My next mixer is a Viking Pro. It costs more than the KitchenAid. A lot more. I don’t mind paying for quality. I do not like getting ripped off! I reluctantly shelled out the money for the Viking. We have had this machine for 6 months and I swear you could mix cement in it! The attachments are made of stainless steel, not aluminum like the KitchenAid. I don’t want aluminum in my bread thank you. It also has a spot on the back to attach a blender, food processor etc. In addition it also has the familiar place on the front for a juicer, pasta maker meat grinder etc. It’s more machines-in one-than the KitchenAid. The Viking has wheels on the back of it so you can move it around the counter with ease if need be (without scratching anything). The mixing bowl on the Viking locks in securely at the base and is not suspended by those pins on the KitchenAid that pop out and allow the bowl wobble all over the place when under a hard load. By all accounts KitchenAid HAD a good name, but they are losing there reputation quickly by producing this current crop of garbage. The Viking is only available in boutique type kitchen stores. You wont find it London Drugs, Target or Costco. There is a reason for that. Viking wont let there name be tarnished by producing a piece of junk to appeal to a mass market. Their major appliances are top notch, not like KitchenAid stuff, which are simply Whirpool appliances that have been re-badged and some blinky lights and stainless added.

I am very happy with the decision I made with the Viking Stand mixer. My advice…If you have 300 hard saved bucks to spend on a KitchenAid mixer, buy a Sunbeam and take your spouse out to a nice dinner. If you are truly looking for the next level in a stand mixer, spend a couple of hundred more on the Viking. Thank-you.