Is A $1000 Stand Mixer Really Worth It? | Epicurious
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- Product design engineer Vincent Valderrama returns to Epicurious to pit a $49 Nurxiovo stand mixer against an upscale $1,000 model from Wolf Gourmet in a series of common tasks. From combining pizza dough and whipping meringue to making frosting and grinding meat, Vincent breaks down which tasks the high-priced model outperforms the budget option on, and which ones it doesn’t.
Supervising Producer: Jeffrey Kornberg
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: JC Scruggs
Editor: Boris Khaykin
Talent: Vincent Valderrama
Sr. Culinary Director: Kelly Janke
Producer: Michael Cascio
Culinary Producer: Mallary Santucci
Culinary Associate Producer: Matt Migliore
Line Producer: Jennifer McGinity
Associate Producer: Tim Colao
Associate Producer: Sam Ghee
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Camera Operator: Jack Belisle
Audio: Rebecca O’Neil
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
Graphics, Animation, VFX: Léa Kichler
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0:00 Mix It Real Good
0:22 Pizza Dough
2:23 Meringue
3:58 Frosting
6:55 Ground Pork
8:44 Extras
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would have been great to see the standard kitchenaid workhorse compared to these two, especially since it's always about $400
Agreed...would have been more informative to have included the KitchenAid
Thet would have defeated their obvious agenda of selling Wolf Blenders that can mix dough better for $950 more ! lmao
@@Poppy_love59 I dunno, they were pretty critical of the Wolf. If I was in the market for a new stand mixer this video would've convinced me not to buy it.
@@Poppy_love59 Umm..if they were trying to sell something, then they wouldn't be critical of it. Who in their right mind would try to sell something by saying "You know, it's not quite as good as the cheaper one in some ways but it's pretty stable"? That wouldn't sell anything.
Yeah, comparing 3 price points makes the most sense in my mind. Intro, Intermediate, and High-End.
That was so interesting. Thank you. The $49 mixer performed much better than I expected it to.
Durability of the construction and motor can't be tested like this though. Probably a massive difference there. Although I would get a tried and tested kitchenaid stand mixer over this Wolf mixer any day.
@@eggy6857 when buying cheap products like this, I know it won't last long BUT.... How long will it last ? 2 years ? For a 20 times difference I can get a new one for 40 years with that price ( I know that's not how pricing works but you get the point )
@@ForeverMan We have a MASSIVE waste problem in the world because of that mentality. People buy cheap products, then repeatedly throw them away for more cheap products. Why not spend more money for something that wont break and/or can be repaired? This should not be seen as a downside. This $49 mixer is a fantastic choice for low-income families but has no business in a well-off persons kitchen who intends to throw it away.
@@v33nod3 silly of you to think that products nowadays can be repaired
@@ForeverMan KitchenAid literally sends service technicians to your home and even has instructions for self-repair.......
The best accessory I ever bought for my KitchenAid was the smaller bowl. It's amazing the difference it makes for certain tasks.
Really missed this series, please do more!
Very enjoyable series. Would've liked to see both stacked up against a middle contender (I have a Kitchenaid Pro 600 which is practically famous for being best in bracket) that's somewhere between as a third option. But this was interesting to see how an engineer's thought process worked when approaching evaluating both of these extreme ends of the spectrum.
I have the same and I can't see the Wolf outperforming the Pro 600 by much, if at all.
@@Wintershot Same! I haven't tried the meat grinder attachment (that's one thing I don't like, all of these Kitchenaid attachments can get pretty expensive! Sounds like the same for the Wolf) but I've done everything else he tried here and I think the KA might even take the cake (heh) over the Wolf.
@@JB-xl2jc I have a knockoff meat grinder attachment for my kitchenaid and it works pretty dang good.
I like that you were fair to the low-end mixer. Where it did where you said so and told us why.
We need more of this kind of videos!
Really informative.
Between those two, I'd take my chances with the $50 machine.
Though I personally have a Kitchen Aid mixer and would probably recommend that. Decent price medium between the two and will likely last me until I die.
Excellent video! Great job! Very informative and straight forward. Very educational! Loved it.
