There are very few brand names that evoke nostalgia like KitchenAid. Even if you've never baked a day in your life, you can likely conjure up the image of this classic stand mixer in your mind.

As the story goes, Hobart Manufacturing Company was testing a new product for home use in 1918. Based in Troy, Ohio, the maker of commercial foodservice equipment wanted to break into the retail ...

The stand mixer was invented in the early 1910s by Herbert Johnson, an engineer at Hobart Manufacturing Company, after he observed a baker laboring over mixing dough. Determined to simplify the ...

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If wedding registries and cooking shows are any indication, KitchenAid’s iconic stand mixer may be home chefs’ most sought-after piece of equipment. Whether you’ve been whipping cream with one for ...

Back in 1973, Richard Nixon was president, Vietnam divided the nation, and I was in high school. It also was around the time I developed a serious interest in baking, and convinced my parents to buy a ...

There can’t be many electric kitchen appliances that have barely changed in appearance in 80 years, so full credit then to the wonderfully named Egmont Arens (1888-1966) who designed the KitchenAid ...

The KitchenAid stand mixer is the tool of the trade of cooking, especially baking. At $200 and up, it's an investment in both money and counter space — and it's still being made in the U.S. The mixers ...