowl is too clean ~ they start with already whipped cream instead of whipping from a liquid.
It likely wasn't whipped cream at all. Probably not even an edible product- maybe something like shaving cream. But that sorta thing is just pretty standard food stylist practice
Also, with Sears being the way it is now, I don't think I would invest $400 in a machine that might need servicing later on. Sears is not honouring their warranties in Canada now. People bought extended warranties on a lot of appliances and they've wasted their money.
Well I wouldn't count on a Sears warranty anyways. It's like an insurance company that wants to save money by denying claims. Or in this case, going out of business. Lots of Kenmore products last for quite a while. That is sad the extended warranties are not being honored.
I just got this mixer for a good price. It is still being sold but not sure it will be an item that is around in the future or being developed further.I like it so far but just addressing a few things mentioned in the video. The glass bowl is domed allowing for the beaters to go along the side to keep batter from building on the sides & not getting mixed in as some mixers do. The problem with beating egg whites shown in the video is easily resolved by adjusting the set screw on the top of the whisk beater itself. Yes it is tiny but a small adjustment makes all the difference. I beat 2 egg whites from 2 large eggs (they are pretty small) & it took 2 1/2 minutes to get firm, peaked egg whites. That minor adjustment works beautifully. The unique pour in from the top of the mixer along with the snap cover that is so unique & easy to place on & remove, is unbelievably handy to add ingredients & keep everything in the bowl & not the counter. One of the drawbacks is there are no replacements for the glass bowl, & parts do not seem to be readily accessible in case of a problem. The tilt head lever can have problems- I received my first one & it was broken out of the box. It was replaced immediately by Kenmore by sending me a new mixer. However I have read a review that stated it can fail due to a plastic piece instead of metal parts on the inside of the mixer that the lever works from.It is heavy but that is critical for mixing heavy doughs or large batches- don't want it jumping all over the counter. The light directed inside the bowl s an added bonus. I love a glass bowl-heavy yes but not unbearably so-I like glass for mixing. Just an old school girl I guess.
Cj Smart agree! 💯 KA beats faster with that amount of cream for sure but, I willl NOT buy KA only of and only because of it being capabe of beating smaller quantities.
ua-cam.com/video/M4cjObVIevc/v-deo.html she did her Artisan vs Breville I'm not sure if she ever did a test with her Design Artisan. She's used it, but never tested it.
I couldn't find any video reviews of this mixer (aside from the Sears promo). I believe your video is the first Kenmore Ovation review on UA-cam. Great review! I'll stick with my KitchenAid mixer 🙂
What a gigantic let down. It doesn't mater how pretty something is if it doesn't work. I kept watching saying my gosh this is taking forever. Did the people at Sears even think this was right? Must not have been bakers. It also proves all those 5 star reviews on Amazon were only the result of getting it free. But you know what? No one could even give that to me. Thanks Amy and Eric. It just goes to show you can't believe all the hype
Russ, I agree. Amazons reviews have been getting sketchy to me anyway and this proves it. Plus they have been having alot of products right from china, and they have been ok I guess but they haven't told me that until check out and then the products give me a chinese tracking number. Several things I ordered for my granddaugthers for christmas last year had this issue. They got here on time, but then, other reviews have said really good things and I get something and its not.. So I have had alot of things lately with them, but now this proves that if you get a free product, you must have to say good things about it. What a sad way to do business and I have always loved amazon but now, Im very skeptical of them
I don't like VINE comments for that reason Sophie. The VINE reviews on this mixer were useless, almost like unboxings and not real use. Some of the unknown brand Chinese products have questionable reviews. Not all, but some, and those are scary. Makes you want to spend a few more bucks and buy a name brand. The Ali Express makes stuff for a lot of people. They just customize the brand name/logo for each of the sellers. They then get on Amazon. It's quite interesting.
My husband and I were wondering if they made the attachments smaller because they were worried about them hitting the sides of the glass bowl repeatedly ? For the money I would never buy this, it takes way to long to get the jobs done. I just bought an ANK to help my "vintage" as its now called kitchenaid. Hubby serviced the kitchenaid and it runs and sounds like brand new. It's 28 yrs old, weighs a ton and works like a dream. We just found your channel last week and have been having a blast watching the reviews. I wanted an artisan but so glad I didn't buy one after watching the review. Can't wait to play with the ANK ! Which actually is how we found your channel. Hubby sent me your review to watch to see if I liked the machine because it's different than anything we'd seen before. Cheers from Baltimore Ontario.
I don't think you can do wrong with an ANK. Much better option than this. The ability to service and repair KA mixers is great. Can't do that with all mixers. Not sure how long parts will be available for this thing. Thank you for watching. It's been a year now. Hope you love your ANK.
Diane Marie I’m happy to hear that you are enjoying your Kenmore Elite however I will not be purchasing one. Perhaps you can do a review of the mixer and post it to You Tube.
Interesting review. I would say you're right about how it works. It's more a novelty with no practical value, except for an art piece. I would like to see your review on the SMEG, the Hobart, and hopefully... One of these days... A GLOBE SP10! Yes, you can do it! I know you can!
Yep as I watch you get through the bread portion all I like is the pour through the top feature and it has the best anti splatter shield I’ve seen on a mixer keeping the flour from poofing up everywhere
Hi Amy, Thanks for such a thorough review. I think the bowl is too wide for egg whites and cream, unless a person is doing a lot (like, a quart of cream). Would it work better for this without the splatter shield sitting on the bowl? Plus, that mixing action is strange. The butter and sugar were not beating in even after you scraped it up. I just hope others will see this before they decide to buy it.
Wow, that was really interesting Amy. It's interesting in that when I first saw this mixer, the two wonders/concerns I had were 1) that the bowl was so wide and flat at the bottom and 2) with the hole in the middle and the beater having to travel that wide arc around it how was that going to work. I really thought about that when, during the unboxing, you turned on a KA next to it and I saw that one spinning. I hadn't thought about the possibility of how things would fare around the mechanism with dropping things through the top but saw what you meant. I would drive myself crazy trying to keep it clean. My initial concern with the wide mixing arc was would it miss stuff in the middle given the flat bottom bowl, but I just don't think it's an efficient setup overall. Clearly it was a fail in particular with small amounts as you demonstrated. For my money I have to stick with the KA. Seems they've been around for nearly 100 years with few changes for a reason, and I'm just as impressed with mine as I was the first time I used it 34 years ago. Its results are light years ahead of this one. I give them credit for being innovative in their design, which we don't see a lot of these days, it's unfortunate that the overall package just doesn't quite seem to come together. One other thing I learned is I wouldn't want anything with a knob. I think the KA slide control is probably much easier to work with. The knob seemed "fiddly" when you were trying to turn it on and off and change speeds. Thank you as always for the care and detail that go into your reviews. This particular one especially illustrates how helpful they are to people, and show why many manufacturers trust you to show their products to the public.
Well Scott, you were dead right on your assessment during the unboxing video. Didn't really sink in with us until we tested it. But that's why we test things, right?
You are a kind reviewer and really wanted it to do well. I feel it is a pretty fail machine. They are expensive, and not to do egg whites is not worth the price.
Love your thoroughness on the review! God Bless Eric... He SOOO WANTED it to be GREAT! haha!!! I love how you validated his feelings, but in the end... YOU ARE SO RIGHT! Wow... thank you so much for reviewing this... I'm so disappointed too. I was excited about the design, but you saved me a ton of money and headache! You two are great!
Thank you for watching and your comments. Worst case is if you did buy it, you have so much time to use it, right? If you buy it from Amazon, you have 30 days (unless you buy it around Xmas, then you have more). But yeah, we were really disappointed after all the hype and waiting. Glad we could be of assistance. Many better mixers out there (both more expensive and cheaper models).
Did you know that there is an adjustment for the height of the whisk? Perhaps you need to retest the whisk functions after adjusting the height, because in the video it looks like the whisk is riding too high. Also, when I make dough, I NEVER start with the hook, I start with the paddle and switch to the hook when the dough ball forms. Are you sure your tests are valid for these functions?
Amy's dough videos always use the hook since that's what it's for. Did you see her Kenwood Cook N Chef? She kinda pointed that out. This thing is so wrong on many levels. But if someone would rather have an under performing and over priced mixer that truly doesn't make a mess, then so be it. This is a free country.
For those Sears & Roebuck lovers that can't tell the difference between a Kenmore Ovation (shown here) and the Elite (not here), I have one piece of advice...Save your money and buy the Farberware. It actually works and costs 1/3 the price of this PoS. El Comprendo???
Thank you, Amy, for your efforts, however, in my opinion, my KitchenAid would have done everything greatly better in one-fourth of the time. After watching you, I would not even be tempted to try doing anything with that mixer. I would be surprised if any of the engineers were bakers because there is no way they could have made anything and been satisfied with its performance.
Thank you we agree. The shape of the bowl and the accessories show that it will take several times the amount of time to mix something that a normal mixer can do. KA and everyone else has this mixer beat. But it is pretty though!!!
It.s really a shame because one can tell there was a lot of engineering creative design involved in the development of this new mixer, I sort of disappointed in its inability to function as it was expected to. It is a very dynamic looking mixer!
Oh my gosh, I’m dying here 🤣🤣🤣. You can just see in the very beginning (when doing the egg whites) you were NOT impressed and it just got funnier from there. Thank you Amy. 😁
Michelle, did you watch the What's Up Wednesday all the way to the end? hint...hint...hint.... I put all her facial expressions at the very end. Most you didn't see on this vid since this one focused on the mixer close-ups. ALWAYS watch our vids til the end. You never know what I'll put back there.
recently on this product on amazon, its getting good reviews, some people saying they cant believe that other bad review when it works so well for them.. well I found a website called fakespot.com where you can copy and paste reviews and they analyze them and say whether or not the reviews are fake,, and this review on amazon got an F so that just proves the reviews are being played.. I hope everyone can find this website and you can use it for any review not just amazon but amazon does seem to have alot of fake reviews. I wanted to pass this web site along to people,I check it now before I buy anything!
