8.4QT Commercial Stand Mixer 800W with NSF Certified and Aluminum Die Casting, Mixers Kitchen Electric Stand Mixer Metal Food Mixer with Stainless Steel 8L Bowl, Dough Hook, Whisk and Beater

This mixer is simply amazing. I rarely write reviews, but maybe my review will help other people in their research to find a good, strong mixer at a reasonable price. I have a Kitchen Aid and its a good mixer overall, but when it comes to bread dough or pizza dough, its woefully inadequate and will break in time. So I have researched for months to make a informed decision about which mixer to get. I do not bake enough to spring for the multi thousand commercial dough mixers. Nor do I have the space for one. I wanted a mixer that could handle larger amounts of stiff dough, but also be quite great at mixing all other things, incl. creaming butter, whipping cream, batter, etc. Some of the dedicated "dough mixers" do not work well at all when it comes to those things, or they are just to fidgety and complicated. After researching and reading all about Ankarsrum, commercial mixers and so on and forth, I had all but decided on the commercial Kitchen-Aid with the orange cable. I wanted a good "all around" mixer that could handle stiff doughs as well. I didn't think it was the strongest choice and the price made me hesitate.Thats when I came across this Zacme mixer and started researching it. There wasn't a whole lot of info out yet, but what I've seen and read made me look into it deeper. It is incredibly innovative. A light ? Wow...thats awesome and so practical. It runs a fan and cools itself off after working hard! The attachments are solid, heavy and large, no comparing to the flimsy attachments some of the higher priced mixers come with. The mixer itself is a tank !!!! Plus it is quite beautiful to look at as well with its vintage vibe. Everything about it is well thought outThe first time I made a stiff dough in it I could have cried happy tears. No more holding down the bucking, steaming and struggling Kitchen Aid as it was trying to throw itself off of the counter in despair..The Zacme handled it like a pro, and quietly too ! Plus it mixes everything else equally well. And the price? Wow. I got it on sale and it was a bargain !!!Best yet, I was also able to get the meat grinder. I used to use my Kitchen aid with a meat grinder and loved that option. Now I can do that with the Zacme as well, so the Kitchen Aid will be gifted to my daughter who has no interest in baking breads or pizzas, lol!I will now get the smaller bowl as well and I will happily mix away whatever needs mixing. Btw. for the people that are concerned about "support". I have written to customer service several times with question and concerns before I bought this mixer. And I have gotten quick and thorough answers and help every single time. So I do not see a problem there either. I highly recommend this mixer. It does the job better, and at a far better price.

I have had this mixer for a little over 3 weeks, and being an experienced cook & baker, I have to say I am impressed! I got this mixer based on the reviews as well as the spec sheet criteria. I would say unequivocally that this IS NOT a mixer for beginning cooks or inexperienced bakers. This is a heavy duty mixer. I make loaves of bread and dinner rolls, so I need to let the mixer do the kneading of the dough to save my hands/wrists (arthritis). The Kitchen Aid 600 Pro series did great until it started spitting black grease into my dough or batter. Plus it was crazy loud right out of the box. Certainly not one of Kitchen Aid’s finest mixers for the long haul. With that said, this new mixer has exceeded my expectations! I will try to cover the Pros and Cons in this review.PROS:It has a direct drive motor that equals a little over 3/4 hp and is so quiet - even when running on its highest speed! It exceeds the motors on both Kitchen Aid and Ankarsrum high end mixers.It has a light that shines INSIDE THE BOWL of the mixer. Ingenious! You can easily see what’s going on inside the mixer bowl. This is a huge plus. Are you taking notes, Kitchen Aid?It runs super quiet - only 42 db on highest speed (same as a quiet dishwasher) and this is great for our open floor plan house, where our kitchen backs up to the great room. A loud mixer causes my husband to not be able to hear the TV. With this mixer its not an issue!It kneads stiff bread dough without bogging down the motor, and can handle large amounts of dough, too. Just stay within the stated batter limits set in the instruction manual.Double handled SS mixer bowl is a plus over Kitchen Aid’s one handled bowl. The double handles make it easier to use, easier to maneuver about, safer to use without dropping it.Has a digital readout that lets you see exactly how long you’ve been mixing or how much longer you need to keep mixing for recipes that say “mix for 2 min”, etc. You can set the timer for two minutes and walk away to do something else and the mixer will stop automatically at 2 min. Also has a pause feature.The lock keeps the tilthead in the down position and stays locked - no bobbing up & down while mixing - and it keeps the tilthead in the lifted position until you put it back down. I can appreciate this feature.Has a designated handle on the front of the tilthead for ease in lifting or lowering the tilthead as you desire. A nice feature, actually.It is less than half the price of a higher end Kitchen Aid or the Ankarsrum - and it has a more powerful motor than either one by spec sheet comparison. It is also listed as running quieter than the above mixers per user reviews. I can attest that it is markedly quieter than my previous Kitchen Aid 600 Pro series mixer.CONS:This is a direct motor with a little over 3/4 hp. With this kind of power it also means you need to use extra caution while using it - and NEVER carelessly reach into the mixer bowl with this thing running. Running a spatula around the bowl with the mixer running isn’t a good idea either. You can get away with that on other stand mixers - but I wouldn’t advise doing it with this one. The motor is powerful enough to warrant a trip to the E.R. for those who decide not to listen and try it anyway. Just FYI.Please - Do not allow kids to operate this mixer unsupervised.It says that it has a metal housing - but the top part of the tilthead is made of hard plastic. ??? I wouldn’t call that a metal housing - as it is partially plastic. Will this plastic darken or stain over time? I don’t know. Guess I’ll find out the answer to that a few years down the road.Only available in one color - and that is cream. Not a “deal breaker” for me - but for others, it might be.It doesn’t have an optional glass mixer bowl for purchase. I did love the glass bowl of my Kitchen Aid 600 Pro series because you could easily see if your ingredients were mixed or if a spatula needed to be run around the bowl.

Oh my gosh, this thing is amazing! I tested out several mixers and this one is by far the best! I needed to replace my kitchenaid because it couldn’t handle bread dough or even cookie dough very well. I wanted something that could handle 2 or 3 batches of cookies at a time. I was able to make 3 batches of cookie dough in this easily. The mixer didn’t even sound like it was working hard! It does a decent job of scraping the edges, but that function could still be a little better. It still scrapes the edges MUCH better than my Kitchenaid did. It also whips egg whites really nicely. I’ve used it several times to make double batches of pizza dough with no problem. The only disappointment is that the size I wanted only came in one boring color!

I just received my mixer today and it included the scraper paddle! I then proceeded to make a batch of bread/pizza dough with bread flour including a poolish for a grand total of 70% hydration and no scraping was necessary. It did the job peacefully on speed one in 11 minutes and the dough was cool and very elastic. I had briefly ran it at speed two and the mixer head moved around a little but I think that was because I used ice cold water. This machine doesn't seem to affect the temperature of the ingredients like most planetary mixers.