Stand Mixers

Hand mixer vs stand mixer is mostly a question of dough, batch size and cupboard space, not which tool looks better on the worktop. If you bake cakes, whip cream…

Looking after a stand mixer is mostly about three habits: clean the food traps, keep the beater height right, and stop asking the motor to do work it was not…

You’ve unpacked your stand mixer, attached the dough hook, and you’re ready to bake. But as the dough wraps itself around the hook, the mixer labours, or the results aren’t…

Saturday morning, you’ve got the stand mixer out, a bag of 00 flour, and no idea what ratio of eggs to flour makes pasta that doesn’t fall apart in the…

You’re looking at stand mixers and the KitchenAid says “planetary mixing action” like it’s a feature you should care about. Then you spot a Famag spiral mixer on a bread…

Your stand mixer has been sitting on the counter for months doing nothing but whipping the occasional batch of buttercream. Meanwhile, you’ve been kneading bread by hand, sweating over sticky…

You’ve decided to buy a stand mixer. You’ve read the reviews, narrowed it down to three brands, and now you’re staring at a KitchenAid, a Kenwood, and a Smeg wondering…

The smell of fresh bread at 7am is one of those small luxuries that makes a house feel like a home. You loaded the ingredients the night before, set the…

Compare the best stand mixers in the UK for 2026, including KitchenAid, Kenwood, Smeg and budget options for cakes, bread dough and regular home baking.

There’s a particular smell that takes over your kitchen when bread is baking — warm, yeasty, slightly sweet — and it makes your entire house feel like a different place.…