Thanks Sophie. Interesting site. You probably know that cooks are as dedicated to their tools as people are to their cars and to their politics. Not all mixers behave the same. People will love their mixer if it does what they want. Since this mixer does keep the counters (and air) clean, then it gets high marks for that. Amazon is funny in that my original review was taken down, so I reluctantly put it back up since I didn't think that action was fair. Here's the proof. I doubt anyone has used 40+ mixers doing the same tests as we have. I'm thinking some of the pushback is because they think we're comparing this to a KA, and we do the same tests with Anks, and Bosch's, Kenwoods, etc. Not all are planetary. Glad they enjoyed their mixer. Some reviews are fake, but it appears there are several that are genuine and that's great. At the time, there wasn't any genuine proof because only "Vine" users were posting the reviews, but glad some love it. But it is really funny/strange/odd/peculiar how political a review can get. As for this site, I don't care what it thinks of my review as I know it is true. I can only hope people use the review (and 30 day return policy to test it fully). If they love it, then keep it. Now on to the next mixer test...... LOL.
Actually, the planetary motion is correct. Planetary motion doesn't always get the middle of dough, even on my fantastic Kitchenaid. It's axis for the beater is offset, also. The Kenmore looks like a nice mixer.
This mixer is listed in Good housekeeping Magazine as one of its 27 Lab-Approved Genius Finds, I am sure they did not test it and only listed it because Sears purchased a full page add.
Hey you two! I've been waiting for this review BEFORE I ran out and bought it. I'm so glad I waited. I agree with you Amy, it's a TOTAL failure. It performed poorly on every test (IMHO). This would have been such a waste of money for me. Thanks so much for taking the time to review this so quickly. Take care and God Bless, Linda
Perhaps it can mix larger batches (like a dozen eggs, while every other mixer can do 2 eggs). The ads all look staged, which is beautiful camera work. But nothing shows how badly this thing is designed.
Surprise surprise, everyone! The whisk is adjustable...so no wonder it did poorly on a couple of egg whites. There is a reason you are supposed to read the manual, particularly if you are going to be doing reviews. I just whipped up two COLD whites and it performed perfectly
That was almost painful to watch. LOL! It was so pretty and I had high hopes. But what a failure. I was excited about the top loading, but, I agree, it doesn't appear to be very helpful. I was getting nervous with the bread mix when it started making weird sounds. LOL It seemed like it was going to give out. I've only ever used my Kitchen aid mixer so the idea of the knobs they have for lifting the mixer and turning it on/off doesn't appeal to me.
Thanks. The mixer is pretty and likely can mix bigger amounts than what we gave it. Unfortunately, most mixers can do what we did in 1/2 the time. Too crazy. I hope you had a chance to watch Amy's What's Up Wednesday at the end where I put in all her facial expressions from this video. That was funny.
Farberware is my work horse for bread. it is just two of us, and it works perfectly, without overheating. For Cakes and batters, nothing beats my KitchenAid.
I do. I got the Artisan KA in 2012, before I got the Farberware. The KA bogged down with bread dough and the smell was scary, so I stopped using it for anything heavy. This year (2018) I got the Farberware, and since then, I have been making weekly bread with it.
Lili T Actually I just started dreaming of possibility buying the new Cuisinart Precision Master Stand Mixer Because I read a lot of positive reviews about it. I wish Amy would test that.
Nah!! Shoot, I have a SUNBEAM that is better than that one! HA!! I also have a KA Classic and I just love it, however, if I was going to make a little meringue, I'd just use a hand mixer. That being said, Amy, I'd send that thing back!! You gave it plenty of tasks to do with more than enough ingredients. That thing is ridiculous!!! You saved us all a bunch of money! Thank you! XO
I would have given it a D .. A waste of money to buy and a waste of money in ingredients when you find out it can't mix properly and you end up throwing out what you were trying to mix.
Thanks Barbara. KitchenAid looks like the best mixer in the world compared to this thing :-) Your mixer will do more things and in 1/2 the time compared to this mixer.
So what mixer do you recommend then? I have never seen a Faberware mixer. And I want something with that Planetary mix that you talk about. I was just looking to buy this mixer. Thank you.
Yes, cream and egg whites do need the air, but maybe there was enough air coming in down through the top. Still, maybe without the splatter shield, the result might have been better.
There's a chance that because we only used 5 egg whites, it was too shallow to get much of the whip involved. Not a problem in typical mixers that have tapered bowls that make it a bit deeper. I didnt' think of the closed air problem. We didn't test for that, so I can't comment. I just know the whip wasn't deep and the adjustment screw was very short, so even if we did lower the whip (and not get a banging noise), I doubt it would have helped. All the adds show WAY MORE egg whites in their mixing. Just dump that dozen eggs you weren't gonna use, because that's the only way this thing will work. Basically make two meringues at a time.
@@EricLearnstoCook From what it looks like, that unit would be better at a large volume because the bowl is so flat and wide. Probably also why that it took so long to whip the cream; the circle it has to make doesn't overlap like a Spirograph...
Oh dear, I was like cheered when Eric says "I see nothing wrong" in the kneeding part. I am a fan of this mixer, though I do respect Amy's opinion against this mixer and quite honestly, mostly of Amy's opinion in this mixer are considered honest and true. Amy being meticolous about the mixing action is something normal for sure because it is new in our eyes, but this mixer is different, you get the easy pour on top feature though and that is what this mixer is all about, I am a fan of Kenmore's dignity of showing off and not just basing the planetary action ratio of this new mixer to the good old ones like KA even they'll get hates about it like beating smaller quantities. To be honest, I like the mixing action of this especially in kneading the bread because it has a lot of space and leverage to knead around unlike the type of bowl like the ones on KA that feels like spining or only rotating the bread dough and you get lesser centrifugal force of hitting the dough ball with the side of the bowl and be able to let the dough hook knead inside the bread, and also it feels like it squeezes cookie batter up the beater especially in the 4.5 classic, also at least for me, beating 4 egg whites or 2 cups of whipping cream is something I will do in a hand mixer, it just that it becomes a standard that a stand mixer that beats smaller amount of specific ingredients is better because of advertising technique purposes. This mixer do not have a feature of beating smaller quantities but KA does, but, this mixer has a feature of easy pouring which the KA does not have, only the sometime-frusting to use splash guard that is really not a splash guard because of the C-shape and big hole to pour the ingredients in, it just simply means that KA does not have all of the feature and is not perfect and the same perspective goes to this mixer as well. It is only a matter of choices and preference in the end, just like Amy said in the Bosch comparing to the KA that it is both different in every area.
Thank you Luis for watching and your comment. It is quite possible that this mixer might mix larger batches. It has a very wide bowl at the bottom where most mixers have tapered bowls at the bottom, so they can mix smaller quantities. Also, with planetary mixing action, the beaters and whip goes everywhere. This thing goes in a wide circle. So between the wide circle and shallow ingredients, it just doesn't mix well. Then there's that shield. It may limited the amount of air that is incorporated into cream or egg whites. Just a mess. But if someone wants to mix up a dozen egg whites or a quart (or more) of cream at a time, then this might do the job. I can see some problems like this if you have a 7 or 8 quart mixer, but not a 5 quart, thus the reason for why we judged it so harshly. My main concern is how the marketing never warns you of this. I understand if you want to whip up one egg white, you likely need a hand held mixer or a very small bowl like the 3.5 or 4.5 quart bowls. We like to do test and reviews because sometimes we think the mixer will behave one way and then it totally acts different. We wanted this to succeed as Amy really likes the color too. It just appears to be a crazy design that isn't best for mixing, unless you really want to make enough at a time to feed a large family (or put some in the freezer).
Eric Learns to Cook yep, I definitely understand Amy's and your's side as well though. BTW thanks for doing a review of this, it awares everybody else about this mixer, at least they will have an full overview about this mixer. Best regards to you and the channel.
What an embarassing shame on Kenmore! I've been telling my sis about this, sending photos, & telling how I'm getting ready to get it after I see it used & reviewed. All flights have since been cancelled! Thanks for the great, honest, highly informative review. My eyes don't lie to me! You have to incorporate air into egg whites and whipped cream. That 360 shield cuts off the air! Bad bad bad design! The bowl seems too flat and wide at the bottom so the beaters can't get to everything. The KitchenAid mixer bowls are cone conical shaped so the ingredients kind of pool into the center. This bowl is too flat and wide so the beaters aren't reaching the ingredients well. Failure failure failure!
A very big let down. We were hoping it would work. We didn't see that coming, especially with all the pretty ads. The bowl is too wide with too small beater, whip and hook. Very sad. Glad you saved your money.
Amy I think you were more than generous with your grading. Thanks to the close-up filming it was easy to see from the beginning that this mixer was just not up to the job. It could drive a newbie out of the kitchen in tears! Painful to watch. Admire your commitment to see it through to the end. Must be true...beauty is only skin deep. 😀 Thanks for your review!!
Amy was gonna be harsher. I bumped her whipping grade up. But that was before we saw how bad everything else would be. So that's my fault :=( She listened to me. LOL!
Amy, does it have a height adjustment for the whisk, dough hook and beater? If so then you need to re-test it because it clearly is no where near the bottom of the bowl.
She has had that mixer way before she bought the Ovation, I really want to see the spiral beater in action! I hoope she tests it soon and posts the video!
Yeah I am going to do a video on the N50. It is waiting in the wings! I wish I could make videos faster but I work full-time. I can only shoot video on the weekends. Hang with me tho! I will get to it. I have a few mixer reviews on the way! The HL6, a Smeg, a Bosch Compact, a Viking, and the Kenmore Cooking Chef.
@@AmyLearnsToCook I does work properly....When you couldn't do that (mine worked perfectly) I became very skeptical of your review. Looked like you really had a bone to pick before you started your review!
I have an Ovation and I really like it. The one thing I did not see you do prior to whipping the egg whites was adjust the beater height in relation to the bottom of the bowl. Once I made the adjustment, the beater worked perfectly for egg whites and whipped cream. If you did do that and it still didn't beat the egg whites, then I think you might have had a faulty machine. I never separate eggs over a mixer, with or without that separators there is too much of a risk for contamination should the yolk break. I do not use a stand mixer all that much, but the things I do make - like tons of marshmallows, whipped cream, and other baked goods around the holidays - have never been any problem with this mixer. I also seem to make things where that open top always comes in handy. It's so much easier and far less messy than trying to slip ingredients in sideways or keep stopping the machine to lift the beaters. Anyway, the beater height adjustment is the thing that probably would have made your egg white test successful.
