I took the advice of commenters and removed the back shell (a single phillips screw), Found the two upper screws with springs, took a black magic marker to mark an "UP" position. Then I turned both screws clockwise 1/4 turn and the mixer slowed while on "Stir" (the first speed position). Not satisfied I turned both screws another 1/4 clockwise turn (which puts my mark in the "DOWN" position. Satisfied with the stir speed, I screwed the cover back on. You might want to clean up your Kitchenaid a bit, unplugged of course, which I did extensively 6 months ago. My Kitchenaid is a circa 1990 model with non-tilt mix head.
You just need to adjust the screws in the back of the mixer (top 2 screws with spring in the back after you remove the back cover). The tighter, the slower your first speed will be.
We spent two+ hours adjusting those two dang screws in the back (and the third one on the bottom) with the mixer on. Absolute slowest we could get Stir Speed was down to 120 RPM when it's supposed to be 60 RPM. And when we went that low, sometimes the Stir Speed would simply ... not run at all! So no, adjusting those screws doesn't always work.
Any tips for slowing down a hand-mixer, before I look into the gadget featured? I have a 1980s-ish Betty Crocker hand mixer that I can barely hold on the lowest setting. I don't use one enough to replace it but want the option of having one.
Just adjusted the screws andit works. I made sure to unpluf the mixer while sticking a screwdriver in there, but this seems to work. Thanks for the help!
Echo others, you dont need a separate device. You can adjust the speed by taking off the back cover. Tighten the two top screws (after loosening the lock nut). Roberts mixer I timed is rotating 50% over the recommended speed on low. Should be about 10 rotations in 10 seconds but you can make it go even slower.
Adjusting the speed from the back with the screws can ruin your mixer. I just tried to adjust the speed and now the mixer won't spin slower than 80 RPM. Even with the screws turned all the way in the mixer won't turn slower than 80 RPM. It was spinning at the recommended 60 RPM on speed setting #1 before I started messing with it (trying to adjust speed setting #6 to 180 RPM). If it ain't really broke don't fix it.
The first feelable notch on my mixer is at the "2" position, before that it won't move at all. Thanks to the comments I'll look into the back-plate-opening thing ...
Hi Robert, do you know if you can achieve a slower setting than the standard "stir" setting using this method with the adjustable speed controller? I'm trying to get to half the speed of the "stir" setting for experimentation on one of the KitchenAid attachments. Thanks!
@@roberta.edinger9405 I bought the controller you linked to, plugged my KitchenAid into it, the rotator sputtered for about 10 seconds and then the mixer stopped working. I can't get it to work at all. Any tips? It was set to variable just like in your video (as opposed to full).
See my comment above. Yes, via the speed control plate tuning, you can get the mixer slower than the designed speed. And no, don't use the method in this video! You're mixer should have a speed control plate you can pretty easily tune.
@@wraton The speed control plate doesn't always work. We spent many hours trying to get Stir speed to go down by adjusting those two screws... slowest we achieved was 120 RPM, and even then it would sometimes not run at all on Stir.
Has there been any I'll effects on the mixer? I was looking to knead bread dough but wanted it to be slower. Just wondering what that would do to the mixer. Thanks for posting.
I have been using it for several years with no ill effect to the mixer. The controller is actually designed for the type of motor that is in the mixer (Brushed motor). Hope this helps.
There is probably no ill affect because either way you're just reducing voltage to the motor but the mixer has a built in speed control plate you can and should tune instead of using this brute force contraption that now make your mixer difficult to adjust.
I took the advice of commenters and removed the back shell (a single phillips screw), Found the two upper screws with springs, took a black magic marker to mark an "UP" position. Then I turned both screws clockwise 1/4 turn and the mixer slowed while on "Stir" (the first speed position). Not satisfied I turned both screws another 1/4 clockwise turn (which puts my mark in the "DOWN" position. Satisfied with the stir speed, I screwed the cover back on. You might want to clean up your Kitchenaid a bit, unplugged of course, which I did extensively 6 months ago.
