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The Best Stand Mixers of 2024

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Black GE Profile and aqua KitchenAid stand mixer sit on a kitchen counter in front of a window. Credit: Reviewed / Timothy Renzi

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Editor's Choice Product image of GE Profile Smart Mixer P8MSASS6T
Best Overall

GE Profile Smart Mixer P8MSASS6T

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This is a modern interpretation of a legendary kitchen workhorse with all the expected features plus upgrades not found anywhere else. Read More

Pros

  • Integrated scale and timer
  • Auto-sense technology
  • Easily accessible controls

Cons

  • Only comes in 7.5-quart capacity
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Best Classic Mixer

KitchenAid KSM150PS

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This is the quintessential stand mixer. It’s easy to set up, a pleasure to use and works with many attachments that are easy to put on and remove. Read More

Pros

  • Durable and reliable build
  • The motor is quiet
  • Attachments are easy to use

Cons

  • Expensive
  • Speed lever not pleasant to use
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Best Value

Hamilton Beach 63391

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While it’s not a statement piece for your kitchen, this seven-speed mixer performs very well and is easy to use. Read More

Pros

  • Excellent mixing results
  • Easy to use

Cons

  • No accessories for more versatility
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Best 6-Quart Mixer

KitchenAid KP26M1X Professional 600 Series 6-Quart

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Larger than most of the mixers we tested, it excels at kneading bread dough, but the large capacity makes it slow at whipping three egg whites. Read More

Pros

  • The most powerful motor
  • Best for heavy-duty kneading

Cons

  • Slow whipping
  • Not user-friendly
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Breville Bakery Chef BEM825

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This well-designed, high-quality mixer excels at all mixing tasks, comes with two bowls, and has lots of useful features, including an on-board timer. Read More

Pros

  • Beautiful design
  • Great performance
  • Includes two bowls and a timer

Cons

  • Expensive
  • No accessories to expand its versatility
  • Best Overall GE Profile Smart Mixer
  • Best Classic Mixer KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Stand Mixer
  • Best Value Hamilton Beach Seven-Speed Mixer
  • Best 6-Quart Mixer KitchenAid Professional 600 Series 6-Quart
  • Other Stand Mixers We Tested
  • How We Tested Stand Mixers
  • How to Choose a Stand Mixer
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When it comes to stand mixers, the iconic KitchenAid has stood alone for generations—until now. While KitchenAid stand mixers, which have been around for more than 100 years and still dominate the marketplace, are still highly recommended, there's a new option to consider—and it goes above and beyond.

Many major kitchen appliance brands now manufacture stand mixers that claim to be just as good as a KitchenAid. Until now, we hadn't found one made for home bakers that could live up to the power and performance. The GE Profile Smart Mixer (available at Amazon for $799.00) is equipped with modern conveniences along with the reliable power and versatility stand mixer owners have come to expect.

And yes, KitchenAid is still high on our list, with the KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixer available at Amazon taking second place in our lineup for its manageable size, relatively reasonable price, and track record of longevity.

The GE Profile Smart Mixer sits on a black counter in front of a window with the whisk attachment to its left and the paddle attachment on a dish towel to its right.
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The GE Profile Smart Mixer has a built-in scale, timer, auto-sense technology, and app connection for guided recipes.

Best Overall
GE Profile Smart Mixer

If you’re a baker, you know the benefits of using a stand mixer for everything from baked goods to whipped cream. But could you imagine a single-station baking companion?

GE Profile has redesigned the stand mixer with modern features like a built-in scale and timer, and auto-sense technology, which connects to the companion app and monitors changes in viscosity—it will turn off the mixer when your meringue is perfectly whipped!

Guided recipes connect the app to the onboard scale, monitor each ingredient added, and then adjust the mixer accordingly as you progress through the recipe. A digital readout at the front of the mixer displays speed and scale measurements.

This mixer also introduces new features such as a smooth-operating, digital dial to adjust mixer speed, reverse-mixing mode, and a one-handed click-in method for securing and releasing attachments.

The bowl-lift mechanism is also unique, wrapping around the back of the mixer so it's accessible from either side.

While we love this mixer for its power, connectivity, and ease of use, it is large and heavy, which means it needs a prominent place on the countertop. Thankfully, its aesthetic is appealing and its uses are endless enough to earn that spot.

Read our full review of the GE Profile Smart Mixer.