Adjusting the height on this mixer won't really help. The mixer does not properly cream butter and sugar. I have a video on that comparing it with a traditional planetary. I've had 2 of these Ovation mixers and in my opinion there are a lot better options. If it is working for you, that is great! I am glad that you are enjoying it. I really like the concept of the pour in top, but it changes the path of the planetary in a way the impacts the performance in my opinion.
Thanks for the review. I was really excited for this mixer but the test highlighted one basic design flaw; the bowl shape in relation to the drive shaft. This bowl's base is flat and wide compared to the concave design of the traditional planetary stand mixer. What adds to the design flaw is how small the mixing attachments are in relation to the wide and flat bowl base which expands the mixing time. So picture this as using a serving spoon mixing ingredients in a cup (traditional stand mixers) as opposed to a teaspoon in a fish bowl (Kenmore ovation). That's why the mixing action if this mixer is so unproductive. I'm glad you did this review, it shows that customers like you guys know your stuff. I guess Kenmore have to go back to to the drawing board on this mixer. You guys do an amazing job on your reviews with your honesty. Thanks again.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment. I agree. It does keep the air and counters clean, so that was a win for the design. It is NOT a planetary, but as a five quart mixer, can't mix the same small size batches that all the other (planetary, and non-planetarys Bosch, Anks, etc) can. That's why we were harsh. If we threw more ingredients in there or were happy that it simply mixed (but took much longer than everything else), then fine. But for those people that don't knead bread dough in this, nor whip....Just need a clean counter to mix some cookies, then this is a five star because there isn't one mixer out there that can keep the kitchen as clean as this thing. So a new category. It gets an A for that. Everything else is not so great. On to the next mixer test.
Being a bread baker, after seeing the egg whites, I was dying to see that thing begging for mercy when you asked it to make bread dough. That bread hook was a joke! 🤣 Give me a Kitchen-Aid any day!
I have a $160 Beaumark stand mixer I bought at Zellers and it sorts of work as well as the Ovation. My Beaumark is a regular stand mixer and I have to scrape the bowl often, it has jerky motion when things get tough but I am not a chef and it just give a rest to my shoulder and arm. I am still able to bake. Like the Ovation, It is better to use a hand mixer to do eggs white or whipped cream. Thanks a lot a all around review. You save me a lot of money. I subscribed.
Hi Chapman! I think they used to sell the Beaumark in the US under the brand name Cooks. The Ovation is an interesting design idea and I was really excited about it...but after using it, the performance just isn't there. I was very disappointed because I really wanted to like it. Thanks for watching and for subscribing!
They separate more easily when cold and less risk of the yolk breaking. I would never risk ruining the whole mixture breaking the eggs over the whole mix accumulating in the bowl below.
I have no interest in this mixer, and the video is old, but I am charmed by Amy and Eric, and I find myself weirdly attached to this channel. Can’t stop binge-watching! 😂
I'm disappointed with this mixer. It is a cutie, but it is simply too wide to do anything. Maybe fill it up with 2 dozen eggs? Glad you enjoy our channel. We try to have fun here. Thanks for the kind words.
I liked the description, squatty😂Might as well just do everything by hand, less mess to clean up. Wow, I’m so shocked how bad it did. I only have a Kitchen Aid hand and stand mixer, they definitely work 100% better than that one. Are you gonna return it? I know I would, this video is your proof, you gave it way more chances than most and it kept failing. Thanks for the review and I’ll quit drooling over it now😃
Squatty is a funny name. Yes, I already printed the Amazon return label. Amy is very sad it behaved the way it did. It's a pretty mixer. Even if we adjusted the screw on the whip (1/10 of an inch) would not have mattered much. The ads were very misleading. But then, if you really want to mix 3 or 4 quarts of milk, it will do that. It can probably do a dozen egg whites (but all other mixers on this planet can do 2 eggs). Oh well! Thank you for watching!!!
I’m with u on it being almost sunbeam-like...it just pushes the ingredients around. I’m a chef and have used many mixers and I was doubtful on this mixer from the start because of the design. The pour through design is just a gimmick and doesn’t allow true planetary mixing. It’s like it was engineered by people that don’t use mixers. And I’m sorry but it’s clunky looking. Thanks for your review. Hopefully it’ll save a lot of people the frustration of buying it.
I just saw a video advertising this, it looked interesting but, having watched your review, I’m wondering what they tested in it! I wonder how many people bought this without seeing your review...it’s definitely an epic fail more than just a fail, the company wasted a whole lot of money producing this!!
Completely agree with you. All throughout this video, about all I could think of was how fast I could do this in my 30-year-old Cuisinart food processor -- especially the cookies!
This thing is amazing. That's all I can say. Very disappointed. All of our other mixers out performed this. Even the Farberware (this is much prettier and expensive) outperformed this.
yes!! On Amy's review and recommendation of the Farberware, I bought it. It is a working horse to make bread for the two of us. I had high hopes for this Kemmore mixer but after seeing this review, I will stay clear of it.
How's the Farberware holding up? I think it's well built, but not sure how much stress it can tolerate (long term) when making bread. It out performs many mixers that cost much more.
Eric, I do bread every weekend. At least 2 two French pound loaves, and 2 of Amy's bun recipes. Both recipes needs to knead for 30 minutes nonstop at 2 (to be sure I get window pane results) and no problems at all. I have been doing this for the last 3 months, and I haven't had any issue and no funny smells. So far it is a work horse.
Possible. It is a 'small' mixer so it should handle single batches. Even most 6 quart mixers can handle single batches. I think it's too wide because of the missing middle. It's possible to adjust a screw, but that should have been set at the factory.
settings? Like on the attachments so they better fit the bowl? If so, then hopefully it won't hurt. but then if you don't change attachments much or bowls...but this only comes with one large, wide glass bowl, so not like you're gonna swap out with a different bowl like a stainless steel or something.
Jabrina, watch Amy's What's up Wednesday. I put her facial expressions at the end. This video featured the close-ups of the mixer, thus you didn't see many of amy's reactions.
I’ve had one of these for about a year and a half now, and I think it’s main design flaw is the shape of the bowl-it’s simply too flat at the bottom. As flat as it is, wet ingredients just spread out and get too shallow for the whisk to touch enough of it when running. Another flaw I’ve noticed is the bowl’s likewise too wide-unlike with the KitchenAid mixer, which can literally scrape the sides of the bowl, the paddle attachment on this one can’t reach the sides. I feel like i have to constantly stop to scrape the sides of the bowl down when I’m making, e.g., cookies. I will say that if you’re making a large batch of something, it works fine. Smaller recipes are a total PITA though.
I see that the lid wasn't tight on the bowl. It was suppose to make a noise for tightness.Cause another lady demastated this mixer and she did have a problem.
Hi Amy! I love your show!! While i was watching the video it seems like you have not given enough time to whip the egg whites or cream, and speed should have been faster to ge better results. That's what I see.
I gave it more than 5 minutes. I just edited it out so you wouldn't have to sit there the whole time and watch it. I whipped it on the highest setting.
Needing more time is a factor that works against this mixer. The idea is a good one but the ability to perform compared to what is already available is definitely lacking.
I have a Sunbeam that's 43 years old (wedding shower gift from Godmother - sentimental). My mom used it for about 20 years because she baked every day. I pulled it out the other day and it STILL does the job. I use a KitchenAid as I bake more than I used to but the review for this doesn't seem fair. Egg whites and whipped cream need a lot of air; take the splash guard off!!! The hole in the top does not allow for much air.
They market the splash guard wrong. If it takes that much air and needs to be removed, then they need to ADVERTISE it without the guard. Their "pretty" ads don't help. What I find odd/funny/peculiar is how the whip doesn't help much because the bowl is so wide. even if it is adjusted a bit lower, it can't compete with such a wide bowl. Lack of air certainly doesn't help. I appreciate your watching and taking the time to comment. Thank you.
If you'd read the manual, you might have had a better experience: WIRE WHISK ADJUSTMENT The Wire Whisk may be adjusted to a lower position to reach a low level of ingredients in the bowl. Adjust as follows: 1. Turn speed dial to 0. 2. Unplug Mixer from electrical outlet. 3. Press down release lever to tilt head back and lock in place. 4. Remove the whisk from the shaft. 5. Use a flat blade screwdriver to turn the adjustment set screw in the top of the whisk. - To raise the whisk in the bowl, lower the set screw by turning clockwise. - To lower the whisk in the bowl, raise the set screw by turning counterclockwise. 6. Reattach the whisk to the mixer shaft.
The screw is tiny and does not adjust it hardly at all. This mixer does not perform well and I dont recommend that my viewers buy it. If you are still wanting this mixer, go right ahead. I have 28 stand mixers and this was one if the worst that I've ever used.
Megan, did you really watch the video? Did you see how close the whisk came to touching the glass bottom? Did you see how far up 1 egg went? 2 eggs went up? 3...ditto to 5? Not far. Have you compared this to a "normal" bowl that isn't so flat and wide? Most ingredients in a tapered bowl go further up the whisk. Some people suggested whipping takes a lot of air and the dust shield restricts air flow (limited to the hole in the top). That could be an issue, but NOT one ad nor instruction book tells you to remove the shield. Also, did you see the cookie dough? The paddles do NOT reach the middle of the bowl. That is why there is unmixed flour that must be hand mixed. I have never seen such a mixer fail. Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I might agree with you, but can't.
@@generic916 I did see that the wish didn't come very low, but there was no mention or attempt to make it come lower. I'd love to see a 2 minute update to see if that made a difference. Reviews on other sites are much different and make me wonder if her experience wasn't typical.