My Kitchenaid is a circa 1990 model with non-tilt mix head.
You just need to adjust the screws in the back of the mixer (top 2 screws with spring in the back after you remove the back cover). The tighter, the slower your first speed will be.
Thank you! That is a big help.
also if I know I'm going to be making a very liquidy batter I'll use the regular paddle and not the flex edge.
We spent two+ hours adjusting those two dang screws in the back (and the third one on the bottom) with the mixer on. Absolute slowest we could get Stir Speed was down to 120 RPM when it's supposed to be 60 RPM. And when we went that low, sometimes the Stir Speed would simply ... not run at all! So no, adjusting those screws doesn't always work.
Any tips for slowing down a hand-mixer, before I look into the gadget featured? I have a 1980s-ish Betty Crocker hand mixer that I can barely hold on the lowest setting. I don't use one enough to replace it but want the option of having one.
Just adjusted the screws andit works. I made sure to unpluf the mixer while sticking a screwdriver in there, but this seems to work. Thanks for the help!
Echo others, you dont need a separate device. You can adjust the speed by taking off the back cover. Tighten the two top screws (after loosening the lock nut). Roberts mixer I timed is rotating 50% over the recommended speed on low. Should be about 10 rotations in 10 seconds but you can make it go even slower.
Really appreciate the information. Thank you!
We tried to adjust those two screws. Did not work. Slowest stir speed possible was 120 RPM, and that was unreliable.
Adjusting the speed from the back with the screws can ruin your mixer. I just tried to adjust the speed and now the mixer won't spin slower than 80 RPM. Even with the screws turned all the way in the mixer won't turn slower than 80 RPM. It was spinning at the recommended 60 RPM on speed setting #1 before I started messing with it (trying to adjust speed setting #6 to 180 RPM). If it ain't really broke don't fix it.
The first feelable notch on my mixer is at the "2" position, before that it won't move at all.
Thanks to the comments I'll look into the back-plate-opening thing ...
Will this work with a one speed spiral dough mixer?
It's cool to know that John Madden had a cookware side project on UA-cam.
Gotta keep up with George Foreman, you know.
If you change the potentiometer to a correct value you’ll get a higher range of adjustment with a finer resolution!
i'm searching for some way to replace ' fold up' procees .. for exmple when baking japanesecottoncheesecake.. lastly,u have to foldup mixer
BRILLIANT!!!!
Thank you!
Hi Robert, do you know if you can achieve a slower setting than the standard "stir" setting using this method with the adjustable speed controller? I'm trying to get to half the speed of the "stir" setting for experimentation on one of the KitchenAid attachments. Thanks!
Yes, you can slow it down to a crawl.
@@roberta.edinger9405 I bought the controller you linked to, plugged my KitchenAid into it, the rotator sputtered for about 10 seconds and then the mixer stopped working. I can't get it to work at all. Any tips? It was set to variable just like in your video (as opposed to full).
See my comment above. Yes, via the speed control plate tuning, you can get the mixer slower than the designed speed.
And no, don't use the method in this video! You're mixer should have a speed control plate you can pretty easily tune.
@@wraton you should do a quik video to show how maybe?
@@wraton The speed control plate doesn't always work. We spent many hours trying to get Stir speed to go down by adjusting those two screws... slowest we achieved was 120 RPM, and even then it would sometimes not run at all on Stir.
thank you !
You're welcome!
Has there been any I'll effects on the mixer? I was looking to knead bread dough but wanted it to be slower. Just wondering what that would do to the mixer. Thanks for posting.
I have been using it for several years with no ill effect to the mixer. The controller is actually designed for the type of motor that is in the mixer (Brushed motor). Hope this helps.
There is probably no ill affect because either way you're just reducing voltage to the motor but the mixer has a built in speed control plate you can and should tune instead of using this brute force contraption that now make your mixer difficult to adjust.
This did not work for me. It did absolutely nothing
That was not stir speed.
A lid.