Pros

  • Integrated scale and timer

  • Auto-sense technology

  • Easily accessible controls

Cons

  • Only comes in 7.5-quart capacity

$799.00 from Amazon

$799.00 from Best Buy

$799.00 from Abt
KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixer
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After many rounds of testing, the KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixer remains one of the best stand mixers you can buy.

Best Classic Mixer
KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Stand Mixer

The Artisan is the quintessential stand mixer with its unique tilt head design. It’s easy to set up, a pleasure to use, and it passed all our tests with aplomb. Quickly and efficiently, it can do everything from whipping egg whites into meringue to beating a super chunky cookie batter to kneading a double batch of bread dough into a smooth ball.

According to KitchenAid, it has the power to tackle recipes for 72 cookies or 4 loaves of bread. Despite its many competitors, our tests prove that this mixer is still one of the best stand mixers you can buy.

Its merits are many: KitchenAid attachments like the wire whisk and wire whip are easy to put on, remove, and clean; the tilt lever lock works well; the bowl has a handle and installs smoothly; and the splash guard fits the bowl and can be slid on when needed without taking apart the mixer.

Our only gripe: While the speed lever on the Artisan is durable and effective, it’s not as pleasant to use as the dials found on most other brands. It has sharp edges, and because it offers some resistance, it’s easy to push too hard and turn the mixer on faster than intended.

On the front of the Artisan, there’s a hub that connects with a myriad of accessories including a meat grinder, a spiralizer, and a pasta maker. You can choose from 47 gorgeous colors from the best-selling white to trendy pinks and aquas.

This classic comes at a price—usually an MSRP of $449.99, but it may vary according to colors and sales. Owners of KitchenAids consistently get great performance from their mixers for many years, so while it’s costly, an Artisan mixer is well worth the money.

Read our full review of the KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Stand Mixer.

Pros

  • Durable and reliable build

  • The motor is quiet

  • Attachments are easy to use

Cons

  • Expensive

  • Speed lever not pleasant to use

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$379.99 from Amazon

$387.99 from Best Buy

$449.99 from Home Depot
Hamilton Beach Seven-Speed Mixer
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For its price and performance, the Hamilton Beach Seven-Speed mixer makes a great alternative to the KitchenAid Artisan.

Best Value
Hamilton Beach Seven-Speed Mixer

There’s a lot to love about the Hamilton Beach Seven Speed Mixer. While it’s not a statement piece for your kitchen, it gets the job done almost as well as much pricier models—and sometimes even better.

In fact, of all the stand mixers we tested, it created the loftiest egg whites in the fastest time. The Hamilton Beach is not exceptionally sturdy, and its head bobbed a bit when we kneaded dough for two loaves of bread (the max recommended by the company). But this lightweight machine is easy to lift if you want to keep it stashed away when you’re not using it.

Also, you simply can’t beat the ease of use of this machine. The tilt mechanism is well marked and easy to press. There’s a guide on the top of the mixer that prompts you to choose different speeds depending on which mixing task you’re planning to use.

The speed dial turns smoothly and is well marked with large numbers, and every single piece can go in the dishwasher. A handle on top gives you a good grip when you move it around.

Pros

  • Excellent mixing results

  • Easy to use

Cons

  • No accessories for more versatility

$99.63 from Amazon

$100.97 from Walmart
A teal KitchenAid 600 sits on a black counter with blue mixing bowls and a cookie jar.
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The KitchenAid Pro 600 is a 6-quart, bowl-lift mixer that has large capacity and is beautiful to display.

Best 6-Quart Mixer
KitchenAid Professional 600 Series 6-Quart

Out of the box, the Pro 600 is beautiful. There's a nice, solid handle for locking the bowl into place and an easy to use splatter shield. Plus, it comes with all the well-made attachments we expect from the leading stand mixer manufacturer and a more powerful motor than the Artisan.

Performance-wise, the KP26M1X we tested was—hands-down—the best at kneading bread dough, but it was slow to whip three egg whites due to its larger capacity.

It also didn't feel quite as user-friendly as our top choice. For example, the paddle attachment was harder to attach, and the speed adjusting lever felt less than professional-grade. The bowl-lift handle and speed knobs are on opposite sides of the machine, so we had to situate it in the middle of a counter to access both.