@@Troyer59 I think she posted on FaceBook returning it to UPS Store. You can't keep it forever if it doesn't work out for you. But like she says, if it works for you, then great. It is pretty. But if it doesn't work for you, then get something else that does. As for your comment about other reviews, I've seen a few that mentioned the incomplete mixing due to the wide bowl. The problem with many reviews is on Sears, they could be swayed like some other sites. The ones on Amazon are largely "Vine" users, thus don't count. We haven't really seen any UA-cam videos that go into this much depth. Did you see the cookie dough? Even if this thing did mix up the egg whites and cream, the cookie dough was horrendous. I'm guessing people made pancake batter, which is more fluid and not subject to the inefficiency of this design. Just for giggles, look at the Cooking Chef video. 45 seconds had stiff peaks. Five minutes for this. I know you don't trust that she had the whip all the way down. But my complaint is for any mixer manufacturer that only sells ONE bowl and ONE set of attachments, why aren't they at the optimal depth? Did you see that this is for five quarts, but the bowl isn't marked for anything smaller than one quart and more than four quarts? Is there a reason for that? Kinda odd.
I was very excited about this mixer when it first came out. After using it, there is nothing that I like about it. The pour through lid just creates a mess on top of the mixer, there is a gap in ring under the mixer head that will result in bacteria accumulation that is hard to clean, the attachments do not go down far enough (the paddle and dough hook have no adjustment and the whip has about 1 millimeter of adjustment), the shape of the bowl is too wide and the mixing action ...having to go around the hole in the top...results in an incomplete mix. There is no possible way that I would ever recommend this mixer to any of my viewers. I have used pretty much every brand of stand mixer on the market. I happen to own 28 mixers. I don't really concern myself with other people's reviews when making my decisions about a product. I use it myself and I give my opinion about it. You can take my opinion and the opinions from all the other people that have actually bought it and used it...and make your own purchase decision. Every cook is different. Every cook has different likes and dislikes. It is my opinion that although this is an interesting concept, it fails at the most basic tasks that I expect a stand mixer to be able to perform. Good luck on your purchase decision. I hope you find a mixer that you enjoy!
I agree. Love the low profile but Do Not like the working action, or should I say lack of working action..lol. I'd buy a cheap hand mixer that would blow that away.
The thing is so simple to analyse the fault of the Kenmore , you can see the distance between the wisk attachment and the bowl with more than half an inch distance to the bottom and more so on the side contour .the design of the bowl is the fault, and that is because of the hole on top. A good stand mixer you need to buy has to be with the space between the wisker and the bowl the most possible smallest distance (gap) nearly touching,and have the same contour on all sides with the smallest gap. In an other word you have to own a Kenwood the Rolls Royce of stand mixers
The bowl is too wide. It doesn't act like a true planetary because of the wide orbit. Even mixing just takes "too long" compared to every other mixer on the planet. Wanted to love it, but can't. A tapered bowl is a must to get the beaters closer to the sides and to minimize the travel time. Great comment. Thanks for watching!!!
The whisk is height adjustable from what I read. I bet if it has been adjusted with the egg whites, it would have worked well and got your whole opinion on the machine off to a better start. I certainly appreciate your putting all this info up for everyone, and you will still get a like from me, but I think you guys should read through the manuals before you do your reviews.
This mixer has an eyeglass screw only on the whisk. The very slight bit wouldn't make any difference. It has a huge bowl with tiny attachments and a bump in the middle of the bowl. I own 45 stand mixers and this is one of the worst performer sorry to say.
All I can say is: WOW-! (Just 'who slept with whom' to come-up with this quite-obvious fail of a design-??!!) I don't think I've watched any of your reviews accompanied with so much horror and laughter, simultaneously-! As Bobby powers rightly intoned: "That bowl is horrible, too flat and it’s not a planetary mixing action. They put all their eggs in the feature basket and made this super cool pour in feature and everything else suffered, typical bad design". That says a mouthful. As many folks might be aware, depending on which model of KitchenAid mixer, the number of 'points' the Planetary Mixing Action achieves at the side of the bowl varies from 59, 67, 69, to 72-points for the 6500 Design Series, 7 & 8 Quart models. The mind boggles at just "how few" this Kenmore mixer achieves. Amy, I think you were more-than-charitable with your review, and only Kenmore need apologize for focusing on one "feature", and to hell with the rest of the mixer. Thanks for taking the bullet for the rest of us. And for gosh sakes - hold on to this 'thing'. As its price point [presently, anyway] makes it less attractive for mass purchasing, coupled with its terrible design, it seems likely to languish on store "shelves" for a season - or maybe two, and then it will be price-cut drastically, and magically disappear. It will become a very heavy door stop collector's item. [Let's see if I'm right...] Thanks again.
Not gonna hold on to it. Putting the money saved towards a drone, so I can take arial shots of camping trips, the Cheese building near our camping site and outdoor BBQ action and stuff. Not a fan of $370 door stops. So this time next year, expect some interesting footage.
Eric Learns to Cook I know and Amy’s energy doesn’t lie. I felt bad for her how underwhelmed she was with it. But it was funny I literally laughed. I just love y’all.
Did you watch the What's up Wednesday? I put Amy's facial expressions from this video at the end of that one. Hope you ALWAYS watch our vids til the real end!!!!
Initially, Amy's review got to me. I thought about return my Ovation. However, who would have invest so much on a machine to put on the market when it work so poorly?!
I read lots of positive review on amazon which I've decided to gave it a try. After trying out the machine, I absolutely loved it. Not only it was easy to use, it worked the way it should be. Not sure why Amy had so much trouble. Amy's review was just her opinion. I wouldn't rely on one person's review.
I am glad that you are enjoying your Ovation. I really wanted to like this mixer. However, I just couldn't give it my recommendation because there are others that perform better for the price. I have over 30 mixers and this is how I feel about it. Thanks for watching!
@@AmyLearnsToCook I just purchased a Kenmore Ovation that will repose on the kitchen counter under the cabinets (16" clearance) in my very small kitchen. I also own the very expensive KitchenAid mixer with the very expensive attachments that has been relegated to the basement because of its height and weight. I have mixed cookie dough and ground meats successfully with the Ovation, but have not tried the notorious whipped cream test yet. As with any appliance there are pros & cons, and I would like to share mine.
Pros: I like and frequently use the pour spout, the well designed detachable pouring shield keeps my counters free of spills, the mixing bowl lid is really handy for refrigerator storage, I like the glass mixing bowl, and the 5-year warranty is a plus.
Cons: It is not a KitchenAid, nor should one expect it to duplicate the performance of one; there are longer mixing times. All components must be hand washed, it is a heavy little devil, the grater and egg separator can be safely discarded, and I wonder how secure will a warranty be from a virtually defunct company.
Summary: It is a beautiful appliance and I delight in the innovative design features. Amy is right, this mixer is not suitable for such heavy duty tasks such as bread making, nor does it match the mixing speed requirements some users might demand. At the time of this review, the cost is $229 on Amazon which is what I paid for this appliance.
@@JeannetteShoreland I got one for $50 when they tanked and closed them out, likely due to this review 😂 It's been fine for us, i like all of the gadgets available to attach to the kitchenaid, but really this works well for everything we've ever used it for. If one needs to wisk eggs, why the hell would they drag out their stand mixer? My $10 hand mixer has a wisk attachment. I like that this thing is mess free.
are you really not sure why she had so much trouble?
When you watch the ads for this, with the whipped cream it's especially noticeable, the bowl is too clean ~ they start with already whipped cream instead of whipping from a liquid.
mis-leading advertising done by food stylists, not actual users
You are 100% correct on that. But then it's an ad to show how pretty the mixer is, not to show how it actually works. :-(
It likely wasn't whipped cream at all. Probably not even an edible product- maybe something like shaving cream. But that sorta thing is just pretty standard food stylist practice
Love that you stand by your own "personal" opinion. For that trait I trust and truly enjoy your shows. Thanks♡😊
It’s painful to watch how slowly it incorporates ingredients:(
Also, with Sears being the way it is now, I don't think I would invest $400 in a machine that might need servicing later on. Sears is not honouring their warranties in Canada now. People bought extended warranties on a lot of appliances and they've wasted their money.
Well I wouldn't count on a Sears warranty anyways. It's like an insurance company that wants to save money by denying claims. Or in this case, going out of business. Lots of Kenmore products last for quite a while. That is sad the extended warranties are not being honored.
I just got this mixer for a good price. It is still being sold but not sure it will be an item that is around in the future or being developed further.I like it so far but just addressing a few things mentioned in the video. The glass bowl is domed allowing for the beaters to go along the side to keep batter from building on the sides & not getting mixed in as some mixers do. The problem with beating egg whites shown in the video is easily resolved by adjusting the set screw on the top of the whisk beater itself. Yes it is tiny but a small adjustment makes all the difference. I beat 2 egg whites from 2 large eggs (they are pretty small) & it took 2 1/2 minutes to get firm, peaked egg whites. That minor adjustment works beautifully. The unique pour in from the top of the mixer along with the snap cover that is so unique & easy to place on & remove, is unbelievably handy to add ingredients & keep everything in the bowl & not the counter. One of the drawbacks is there are no replacements for the glass bowl, & parts do not seem to be readily accessible in case of a problem. The tilt head lever can have problems- I received my first one & it was broken out of the box. It was replaced immediately by Kenmore by sending me a new mixer. However I have read a review that stated it can fail due to a plastic piece instead of metal parts on the inside of the mixer that the lever works from.It is heavy but that is critical for mixing heavy doughs or large batches- don't want it jumping all over the counter. The light directed inside the bowl s an added bonus. I love a glass bowl-heavy yes but not unbearably so-I like glass for mixing. Just an old school girl I guess.
I think the blunt honest review is what makes these videos charming and valuable. I appreciate you Amy.
I like how your review is so raw and honest. It's awesome. :D
Thank you. We do our best to be honest on all reviews. This one just disappointed us so much after all the hype and pretty ads.
Honestly Amy, I kind of want to see you test your KitchenAid Artisan Design because I want to see how quickly your KitchenAid Mixer whips the cream.
Cj Smart agree! 💯 KA beats faster with that amount of cream for sure but,
I willl NOT buy KA only of and only because of it being capabe of beating smaller quantities.
ua-cam.com/video/M4cjObVIevc/v-deo.html she did her Artisan vs Breville I'm not sure if she ever did a test with her Design Artisan. She's used it, but never tested it.
A bowl and a whisk is quicker than this thing
Robert Knight Yeah but it means extensive elbow grease.