I'll stick with my Kitchen-Aid stand mixer. It has yet to disappoint me in the ten years I've had it.
Loved the video! I would love to see kitchen aid vs Bosch mixers.
Probably a tie, i'd just take whats more readily available. my parents have Bosch, ex had a kitchenaid, both were decent machines.
And Cusinart
Thank you for having an actual affordable option. To most people even the kitchen aid is way too expensive. But it would have been cool to see the $50 one up against the kitchen aid as well
There's one thing that still bothers me about these stand mixers, and many others just like them. While the meat grinder is running, the spindle underneath is also whirling around, creating a potential hazard. Why haven't the manufacturers either figured out a system to disengage the spindle or some kind of clip on guard to cover the area to minimise the risks. I've seen it happen in a commercial setting, I shudder to think of something like that happening in the home.
Diminishing returns at its finest. I'd love to see some mid-range added to the test, something like Bosch MUM series, to see if it could deliver best per $ experience.
I prefer a good ol standard Kitchenaid their expensive but their totally worth it I even have a hand held mixer for doing hand held options because of the stir function its way slower than a standard hand held mixer :)
Can the dough hooks be switched? It would be interesting to see if a replacement hook for the Wolf and put it on the cheaper unit to save money and still improve the quality of the product.
Glad to see this back!
Love this series !
CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS BACK, THANK YOU GUYS
The price difference of $951 is enough for me to always choose the budget option
of course, amd performed better too on most cases
they simply copied the KitchenAid design and it works
Can’t believe they just skipped Kitchenaid
Three different products at three different price points... Hmm.. Seems familiar, lol
I was surprised considering how much you get them recommended on the internet, reddit in particular! I don't think I've ever had a problem with mine (hope I didn't jinx myself) unless I'm making a VERY small batch of something.
Kitchen aid is as overpriced crap as they get...
What you really want is a brand such as Bosch..
(I'd recommend thr mum6 but there are a few drawbacks still a great powerfull motor)
I would have skipped Kitchen Aid as well... I burned out 1 or 2 of them before I got my Bosch. Let me tell you, overpriced paper weights.
@@donotlike4anonymus594 This is not my experience in the slightest. At least if you go with the Pro models. Everything is steel and pretty sturdy. I haven't had to replace anything yet after years of pretty heavy use, mostly low hydration doughs.
I find that using the grinder attachments on stand mixers requires that the meet be cut into thin strips instead of cubes. Strips need very little pusher pressure since they are more easily caught by auger.
I would like to have a comparison between the expensive one, maybe also the cheap and let's say a KitchenAid Artisan, because the latter is proably the best known brand and I think that would be quite interesting to see where the KitchenAid ranks at
great job... thank you !
For everyone claiming "I never heard of Wolf"; it's a "No name brand." Wolf is the newish line of countertop appliances from Sub-Zero, hardly a "no name" brand. And Consumer Reports rated Wolf their top choice, over top-of-the-line KitchenAid, which came in fourth. Take that for whatever it's worth.
very informative and interesting video :D
I would have liked to see a Kitchenaid compared with a Cuisinart and the Wolf.
, I have a 7 quart Cuisinart. Purchased this, instead of the Kitchen Aid because of the ex lg bowl. Really wish that I’d known more about mixers, before purchasing. With this model Cuisinart, there’s no whisk attachment available. The design us very poor. The mixing paddles never reach all of the ingredients. Made a triple batch of buttercream, a few days ago. It was impossible to get all of the butter mixed. Had to remove and try to whip by hand.
This is an excellent comparison. Thanks.
Take them apart and show us the motors and gears!
Wolf did embarrassingly bad.
Would like to see Bosch vs Kitchenaid vs Ankarsrum.
Any input on lightweight stand mixers?
I can't move the full size ones around and finding space for one is tough.
Hey I love your videos. I have been watching and having a good time.