Pros

  • The most powerful motor

  • Best for heavy-duty kneading

Cons

  • Slow whipping

  • Not user-friendly

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$499.99 from Walmart

Other Stand Mixers We Tested

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Breville the Bakery Chef

From the minute you unpack the Breville the Bakery Chef you know it’s a well-designed, high-quality product. Its streamlined shape, smooth surfaces, well-fitted parts, and LED readouts indicate that it’s a precision machine.

The speed dial works in conjunction with a lighted bar that’s marked to show you which mixing task to use at each speed level. On the base, there’s a timer that you can set to an exact time; forget to set it and it will count up so you can track how long you’ve been mixing.

In addition to the beater, whisk, dough hook, and splatter shield provided with most mixers, you get an extra beater with scraper edges and a lid to cover the bowl when you’re rising yeast dough or refrigerating sugar cookie dough.

Plus, the Breville comes with two bowls: a 4-quart stainless steel bowl and a 5-quart glass bowl with measurement markings on the side. A lamp shines down into the bowl so you can tell when your eggs and sugar have turned pale yellow or your cream is thickened.

But of course, we wouldn’t recommend it unless it also was a great mixer. When we used the scraper beater to whip up a cake mix, we didn’t have to stop and scrape the side of the bowl even once. It had no problem beating a sturdy cookie batter full of chips, oats, and raisins. The Breville easily kneaded our recipe for 2 loaves of bread but the manufacturer gives no indication if it can handle a heavier load.

You won’t find a hub on this mixer for attaching accessories like a grinder or pasta maker so you can’t justify the high price by thinking you’re getting more than one appliance for your money. However, its beautiful design, excellent mixing ability, and helpful extras do make it worth the splurge. The Breville is available in black, white, silver, champagne, and dark blue.

Pros

  • Beautiful design

  • Great performance

  • Includes two bowls and a timer

Cons

  • Expensive

  • No accessories to expand its versatility

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Wolf Gourmet Stand Mixer

With its solid construction, brushed stainless steel finish and large red knob, the Wolf Gourmet Stand Mixer has the appeal of a commercial appliance designed for a serious cook. And Wolf claims that—thanks to its 7-quart bowl and powerful motor—it can make 14 dozen cookies or eight one-pound loaves. But just like other products from the brand, this mixer comes at a steep price that’s more than double what you’ll pay for a KitchenAid.

In addition, this is one large and heavy appliance that won’t fit under your cabinets; once you set it up on your countertop, you’re not going to want to move it. All of which means that if you’re considering investing in the Wolf Gourmet you should be a dedicated baker who bakes often and in large quantities.

Our tests show that this mixer rivals the KitchenAid for speedy and effective mixing. It whipped up a high volume of egg whites, easily handled cookie dough laden with add-ins and had no problem kneading yeast dough for a pair of loaves.

There’s neither a tilt head or a crank for raising and lowering the bowl. Instead, you turn the bowl in its base to change its height. A particularly effective soft start function helps prevent splatters on start-up and a pulse button helps prevent over-mixing.

Although there’s a hub for accessories on the front of the mixer head, none are available yet. If you’re not a fan of Wolf's signature red knob, you can instead get it with a black or stainless steel knob.

Pros

  • Impressive commercial design

  • Great performance

  • Large capacity

Cons

  • Expensive

  • Heavy

  • Too large

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$999.95 from Best Buy

$999.95 from Abt
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KitchenAid Artisan Mini

If you’ve been lusting after a KitchenAid mixer, but space on your countertop is at a premium, consider the KitchenAid Artisan Mini. It has the brand’s iconic styling, solid build and great performance in a small package. While it whips, mixes and kneads beautifully, it does take a few minutes longer and has a smaller bowl capacity as well as less power. You can mix up batter for 60 cookies and a single loaf of bread at a time.

Because the speed lever is smaller, the settings are close together and it takes vigilance to move it into place without overshooting your speed.

The Mini doesn’t come with a pouring shield to prevent splatters, but just like its bigger cousins, this little guy can be used with all the brand’s accessories with the exception of the ice cream bowl.

Pros

  • Durable and reliable build

  • Great performance

  • Attachments easy to use

Cons

  • Only kneads one loaf of bread

  • Speed lever difficult to use

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$396.71 from Walmart
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Smeg SMF02

The retro 50’s styling of the Smeg Stand Mixer with a bullet-shaped head and a stainless-steel body is its distinguishing feature. But in addition to being eye candy for your countertop, this sturdy mixer offers impressive mixing prowess.