I couldn't find any video reviews of this mixer (aside from the Sears promo). I believe your video is the first Kenmore Ovation review on UA-cam. Great review! I'll stick with my KitchenAid mixer 🙂
Thank you. We were hoping it would have performed like a normal mixer. It is very pretty. Amy's sad that it's useless, so it's going back.
What a gigantic let down. It doesn't mater how pretty something is if it doesn't work. I kept watching saying my gosh this is taking forever. Did the people at Sears even think this was right? Must not have been bakers. It also proves all those 5 star reviews on Amazon were only the result of getting it free. But you know what? No one could even give that to me. Thanks Amy and Eric. It just goes to show you can't believe all the hype
Hype is correct! The reviewers were not truthful in what they posted--the could not have made anything without the process requiring more time.
Russ, I agree. Amazons reviews have been getting sketchy to me anyway and this proves it. Plus they have been having alot of products right from china, and they have been ok I guess but they haven't told me that until check out and then the products give me a chinese tracking number. Several things I ordered for my granddaugthers for christmas last year had this issue. They got here on time, but then, other reviews have said really good things and I get something and its not.. So I have had alot of things lately with them, but now this proves that if you get a free product, you must have to say good things about it. What a sad way to do business and I have always loved amazon but now, Im very skeptical of them
I don't like VINE comments for that reason Sophie. The VINE reviews on this mixer were useless, almost like unboxings and not real use. Some of the unknown brand Chinese products have questionable reviews. Not all, but some, and those are scary. Makes you want to spend a few more bucks and buy a name brand. The Ali Express makes stuff for a lot of people. They just customize the brand name/logo for each of the sellers. They then get on Amazon. It's quite interesting.
Great review I know this is not the best mixer to buy, I'm glad you done the demonstration.
My husband and I were wondering if they made the attachments smaller because they were worried about them hitting the sides of the glass bowl repeatedly ? For the money I would never buy this, it takes way to long to get the jobs done. I just bought an ANK to help my "vintage" as its now called kitchenaid. Hubby serviced the kitchenaid and it runs and sounds like brand new. It's 28 yrs old, weighs a ton and works like a dream. We just found your channel last week and have been having a blast watching the reviews. I wanted an artisan but so glad I didn't buy one after watching the review. Can't wait to play with the ANK ! Which actually is how we found your channel. Hubby sent me your review to watch to see if I liked the machine because it's different than anything we'd seen before. Cheers from Baltimore Ontario.
I don't think you can do wrong with an ANK. Much better option than this. The ability to service and repair KA mixers is great. Can't do that with all mixers. Not sure how long parts will be available for this thing. Thank you for watching. It's been a year now. Hope you love your ANK.
Thanks Amy for your review! I was really hoping this mixer would do well. I think I’ll hold on to my money.
Thanks Brenda. This is a pretty mixer. Amy's sad to see it go. But $370 (inc tax) is much sadder to see it wasted on this.
Diane Marie I’m happy to hear that you are enjoying your Kenmore Elite however I will not be purchasing one. Perhaps you can do a review of the mixer and post it to You Tube.
Can you adjust the height on the attachments?.
Read other posts above for answers
There is a set screw on the whisk to adjust for small quantities.
Interesting review. I would say you're right about how it works. It's more a novelty with no practical value, except for an art piece. I would like to see your review on the SMEG, the Hobart, and hopefully... One of these days... A GLOBE SP10! Yes, you can do it! I know you can!
Globe SP10? I think we have to draw the line at some point. Not sure if the average home cook would EVER use one of those. LOL!!!!!!!!!
But Eric... Just think about all that whipped topping you get.. All to yourself! LOL 😂
Yeah I want a Globe. LOL!
Yep as I watch you get through the bread portion all I like is the pour through the top feature and it has the best anti splatter shield I’ve seen on a mixer keeping the flour from poofing up everywhere
Thanks for the review. It looks like a sports car but it's good to know the performance is not there.
Hi Amy, Thanks for such a thorough review. I think the bowl is too wide for egg whites and cream, unless a person is doing a lot (like, a quart of cream). Would it work better for this without the splatter shield sitting on the bowl? Plus, that mixing action is strange. The butter and sugar were not beating in even after you scraped it up. I just hope others will see this before they decide to buy it.
ever in the event of using larger quantites the design requires more time compared to other models that cost much less.
Wow, that was really interesting Amy. It's interesting in that when I first saw this mixer, the two wonders/concerns I had were 1) that the bowl was so wide and flat at the bottom and 2) with the hole in the middle and the beater having to travel that wide arc around it how was that going to work. I really thought about that when, during the unboxing, you turned on a KA next to it and I saw that one spinning. I hadn't thought about the possibility of how things would fare around the mechanism with dropping things through the top but saw what you meant. I would drive myself crazy trying to keep it clean.
My initial concern with the wide mixing arc was would it miss stuff in the middle given the flat bottom bowl, but I just don't think it's an efficient setup overall. Clearly it was a fail in particular with small amounts as you demonstrated. For my money I have to stick with the KA. Seems they've been around for nearly 100 years with few changes for a reason, and I'm just as impressed with mine as I was the first time I used it 34 years ago. Its results are light years ahead of this one. I give them credit for being innovative in their design, which we don't see a lot of these days, it's unfortunate that the overall package just doesn't quite seem to come together.
One other thing I learned is I wouldn't want anything with a knob. I think the KA slide control is probably much easier to work with. The knob seemed "fiddly" when you were trying to turn it on and off and change speeds.
Thank you as always for the care and detail that go into your reviews. This particular one especially illustrates how helpful they are to people, and show why many manufacturers trust you to show their products to the public.
Well Scott, you were dead right on your assessment during the unboxing video. Didn't really sink in with us until we tested it. But that's why we test things, right?
The bowl is NOT flat on the bottom!
You are a kind reviewer and really wanted it to do well. I feel it is a pretty fail machine. They are expensive, and not to do egg whites is not worth the price.
Love your thoroughness on the review! God Bless Eric... He SOOO WANTED it to be GREAT! haha!!! I love how you validated his feelings, but in the end... YOU ARE SO RIGHT! Wow... thank you so much for reviewing this... I'm so disappointed too. I was excited about the design, but you saved me a ton of money and headache! You two are great!
Thank you for watching and your comments. Worst case is if you did buy it, you have so much time to use it, right? If you buy it from Amazon, you have 30 days (unless you buy it around Xmas, then you have more). But yeah, we were really disappointed after all the hype and waiting. Glad we could be of assistance. Many better mixers out there (both more expensive and cheaper models).
Did you know that there is an adjustment for the height of the whisk? Perhaps you need to retest the whisk functions after adjusting the height, because in the video it looks like the whisk is riding too high. Also, when I make dough, I NEVER start with the hook, I start with the paddle and switch to the hook when the dough ball forms. Are you sure your tests are valid for these functions?
The screw on the whisk is only a few millimeters. It didn't make any difference.
Amy's dough videos always use the hook since that's what it's for. Did you see her Kenwood Cook N Chef? She kinda pointed that out. This thing is so wrong on many levels. But if someone would rather have an under performing and over priced mixer that truly doesn't make a mess, then so be it. This is a free country.
For those Sears & Roebuck lovers that can't tell the difference between a Kenmore Ovation (shown here) and the Elite (not here), I have one piece of advice...Save your money and buy the Farberware. It actually works and costs 1/3 the price of this PoS. El Comprendo???
Thank you, Amy, for your efforts, however, in my opinion, my KitchenAid would have done everything greatly better in one-fourth of the time. After watching you, I would not even be tempted to try doing anything with that mixer. I would be surprised if any of the engineers were bakers because there is no way they could have made anything and been satisfied with its performance.
Thank you we agree. The shape of the bowl and the accessories show that it will take several times the amount of time to mix something that a normal mixer can do. KA and everyone else has this mixer beat. But it is pretty though!!!
It.s really a shame because one can tell there was a lot of engineering creative design involved in the development of this new mixer, I sort of disappointed in its inability to function as it was expected to. It is a very dynamic looking mixer!
Oh my gosh, I’m dying here 🤣🤣🤣. You can just see in the very beginning (when doing the egg whites) you were NOT impressed and it just got funnier from there. Thank you Amy. 😁
Michelle, did you watch the What's Up Wednesday all the way to the end? hint...hint...hint.... I put all her facial expressions at the very end. Most you didn't see on this vid since this one focused on the mixer close-ups. ALWAYS watch our vids til the end. You never know what I'll put back there.
Eric Learns to Cook Yes I did see it to the very end. I had made the comment above half way through as I was laughing so hard. 🤣
I thought it was a bit sad watching all the enthusiasm and expectation seeping out of Amy as she progressed with the testing.
recently on this product on amazon, its getting good reviews, some people saying they cant believe that other bad review when it works so well for them.. well I found a website called fakespot.com where you can copy and paste reviews and they analyze them and say whether or not the reviews are fake,, and this review on amazon got an F so that just proves the reviews are being played.. I hope everyone can find this website and you can use it for any review not just amazon but amazon does seem to have alot of fake reviews. I wanted to pass this web site along to people,I check it now before I buy anything!
Thanks Sophie. Interesting site. You probably know that cooks are as dedicated to their tools as people are to their cars and to their politics. Not all mixers behave the same. People will love their mixer if it does what they want. Since this mixer does keep the counters (and air) clean, then it gets high marks for that. Amazon is funny in that my original review was taken down, so I reluctantly put it back up since I didn't think that action was fair. Here's the proof. I doubt anyone has used 40+ mixers doing the same tests as we have. I'm thinking some of the pushback is because they think we're comparing this to a KA, and we do the same tests with Anks, and Bosch's, Kenwoods, etc. Not all are planetary. Glad they enjoyed their mixer. Some reviews are fake, but it appears there are several that are genuine and that's great. At the time, there wasn't any genuine proof because only "Vine" users were posting the reviews, but glad some love it. But it is really funny/strange/odd/peculiar how political a review can get. As for this site, I don't care what it thinks of my review as I know it is true. I can only hope people use the review (and 30 day return policy to test it fully). If they love it, then keep it. Now on to the next mixer test...... LOL.