I am really surprised if why they don't out something for 200 bucks or 400 bucks in the comparison which is where i feel the point of diminishing returns is
Well done
Best series is back
The cheaper machines use nylon gear that get destroyed ( intentionally designed to break before the metal parts ) when put under excess strain such as heavy meat grinding Kitchenaid not the cheapest ALSO uses these parts Would be nice to know what the high end mixer uses inside
Kitchenaid uses metal gears in there mixers
@@kevinbelanger4134 No they use the same nylon gear as the less expensive models i know because i had to fix 2 of them after meat grinding. the plastic gear is meant to get destroyed first so the other larger metal ones dont break teeth/ but this is a pain since any heavy grinding ruins the nylon gear and the machine quits until you replace it
@@MsSaudmthey only use nylon gears in their Tilt-heads models because if someone were to put a hand in it it’s designed to break that 1 gear instead of the whole motor or hand
I need this but Kitchenaid vs cuisinart
Thank you
You could replace it 20 times before spending more than the Wolf. Just saying.😊
Where do you get the Nurxiovo? I went on the "shopping" section of Duck Duck go and could not find it. Thanks ;0)
He said Walmart within the first minute.
The Wolf seems vastly overpriced. I'd be concerned about the other's durability, but given it's 5% the price and includes a grinder, the choice seems obvious. You could buy 20 of the Walmart special. Is the Wolf going to last 20x as long? Probably not.
I'm going to wait for an Ambiano dupe at Aldi. 🤪
Why not test the kitchenaid 8qt, which is the reference?
Yeah vincent!
Why aren't big youtube channels reviewing the Bosch MUM5?
99% of the time I would be using one of these for kneading dough. The $49 machine does good in everyway except the 1 way I would need it to 😞
Cool video, but weird brand choices. Seems like every serious cook I know has a Kitchenaid mixer.
I haven't seen this nurxiovo for $49 anywhere. Please provide a link. The cheapest one I found was $122.
Those seem to have blenders on the back, he probably got a great sale on a new older model cheap so they could make room for the new one.
Middle of the spectrum would be interesting when mixed in with these two cost extremes.
I like this guy a lot better than the weird olive oil dude. This seems like a much better and practical series altogether.
Who greenlighted this video without including a KitchenAid
I was so confused why the oldest comment was 8 days old thinking I’ve seen this video a real long time ago but I guess that’s not the case
Build to last? With 1150 (with that attachment) i can buy every 2 years new mixer for 46 years :) no chance the higher quality would last that long
Thanks but, I rather stick with my 2 KitchenAid Stand Mixers.
Never had an issue with them so far.
But why test such extreme ends without a normal 200/400 option
Get the cheaper one and then spend a little more on the attachments (like the pizza thing)
Where did you find the Nurxiovo for $49? Literally every website has it for at least $119 and above.
They said Walmart I think
I am dealing with the same problem. Walmart doesn't even sell nurxiovo.
I've been looing at them too but the only model I can find also has a blender on the back, has a much clearer brand logo, I think they "updated" the design and the new one costs more. But maybe they did more than just that, like a more powerful motor.
@@staciebuckle8669 They used to now it just says out of stock and only shows a different model
This is kind of a troll/click bait video. The day this video came out, I was randomly looking to add another kitchen aid to my kitchen and saw this on my feed randomly. This looks just as good as my expensive kitchenaid and I'd love to buy it - but I have only found links to a 3 in 1 meat grinder, blender, and stand mixer for $120ish bucks. Why compare items that don't even exist on the market? haha
@epicurious please share a link!
It's a bit weird to have the high price professional stand mixer and the cheap $50 buck one but not have the middle of the road top dog KitchenAid basically everyone and (mostly) their grandma has.
most people won't spend or don't have $1000 to spend on a stand mixer. It would have been much more useful to compare, oh i don't know, maybe a KITCHENAID and the cheap one!
Someone test the drew Barrymore one lol. I've had my eye on it for a minute
Seconding this!
All fine, but knowledge about how good pizza is made seems to be completely missing from this video. When kneading, you don’t have to break up the dough. You need to work tot, all around, inside out, and so on, but keeping it in one piece. The wolf instead kept breaking up the dough in many parts, which destroys the stretchy gluten bonds that make pizza soft but slightly bouncy, chewy (as the host said), as it should be. So, the wolf definitely didn’t do a good job. It’s a definite no from me.
Ankarsrum is the answer for bread doughs including pizza. It’s amazing the gluten structure I get now. Crispy and chewy, airy and keeps structure.
