Reviewers and owners concord the KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer is prizewinning for tackling heavy tasks like kneading and mixing tougher dough. While this workhorse performs these duties well, it also does an admirable job at whipping egg whites or heavy cream. This mixer comes with a 5-quart stainless-steel bowl and three attachments, including a C-shaped dough hook with a disk at the top to prevent sticking.

Reviews say the 10 variable speeds and splash protect with chute for adding ingredients make this defence mixer easy to use. KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer comes in an impressive number of color choices. The less expensive KitchenAid Classic Series Stand Mixer (*Est. $200) is the exact aforementioned size and weight, and comes with the aforementioned attachments, but is a little less powerful and only has a 4.5-quart mixing bowl.

We found the prizewinning professional reviews of the KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer at Choice entrepot where it is pitted against 12 another models of defence mixers. Editors at Bon Appétit entrepot pick the KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer as their favorite, but do not expose how some models were included in the review. It receives accolades from noticeably more owners than any another defence mixer in reviews on Cooking.com and Amazon.com.