Actually, the planetary motion is correct. Planetary motion doesn't always get the middle of dough, even on my fantastic Kitchenaid. It's axis for the beater is offset, also. The Kenmore looks like a nice mixer.
Time for scrappy to come and clean up the mess! 😂😂😂
This mixer is listed in Good housekeeping Magazine as one of its 27 Lab-Approved Genius Finds, I am sure they did not test it and only listed it because Sears purchased a full page add.
Interesting. Would be nice if they would have tested it (free from pressure of ad money).
About the Ovation Stand Mixer, the colour is great.
Very pretty indeed.
Hey you two! I've been waiting for this review BEFORE I ran out and bought it. I'm so glad I waited. I agree with you Amy, it's a TOTAL failure. It performed poorly on every test (IMHO). This would have been such a waste of money for me. Thanks so much for taking the time to review this so quickly. Take care and God Bless, Linda
Perhaps it can mix larger batches (like a dozen eggs, while every other mixer can do 2 eggs). The ads all look staged, which is beautiful camera work. But nothing shows how badly this thing is designed.
Just not practical for normal family use...right!
Surprise surprise, everyone! The whisk is adjustable...so no wonder it did poorly on a couple of egg whites. There is a reason you are supposed to read the manual, particularly if you are going to be doing reviews. I just whipped up two COLD whites and it performed perfectly
That was almost painful to watch. LOL! It was so pretty and I had high hopes. But what a failure. I was excited about the top loading, but, I agree, it doesn't appear to be very helpful. I was getting nervous with the bread mix when it started making weird sounds. LOL It seemed like it was going to give out. I've only ever used my Kitchen aid mixer so the idea of the knobs they have for lifting the mixer and turning it on/off doesn't appeal to me.
Thanks. The mixer is pretty and likely can mix bigger amounts than what we gave it. Unfortunately, most mixers can do what we did in 1/2 the time. Too crazy. I hope you had a chance to watch Amy's What's Up Wednesday at the end where I put in all her facial expressions from this video. That was funny.
KitchenAid or Farberware are Going to be the only Stand Mixers I am going to purchase.
Farberware is my work horse for bread. it is just two of us, and it works perfectly, without overheating. For Cakes and batters, nothing beats my KitchenAid.
Lili T In that case for me, why not own both the KitchenAid and Farberware?!
I do. I got the Artisan KA in 2012, before I got the Farberware. The KA bogged down with bread dough and the smell was scary, so I stopped using it for anything heavy. This year (2018) I got the Farberware, and since then, I have been making weekly bread with it.
Lili T Actually I just started dreaming of possibility buying the new Cuisinart Precision Master Stand Mixer Because I read a lot of positive reviews about it.
I wish Amy would test that.
@@ableliliI have the KitchenAid now but I actually have 2 (YES 2) of them now.
I have the Tilt of course but I also have the Lift model.
Amy, great work at your honest review. I do not own a stand mixer but this one will be a no no even if I can afford the price.
Nah!! Shoot, I have a SUNBEAM that is better than that one! HA!! I also have a KA Classic and I just love it, however, if I was going to make a little meringue, I'd just use a hand mixer. That being said, Amy, I'd send that thing back!! You gave it plenty of tasks to do with more than enough ingredients. That thing is ridiculous!!! You saved us all a bunch of money! Thank you! XO
agree!
I would have given it a D .. A waste of money to buy and a waste of money in ingredients when you find out it can't mix properly and you end up throwing out what you were trying to mix.
I would have had to give it an F. It didn't do any of the tasks that it was set.
I love your video Amy. I gave the mixer a E rating on style and performance. I will stick to my KitchenAid mixer! Send it back immediately!
Thanks Barbara. KitchenAid looks like the best mixer in the world compared to this thing :-) Your mixer will do more things and in 1/2 the time compared to this mixer.
Farberware did a much better job and pretty much every other mixer could too.
100% correct on that statement. Thanks for watching.
So what mixer do you recommend then? I have never seen a Faberware mixer. And I want something with that Planetary mix that you talk about. I was just looking to buy this mixer. Thank you.
Always thought whipping egg whites required air incorporated in it. Your machine is closed off with the splash guard.
Yes, cream and egg whites do need the air, but maybe there was enough air coming in down through the top. Still, maybe without the splatter shield, the result might have been better.
Penny there is a gigantic hole in the top... plenty of air.
There's a chance that because we only used 5 egg whites, it was too shallow to get much of the whip involved. Not a problem in typical mixers that have tapered bowls that make it a bit deeper. I didnt' think of the closed air problem. We didn't test for that, so I can't comment. I just know the whip wasn't deep and the adjustment screw was very short, so even if we did lower the whip (and not get a banging noise), I doubt it would have helped. All the adds show WAY MORE egg whites in their mixing. Just dump that dozen eggs you weren't gonna use, because that's the only way this thing will work. Basically make two meringues at a time.
@@EricLearnstoCook From what it looks like, that unit would be better at a large volume because the bowl is so flat and wide. Probably also why that it took so long to whip the cream; the circle it has to make doesn't overlap like a Spirograph...
Oh dear, I was like cheered when Eric says "I see nothing wrong" in the kneeding part. I am a fan of this mixer, though I do respect Amy's opinion against this mixer and quite honestly, mostly of Amy's opinion in this mixer are considered honest and true. Amy being meticolous about the mixing action is something normal for sure because it is new in our eyes, but this mixer is different, you get the easy pour on top feature though and that is what this mixer is all about, I am a fan of Kenmore's dignity of showing off and not just basing the planetary action ratio of this new mixer to the good old ones like KA even they'll get hates about it like beating smaller quantities. To be honest, I like the mixing action of this especially in kneading the bread because it has a lot of space and leverage to knead around unlike the type of bowl like the ones on KA that feels like spining or only rotating the bread dough and you get lesser centrifugal force of hitting the dough ball with the side of the bowl and be able to let the dough hook knead inside the bread, and also it feels like it squeezes cookie batter up the beater especially in the 4.5 classic, also at least for me, beating 4 egg whites or 2 cups of whipping cream is something I will do in a hand mixer, it just that it becomes a standard that a stand mixer that beats smaller amount of specific ingredients is better because of advertising technique purposes. This mixer do not have a feature of beating smaller quantities but KA does, but, this mixer has a feature of easy pouring which the KA does not have, only the sometime-frusting to use splash guard that is really not a splash guard because of the C-shape and big hole to pour the ingredients in, it just simply means that KA does not have all of the feature and is not perfect and the same perspective goes to this mixer as well. It is only a matter of choices and preference in the end, just like Amy said in the Bosch comparing to the KA that it is both different in every area.
Thank you Luis for watching and your comment. It is quite possible that this mixer might mix larger batches. It has a very wide bowl at the bottom where most mixers have tapered bowls at the bottom, so they can mix smaller quantities. Also, with planetary mixing action, the beaters and whip goes everywhere. This thing goes in a wide circle. So between the wide circle and shallow ingredients, it just doesn't mix well. Then there's that shield. It may limited the amount of air that is incorporated into cream or egg whites. Just a mess. But if someone wants to mix up a dozen egg whites or a quart (or more) of cream at a time, then this might do the job. I can see some problems like this if you have a 7 or 8 quart mixer, but not a 5 quart, thus the reason for why we judged it so harshly. My main concern is how the marketing never warns you of this. I understand if you want to whip up one egg white, you likely need a hand held mixer or a very small bowl like the 3.5 or 4.5 quart bowls.
We like to do test and reviews because sometimes we think the mixer will behave one way and then it totally acts different. We wanted this to succeed as Amy really likes the color too. It just appears to be a crazy design that isn't best for mixing, unless you really want to make enough at a time to feed a large family (or put some in the freezer).
Eric Learns to Cook yep, I definitely understand Amy's and your's side as well though. BTW thanks for doing a review of this, it awares everybody else about this mixer, at least they will have an full overview about this mixer.
Best regards to you and the channel.
What an embarassing shame on Kenmore!
I've been telling my sis about this, sending photos, & telling how I'm getting ready to get it after I see it used & reviewed. All flights have since been cancelled! Thanks for the great, honest, highly informative review. My eyes don't lie to me!
You have to incorporate air into egg whites and whipped cream. That 360 shield cuts off the air! Bad bad bad design!
The bowl seems too flat and wide at the bottom so the beaters can't get to everything. The KitchenAid mixer bowls are cone conical shaped so the ingredients kind of pool into the center. This bowl is too flat and wide so the beaters aren't reaching the ingredients well. Failure failure failure!
A very big let down. We were hoping it would work. We didn't see that coming, especially with all the pretty ads. The bowl is too wide with too small beater, whip and hook. Very sad. Glad you saved your money.
Amy I think you were more than generous with your grading. Thanks to the close-up filming it was easy to see from the beginning that this mixer was just not up to the job. It could drive a newbie out of the kitchen in tears! Painful to watch. Admire your commitment to see it through to the end. Must be true...beauty is only skin deep. 😀 Thanks for your review!!
Amy was gonna be harsher. I bumped her whipping grade up. But that was before we saw how bad everything else would be. So that's my fault :=( She listened to me. LOL!
Amy, does it have a height adjustment for the whisk, dough hook and beater? If so then you need to re-test it because it clearly is no where near the bottom of the bowl.
There is a set screw on the whisk to adjust for small quantities.
There is not enough adjustment on the screw to make a difference. It it only about 1 mm.
U did an unboxing of a Hobart N50 rare HL6 stand mixer. R u going to post a video where u try that one out?
Yeah, can't wait to see that, and the Kenmore Cooking Chef, too. Oh, and the Efficient Kit one.
She has had that mixer way before she bought the Ovation, I really want to see the spiral beater in action! I hoope she tests it soon and posts the video!
Yeah I am going to do a video on the N50. It is waiting in the wings! I wish I could make videos faster but I work full-time. I can only shoot video on the weekends. Hang with me tho! I will get to it. I have a few mixer reviews on the way! The HL6, a Smeg, a Bosch Compact, a Viking, and the Kenmore Cooking Chef.
I'm at 20.00 and all I can say is send it back. However, I will wait to see if things change.