I'm convinced this $49 stand mixer DOES NOT exist haha. There's no link to it. I can't find it at walmart. Nowhere on amazon. Google shopping has nothing. They have more expensive ones -- but not under $100, no less $49.
Anyone have a link to this thing?
I would recommend nobody buy anything other than fridges and stoves/ovens from Wolf. They have a 400$ toaster :)))
Where'd you find that mixer for $49 lol? It's like $130 now.
it needs to last 20x times to compensate cost
Where is the Bosch mum6?!
A fairly "unique" hook inside the bowl design Great powerfully motor (around the what 300-350) excellent value
So if making my own dough is my main reason for wanting a mixer than I shldnt bother...
if i hear you say incorporated one more time
I want to se that new ge smart mixer vs
The Walmart mixer is over $100 now. When was this purchased?
I was gonna say the same thing, they probably got it either for free and were told that price point, or maybe grabbed it on Black Friday! I could see it going for $50 that day. And calling it a deal!
Oh and the only models I can find seem to have a blender on the back (and a few other cosmetic changes) he didn't showcase that so I doubt his had it, could also be he got an older model they were selling cheap to make room for the new one.
Santa brought me a Wolf, it was $600 during 'Black Friday/Cyber Monday'. Been asking for a KitchenAid for years, food processor pizza dough sux.
Great video.
Now bring Dan Formosa back.
Yes it is but its not worth the price
There you go, you now have the script for every single one of these videos to ever be made.
Nurxiovo is like 129 now.
Yeah I was looking for one too, but every model I've seen has a blender on the back, as he didn't even mention it I think he got an new-in-box older model on closeout right before the new one came out.
Wolf is "luxury", not "top of the line".
Or you could get a Kitchenaid for around $300
If you divide 1,000 by 49 you get 20. if you buy a 49$ Nurxiovo every year that would give you a new stand mixer every year for 20 years. But the way Murphy's Law works, the Nurxiovo will probably cost 500$ in 2 years. lol
How many people are like me and got a KitchenAid but watched this anyway?
Probably most of us. Mostly just to laugh at the crappy expensive mixer and the crappy cheap mixer.
I’m one of those people who has 2 KitchenAids but watched this anyway.
So one was designed for bread making and the other for cakes and cookies
This is a dumb review. Nobody is paying the much extra for the shape of the bowl or the shape/size of the attachments. It’s for the build quality and motor. We need a mechanical engineer to show the internals and explain why it’s really so much more expensive. 😊
You are completely fair👍
I just chew the meat then use it
Translation: get a kitchenaid
Using a fixed time is a terrible metric to baseline performance vs actual performance.
Why not go a step further and have a chef use the things made from these mixers and with identical recipes cook and have non cooks blind taste test to see if it's really worth it.
The $49 stand mixer will not beat "have a conversation while on"
It will also win at "i didnt hear the police knocking"
"when did the baby fall??"
And
" im sorry can you say that again?"
1 Take the extra time to think through your next words and what they said last.
2 If the Police want in bad enough the first "knock" is gonna take the door off its hinges, otherwise they'll keep knocking.
3 Take the $1100 dollars you save buy a decent playpen, and invest the remainder in a college fund for the kid!
And
4 Did you really want to keep listening to them anyway? Heck I might turn it on empty just to drown them out, "Just checking the gears!!!"
Not calling the Wolf useless like other people but the cheap one (now about $130) does around a 85% job at just over 1/10th the price!
just this? what about mechanism and gearbox and motors!!!!!!!!!! your video was very just funny not a really test ..
So get a kitchen aid
why does this guy? talk like? this?
If 1000$ Mixer will work for 10 years before breaking for example, and cheap will work only 2 years, you can buy new every 2 years and it will cost you only 250$!!! Even if it will broke after just 1 year for 10 years it will cost only 500$ !!! So why pay more if the functionality is so similar?
Help Turkey. We had a huge earthquake. Thousands of people were dead. You can help with AFAD ( Turkey disaster menangmant). Maybe some people will see and help.
You're paying a good 500 or more $ for the wolf name. Stick with kitchen aid
Love this series!