In all our tests it yielded top-notch results. While it is only recommended that you use enough flour for a single loaf of bread, we found it to be the most effective at moving the dough around as it kneaded, producing a ball that needed no hand shaping and a loaf of bread with an exceptionally high rise.

As it works, this mixer is noticeably quieter than others. Our only complaint is about the speed lever. While it moves smoothly, selecting your speed level is difficult. The lever is located on top of the head and has small and indistinct numbers.

As you would expect from this Italian brand, a pasta roller and cutters to attach to the hub are available as well as a grinder, slicer/shredder and ice cream maker accessories. You can choose from several glossy finishes as well as models with bases that are colored to match the head.

Pros

  • Beautiful retro design

  • Great performance

  • Quiet operation

Cons

  • Only kneads dough for one loaf of bread at a time

  • Speed control is difficult to use

$539.95 from Amazon
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Cuisinart Precision Master SM-50

When it comes to ease of use, the Cuisinart Precision Master SM-50 trumps the KitchenAid. To tilt the head, there’s a simple switch and to select a speed setting, a smooth-turning dial, marked with large numbers. It tied with the Smeg for the quietest operation. And although the Cuisinart Precision Master isn’t cheap, it’s about half the price of the KitchenAid Artisan.

In our tests, this mixer excelled at whipping egg whites and mixing cake mix. But as soon as we added flour to creamed eggs and sugar for cookie dough, it slowed down. The manufacturer specifies that it should only be used to knead enough dough for two loaves of bread and it was able to produce a nice smooth, satiny ball. But overall, we would say this mixer is best for cake bakers.

The stand mixer is available in white, red, black, silver, and two different shades of blue. A variety of accessories are available to expand its usefulness, including a pasta roller and cutter, pasta extruder, meat grinder, frozen dessert maker, and spiralizer.

Pros

  • Good performance

  • Very easy to use

  • Quiet operation

  • Accessories available

Cons

  • Struggles with heavy load

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$249.99 from Best Buy

$249.99 from Target

$249.95 from Home Depot
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Kenmore Elite Ovation 41760

The innovative pour-in top design of the Kenmore Ovation allows users to add ingredients directly into the bowl without turning off the mixer or awkwardly tilting them in on the side. It’s beautiful, convenient, and unlike anything else on the market—yet it doesn’t outpace all the competition when it comes to actual performance.

Unlike that of every other mixer we’ve tested, the Ovation’s 5-quart bowl is made of solid glass, making it particularly beautiful but very, very heavy—over 6 pounds. While the casual user might not be bothered by the weight, my arms were sore from carrying it by its handle between multiple batches and hand-washing sessions.

The entire machine comes in at 30 pounds and is wider than most other stand mixers, meaning it takes up valuable counter space. Its size seems to work against it in other ways—it’s altogether slower and less nimble than its direct competitor, the KitchenAid Artisan.

Don’t get me wrong, the Ovation is a strong mixer. In our tests, it evenly mixed chunky cookie dough and kneaded bread without resisting or walking across the counter. When it came to final cleanup, there was little more to do than place the bowl and accessories in the dishwasher—the pour-in top and 360 degree splash guard prevented even a trace of flour from escaping during the mixing process.

Ultimately, Kenmore is onto something with this unique pour-top design, but the price tag and heavy design present some drawbacks with this model.

Pros

  • Pour-in top design

  • Convenient and beautiful

Cons

  • Heavy glass bowl

  • Slow mixing

$344.07 from Amazon

$352.29 from Home Depot

$429.99 from Walmart
Product image of Hamilton Beach Eclectrics 63232
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Hamilton Beach Eclectrics 63232

The Hamilton Beach Eclectrics Mixer is styled like the Kenmore 5 Quart and the KitchenAid Artisan, with a simple button for head lock release and a speed dial. The biggest concern with this mixer is the motor. Rated at 400 watts, it claims to be more powerful than the Artisan’s 325 watts, but in testing the mixer struggled to mix thick cookie dough and knead bread.

We also found that the bowl handle’s sharp edges uncomfortably cut into our hands, and although the speed dial is labeled up to 12, the motor only has 6 speeds. At roughly the same price, the Kenmore 5 Quart is a much better choice.