Nope. didn't get better. But feel free to watch the end of Amy's What's up Wednesday. Pretty funny.
Awesome review Amy..I'm glad you did this I'm not getting one of them
😂I thought this would be a great idea but appreciate your efforts. I wanted it to work but the bowl is to heavy for probably to take a chance on.
What does a plastic egg separator have to do with the machine ? The egg separator is an added extra.
It is something that they provided with the machine...so it should work properly.
@@AmyLearnsToCook I does work properly....When you couldn't do that (mine worked perfectly) I became very skeptical of your review. Looked like you really had a bone to pick before you started your review!
Maybe all they have to do is keep going on it. I works like is half done.
I have an Ovation and I really like it.
The one thing I did not see you do prior to whipping the egg whites was adjust the beater height in relation to the bottom of the bowl. Once I made the adjustment, the beater worked perfectly for egg whites and whipped cream. If you did do that and it still didn't beat the egg whites, then I think you might have had a faulty machine. I never separate eggs over a mixer, with or without that separators there is too much of a risk for contamination should the yolk break.
I do not use a stand mixer all that much, but the things I do make - like tons of marshmallows, whipped cream, and other baked goods around the holidays - have never been any problem with this mixer.
I also seem to make things where that open top always comes in handy. It's so much easier and far less messy than trying to slip ingredients in sideways or keep stopping the machine to lift the beaters.
Anyway, the beater height adjustment is the thing that probably would have made your egg white test successful.
Oops - I came here to see if KitchenAid attachments would work on the Ovation and found the answer. Thanks!!
Adjusting the height on this mixer won't really help. The mixer does not properly cream butter and sugar. I have a video on that comparing it with a traditional planetary. I've had 2 of these Ovation mixers and in my opinion there are a lot better options. If it is working for you, that is great! I am glad that you are enjoying it. I really like the concept of the pour in top, but it changes the path of the planetary in a way the impacts the performance in my opinion.
Thanks for the review. I was really excited for this mixer but the test highlighted one basic design flaw; the bowl shape in relation to the drive shaft. This bowl's base is flat and wide compared to the concave design of the traditional planetary stand mixer. What adds to the design flaw is how small the mixing attachments are in relation to the wide and flat bowl base which expands the mixing time. So picture this as using a serving spoon mixing ingredients in a cup (traditional stand mixers) as opposed to a teaspoon in a fish bowl (Kenmore ovation). That's why the mixing action if this mixer is so unproductive. I'm glad you did this review, it shows that customers like you guys know your stuff. I guess Kenmore have to go back to to the drawing board on this mixer. You guys do an amazing job on your reviews with your honesty. Thanks again.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment. I agree. It does keep the air and counters clean, so that was a win for the design. It is NOT a planetary, but as a five quart mixer, can't mix the same small size batches that all the other (planetary, and non-planetarys Bosch, Anks, etc) can. That's why we were harsh. If we threw more ingredients in there or were happy that it simply mixed (but took much longer than everything else), then fine. But for those people that don't knead bread dough in this, nor whip....Just need a clean counter to mix some cookies, then this is a five star because there isn't one mixer out there that can keep the kitchen as clean as this thing. So a new category. It gets an A for that. Everything else is not so great. On to the next mixer test.
@@EricLearnstoCook thanks for your review. Much appreciated 💯.
Keep up the amazing work you guys. ❤️
Being a bread baker, after seeing the egg whites, I was dying to see that thing begging for mercy when you asked it to make bread dough. That bread hook was a joke! 🤣 Give me a Kitchen-Aid any day!
Yeah the bread hook and paddle are way too small for that bowl. Thanks for watching, Tracy!
Great review. Even if I had the money to buy this, I most likely wouldn’t. Thanks Amy.
Thanks for watching Ann. Glad you enjoyed it. :-)
Eric Learns to Cook you’re welcome 😊
Wow... what a disappointment. That bowl is a big, HUGE problem. The paddles can't work the ingredients.
And that egg separator is a nightmare :(
Thank you gonna stay with my Kitchen Aid
I was thinking about buying one so I'm glad I got to see your review. Thanks for saving me $400!
We wanted to love this pretty mixer. It just didn't live up to the ads. Thanks for watching. We appreciate it.
I have a $160 Beaumark stand mixer I bought at Zellers and it sorts of work as well as the Ovation. My Beaumark is a regular stand mixer and I have to scrape the bowl often, it has jerky motion when things get tough but I am not a chef and it just give a rest to my shoulder and arm. I am still able to bake. Like the Ovation, It is better to use a hand mixer to do eggs white or whipped cream. Thanks a lot a all around review. You save me a lot of money. I subscribed.
Hi Chapman! I think they used to sell the Beaumark in the US under the brand name Cooks. The Ovation is an interesting design idea and I was really excited about it...but after using it, the performance just isn't there. I was very disappointed because I really wanted to like it. Thanks for watching and for subscribing!
my thoughts exactly!!
Did you use room temp egg whites ? They should be. And one speck of egg yolk will prevent whites from whipping to full volume.
They separate more easily when cold and less risk of the yolk breaking. I would never risk ruining the whole mixture breaking the eggs over the whole mix accumulating in the bowl below.
Kenmore is an incredible name, but they should have rethought the entire thing. I'll stick with my kitchenaid!
I have used many Kenmore appliances over the years, but this mixer was not thought out very well. I agree.
I also agree for the price it is a failure based on watching the demonstration a C is generous.
I have no interest in this mixer, and the video is old, but I am charmed by Amy and Eric, and I find myself weirdly attached to this channel. Can’t stop binge-watching! 😂
I'm disappointed with this mixer. It is a cutie, but it is simply too wide to do anything. Maybe fill it up with 2 dozen eggs? Glad you enjoy our channel. We try to have fun here. Thanks for the kind words.
I liked the description, squatty😂Might as well just do everything by hand, less mess to clean up. Wow, I’m so shocked how bad it did. I only have a Kitchen Aid hand and stand mixer, they definitely work 100% better than that one. Are you gonna return it? I know I would, this video is your proof, you gave it way more chances than most and it kept failing. Thanks for the review and I’ll quit drooling over it now😃
Squatty is a funny name. Yes, I already printed the Amazon return label. Amy is very sad it behaved the way it did. It's a pretty mixer. Even if we adjusted the screw on the whip (1/10 of an inch) would not have mattered much. The ads were very misleading. But then, if you really want to mix 3 or 4 quarts of milk, it will do that. It can probably do a dozen egg whites (but all other mixers on this planet can do 2 eggs). Oh well! Thank you for watching!!!
The egg separator might work well with really low quality eggs
I’m with u on it being almost sunbeam-like...it just pushes the ingredients around. I’m a chef and have used many mixers and I was doubtful on this mixer from the start because of the design. The pour through design is just a gimmick and doesn’t allow true planetary mixing. It’s like it was engineered by people that don’t use mixers. And I’m sorry but it’s clunky looking. Thanks for your review. Hopefully it’ll save a lot of people the frustration of buying it.
I just saw a video advertising this, it looked interesting but, having watched your review, I’m wondering what they tested in it! I wonder how many people bought this without seeing your review...it’s definitely an epic fail more than just a fail, the company wasted a whole lot of money producing this!!
,Very funny video Amy 😂😂😂. Thanks for giving this machine a second chance 🙈. But now ask Eric to send the machine back to Toys‘R us 😁😁
Toys'R Us already went out of business. Sears is next :-(
This hole at the top made the whole rotation of the mixer wider and the bowl too
I 100% agree. Thanks for watching. We appreciate it.
Completely agree with you. All throughout this video, about all I could think of was how fast I could do this in my 30-year-old Cuisinart food processor -- especially the cookies!
This thing is amazing. That's all I can say. Very disappointed. All of our other mixers out performed this. Even the Farberware (this is much prettier and expensive) outperformed this.
Is this machine loud like a commercial Air liner?
No...it is about average on the sound.
The Farberware performed better for a fraction of the price.
yes!! On Amy's review and recommendation of the Farberware, I bought it. It is a working horse to make bread for the two of us. I had high hopes for this Kemmore mixer but after seeing this review, I will stay clear of it.
You're 100% correct!
How's the Farberware holding up? I think it's well built, but not sure how much stress it can tolerate (long term) when making bread. It out performs many mixers that cost much more.
Eric, I do bread every weekend. At least 2 two French pound loaves, and 2 of Amy's bun recipes. Both recipes needs to knead for 30 minutes nonstop at 2 (to be sure I get window pane results) and no problems at all.
I have been doing this for the last 3 months, and I haven't had any issue and no funny smells.
So far it is a work horse.
Wow, that Farberware is a discount-store workhorse. Glad it's holding up for you. :-)
I think this mixer would perform much better with double (maybe triple) batches. Single batches are too little for this mixer.
Possible. It is a 'small' mixer so it should handle single batches. Even most 6 quart mixers can handle single batches. I think it's too wide because of the missing middle. It's possible to adjust a screw, but that should have been set at the factory.
Moving the settings back and forth. Is that a good thinkg to do?
settings? Like on the attachments so they better fit the bowl? If so, then hopefully it won't hurt. but then if you don't change attachments much or bowls...but this only comes with one large, wide glass bowl, so not like you're gonna swap out with a different bowl like a stainless steel or something.
+Lourdes Laparra What settings?
Oh am I glad I didn’t order this piece of junk! Thanks for the demo.
Just wondering... Does this mixer have a beater height adjustment screw like KitchenAid?
Yes it does. Hers obviously needs to be adjusted down.
I was cringing every second this mixer was on...oh Kenmore...
Jabrina, watch Amy's What's up Wednesday. I put her facial expressions at the end. This video featured the close-ups of the mixer, thus you didn't see many of amy's reactions.
Eric Learns to Cook omg I was dying of laughter you could see the progression of disappointment! 😂
I’ve had one of these for about a year and a half now, and I think it’s main design flaw is the shape of the bowl-it’s simply too flat at the bottom. As flat as it is, wet ingredients just spread out and get too shallow for the whisk to touch enough of it when running.
Another flaw I’ve noticed is the bowl’s likewise too wide-unlike with the KitchenAid mixer, which can literally scrape the sides of the bowl, the paddle attachment on this one can’t reach the sides. I feel like i have to constantly stop to scrape the sides of the bowl down when I’m making, e.g., cookies.
