This mixer has an extremely difficult time handling 8-10lbs of any sort of bread dough. The bowl it came with constantly rocks out of the safety and turns itself off (even on speed 1) I found the best chance of success is using a bowl from our previous mixer, which seems not to have this issue as much.
Works just fine for cookie doughs, icings, muffin batters, just not bread.
If you're wondering what the difference is between the baseline hobarts and the expensive one, this is probably it.
Thank you for your feedback Jen! We’re sorry you did not prefer this mixer. Our Customer Solutions team has reached out to help troubleshoot the issue you’re running into and are awaiting your response. On our mixer product pages, the “Resources and Downloads” section also contains literature to help you determine whether a mixer is right for your application should you need it in the future.
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