Pros

  • Inexpensive

  • One button for simple release

Cons

  • Safety hazard

  • Struggles to mix thick doughs

$219.99 from Amazon

$219.99 from Best Buy

$238.87 from Walmart

How We Tested Stand Mixers

The Testers

Hi, I'm Sharon Franke, and I’ve been reviewing kitchen equipment for more than three decades. Before that, I cooked and baked professionally in New York City restaurants for seven years.

My passion for home baking jump-started my career. As a teenager, I stirred up boxed cake mixes with a wooden spoon. When I rented my first apartment, I graduated to a stand mixer and became an expert at baking everything from chocolate-chip cookies to flourless cakes to sourdough bread.

This guide was first put together by former Reviewed cooking editor Cassidy Olsen and Erin Fife, a Reviewed contributor.

The Tests

Testing stand mixers by whipping eggs and mixing cookie dough
Credit: Reviewed / Sharon Franke

We whipped up egg whites and mixed chocolate chip cookie dough in each stand mixer, like these from Breville and Smeg, as part of our testing process.

All of the mixers we reviewed are targeted at enthusiast home bakers who love baking and cooking from scratch. We spent significant time whipping egg whites, mixing cake batter, beating chunky cookie dough, kneading bread dough, and measuring noise and general ease of use.

We tested the whisk attachment by whipping egg whites for meringue, timing how long each mixer took to create stiff peaks and measuring the volume created.

With the flat beater, we used each model to mix a French vanilla cake mix to see if it could beat the ingredients thoroughly in the time suggested in the instructions. Next, we tested each stand mixer’s ability to cream butter and sugar, then incorporate eggs, flour, and other ingredients to mix a thick batter loaded with chocolate chips, granola, and raisins.

We kneaded dough for one or two loaves (according to the manufacturer’s recommendation) of white bread with the dough hook, noting how well each one handled the heavy load.

As we worked, we gauged how easy it was to use each stand mixer, including access the bowl, installation and removal of the attachments, operating the controls, and how much noise it made. We assessed the helpfulness of the manuals, how easy the mixers were to clean, and whether or not they had helpful special features. Because this is an appliance that will live on your countertop, we also took its appearance into consideration.

How to Choose a Stand Mixer

Do you need a stand or hand mixer?

The first thing to decide is whether to spring for a stand mixer or if you can get away with a hand mixer. If you bake often, it’s worth making the investment and dedicating countertop space to a stand mixer.

While all of our best hand mixers can get just about any mixing job done, they begin to feel heavy in your hand after a minute or two, even when you’re whipping up an angel food cake but especially when you’re beating a sturdy cookie batter or yeast dough.

Don’t be wowed by watts or bowl size.

Neither wattage or bowl capacity is a good indicator of how a mixer will perform, unless all other factors are identical. It’s the overall design of the mixer that determines a mixer’s efficiency and what kind of results you’ll get.

Instead of looking at the watts or the bowl size, check to see how much flour, how many cookies and/or how many loaves of bread the mixer can handle at once. You may have to dig a little, but most manufacturers’ websites contain this information. If your favorite bread recipe yields two loaves, make sure any mixer you consider will be able to do the job.

Should you get a bowl-lift or tilt-head stand mixer?

On tilt-head stand mixers, you push a button or a lever to tilt the head up to insert or remove the mixing bowl and attachment. This allows you to easily add ingredients and scrape the bowl during mixing. These mixers can be pushed back under a cabinet when not being used.

With bowl-lift mixers, you adjust a mechanism to raise the bowl for mixing and lower it to remove the bowl and beaters, add ingredients or scrape the bowl. In general, this style of mixers is more powerful and comes with bigger bowls.

If cakes, muffins, and mousses, take top place in your repertoire, opt for an easy to use tilt-head model. On the other hand, if you’re a semi-pro who is always giving baked goods away and wouldn’t think of serving anything but your own made-from-scratch bread, you’ll want the power and size that a bowl-lift model offers.

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Meet the testers

Sharon Franke

Sharon Franke

Contributor

Sharon has tested and reviewed kitchen equipment for over 30 years. Before becoming a cooking tools maven, she worked as a professional chef in New York City restaurants.

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Danielle DeSiato

Danielle DeSiato

Managing Editor, Kitchen & Appliances

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Managing Editor, Kitchen & Appliances. Danielle has a B.S. from Syracuse University and a AAS in Culinary Arts from Newbury College. Previously, Danielle was a Test Cook and Associate Editor at America's Test Kitchen, as well as a freelance recipe developer and food writer. She’s the mom of two boys and loves making pizza on Friday nights.

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