I will say that if you’re making a large batch of something, it works fine. Smaller recipes are a total PITA though.
I wouldn’t necessarily say it failed, but it definitely isn’t efficient in its mixing action.
I see that the lid wasn't tight on the bowl. It was suppose to make a noise for tightness.Cause another lady demastated this mixer and she did have a problem.
I have no idea if you can adjust the height of the mixer but maybe you can? It looks like the calibration for the attachment was wrong.
The only adjustment is on the whip. It is a tiny eyeglass screw that doesn't adjust it much.
Hi Amy! I love your show!! While i was watching the video it seems like you have not given enough time to whip the egg whites or cream, and speed should have been faster to ge better results. That's what I see.
I gave it more than 5 minutes. I just edited it out so you wouldn't have to sit there the whole time and watch it. I whipped it on the highest setting.
Needing more time is a factor that works against this mixer. The idea is a good one
but the ability to perform compared to what is already available is definitely lacking.
I have a Sunbeam that's 43 years old (wedding shower gift from Godmother - sentimental). My mom used it for about 20 years because she baked every day. I pulled it out the other day and it STILL does the job. I use a KitchenAid as I bake more than I used to but the review for this doesn't seem fair. Egg whites and whipped cream need a lot of air; take the splash guard off!!! The hole in the top does not allow for much air.
They market the splash guard wrong. If it takes that much air and needs to be removed, then they need to ADVERTISE it without the guard. Their "pretty" ads don't help. What I find odd/funny/peculiar is how the whip doesn't help much because the bowl is so wide. even if it is adjusted a bit lower, it can't compete with such a wide bowl. Lack of air certainly doesn't help. I appreciate your watching and taking the time to comment. Thank you.
THANK YOU for the review, you just saved us all a good chunk of money!
Well, we were hoping it would have performed better. I guess that's an understatement?
Which mixer would you recommend to a newbie that's not too messy?
If you'd read the manual, you might have had a better experience:
WIRE WHISK ADJUSTMENT
The Wire Whisk may be adjusted to a lower position to reach a low level of
ingredients in the bowl. Adjust as follows:
1. Turn speed dial to 0.
2. Unplug Mixer from electrical outlet.
3. Press down release lever to tilt head back and lock in place.
4. Remove the whisk from the shaft.
5. Use a flat blade screwdriver to turn the adjustment set screw in the top of the whisk.
- To raise the whisk in the bowl, lower the set screw by turning clockwise.
- To lower the whisk in the bowl, raise the set screw by turning counterclockwise.
6. Reattach the whisk to the mixer shaft.
The screw is tiny and does not adjust it hardly at all. This mixer does not perform well and I dont recommend that my viewers buy it. If you are still wanting this mixer, go right ahead. I have 28 stand mixers and this was one if the worst that I've ever used.
Megan, did you really watch the video? Did you see how close the whisk came to touching the glass bottom? Did you see how far up 1 egg went? 2 eggs went up? 3...ditto to 5? Not far. Have you compared this to a "normal" bowl that isn't so flat and wide? Most ingredients in a tapered bowl go further up the whisk. Some people suggested whipping takes a lot of air and the dust shield restricts air flow (limited to the hole in the top). That could be an issue, but NOT one ad nor instruction book tells you to remove the shield. Also, did you see the cookie dough? The paddles do NOT reach the middle of the bowl. That is why there is unmixed flour that must be hand mixed. I have never seen such a mixer fail. Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I might agree with you, but can't.
@@generic916 I did see that the wish didn't come very low, but there was no mention or attempt to make it come lower. I'd love to see a 2 minute update to see if that made a difference. Reviews on other sites are much different and make me wonder if her experience wasn't typical.
@@Troyer59 I think she posted on FaceBook returning it to UPS Store. You can't keep it forever if it doesn't work out for you. But like she says, if it works for you, then great. It is pretty. But if it doesn't work for you, then get something else that does. As for your comment about other reviews, I've seen a few that mentioned the incomplete mixing due to the wide bowl. The problem with many reviews is on Sears, they could be swayed like some other sites. The ones on Amazon are largely "Vine" users, thus don't count. We haven't really seen any UA-cam videos that go into this much depth. Did you see the cookie dough? Even if this thing did mix up the egg whites and cream, the cookie dough was horrendous. I'm guessing people made pancake batter, which is more fluid and not subject to the inefficiency of this design. Just for giggles, look at the Cooking Chef video. 45 seconds had stiff peaks. Five minutes for this. I know you don't trust that she had the whip all the way down. But my complaint is for any mixer manufacturer that only sells ONE bowl and ONE set of attachments, why aren't they at the optimal depth? Did you see that this is for five quarts, but the bowl isn't marked for anything smaller than one quart and more than four quarts? Is there a reason for that? Kinda odd.
I was very excited about this mixer when it first came out. After using it, there is nothing that I like about it. The pour through lid just creates a mess on top of the mixer, there is a gap in ring under the mixer head that will result in bacteria accumulation that is hard to clean, the attachments do not go down far enough (the paddle and dough hook have no adjustment and the whip has about 1 millimeter of adjustment), the shape of the bowl is too wide and the mixing action ...having to go around the hole in the top...results in an incomplete mix.
There is no possible way that I would ever recommend this mixer to any of my viewers. I have used pretty much every brand of stand mixer on the market. I happen to own 28 mixers. I don't really concern myself with other people's reviews when making my decisions about a product. I use it myself and I give my opinion about it.
You can take my opinion and the opinions from all the other people that have actually bought it and used it...and make your own purchase decision. Every cook is different. Every cook has different likes and dislikes. It is my opinion that although this is an interesting concept, it fails at the most basic tasks that I expect a stand mixer to be able to perform.
Good luck on your purchase decision. I hope you find a mixer that you enjoy!
Is adding ingredients to the side of a bowl really that difficult such that they had to re-engineer a mixer and add an additional part to clean?
Changed my mind...I will save my $50.00 for the Ank.
Can't go wrong with an Ank.
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KITCHENAID 👑
I agree. Love the low profile but Do Not like the working action, or
should I say lack of working action..lol. I'd buy a cheap hand mixer that would blow that away.
The thing is so simple to analyse the fault of the Kenmore , you can see the distance between the wisk attachment and the bowl with more than half an inch distance to the bottom and more so on the side contour .the design of the bowl is the fault, and that is because of the hole on top. A good stand mixer you need to buy has to be with the space between the wisker and the bowl the most possible smallest distance (gap) nearly touching,and have the same contour on all sides with the smallest gap. In an other word you have to own a Kenwood the Rolls Royce of stand mixers
Pretty mixer. Design is a bit off because of that hole in the top. Kenwoods are nice. That's for sure.
The bowl is too wide. It doesn't act like a true planetary because of the wide orbit. Even mixing just takes "too long" compared to every other mixer on the planet. Wanted to love it, but can't. A tapered bowl is a must to get the beaters closer to the sides and to minimize the travel time. Great comment. Thanks for watching!!!
I guess we can see why sears has gone out of business. Haven’t made a quality product under any of their names in a long time.
You could always use it as a mini washing machine for camping.
The whisk is height adjustable from what I read. I bet if it has been adjusted with the egg whites, it would have worked well and got your whole opinion on the machine off to a better start. I certainly appreciate your putting all this info up for everyone, and you will still get a like from me, but I think you guys should read through the manuals before you do your reviews.
This mixer has an eyeglass screw only on the whisk. The very slight bit wouldn't make any difference. It has a huge bowl with tiny attachments and a bump in the middle of the bowl. I own 45 stand mixers and this is one of the worst performer sorry to say.
All I can say is: WOW-! (Just 'who slept with whom' to come-up with this quite-obvious fail of a design-??!!)
I don't think I've watched any of your reviews accompanied with so much horror and laughter, simultaneously-! As Bobby powers rightly intoned: "That bowl is horrible, too flat and it’s not a planetary mixing action. They put all their eggs in the feature basket and made this super cool pour in feature and everything else suffered, typical bad design". That says a mouthful.
As many folks might be aware, depending on which model of KitchenAid mixer, the number of 'points' the Planetary Mixing Action achieves at the side of the bowl varies from 59, 67, 69, to 72-points for the 6500 Design Series, 7 & 8 Quart models. The mind boggles at just "how few" this Kenmore mixer achieves.
Amy, I think you were more-than-charitable with your review, and only Kenmore need apologize for focusing on one "feature", and to hell with the rest of the mixer. Thanks for taking the bullet for the rest of us.
And for gosh sakes - hold on to this 'thing'. As its price point [presently, anyway] makes it less attractive for mass purchasing, coupled with its terrible design, it seems likely to languish on store "shelves" for a season - or maybe two, and then it will be price-cut drastically, and magically disappear. It will become a very heavy door stop collector's item. [Let's see if I'm right...] Thanks again.
Not gonna hold on to it. Putting the money saved towards a drone, so I can take arial shots of camping trips, the Cheese building near our camping site and outdoor BBQ action and stuff. Not a fan of $370 door stops. So this time next year, expect some interesting footage.
Sounds like a better plan to me than [as you say] holding on to a $370 door stop-!
I like the shape of the bowl. There is so much innovation here, I hope they or someone can improve the performance instead of just going away.
Get a beater and whip that can cover that hole in the middle to have better performance. Otherwise, it is missing quite a bit of area.
I feel like one problem could be the shape of the bottom of the bowl. Too flat.
That's the consensus. It's just too wide and flat at the bottom for small jobs that other mixer routinely handle.
Can’t wait for the Kenwood!😃
agreed
Holy crap I’m dying laughing at about 29 minutes in “that’s amazing folks that’s amazing”
This was a serious test. But in hindsight, it looks funny the way it behaved.
Eric Learns to Cook I know and Amy’s energy doesn’t lie. I felt bad for her how underwhelmed she was with it. But it was funny I literally laughed. I just love y’all.
Did you watch the What's up Wednesday? I put Amy's facial expressions from this video at the end of that one. Hope you ALWAYS watch our vids til the real end!!!!
I saw a woman named Donna on You Tube doing pound cakes. I'm thinking of buying one.