Product Description

Cuisinart is changing the way the world mixes. This phenomenal new stand mixer delivers more power, more capacity, and more options--and it comes with the best name in the business.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8167 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 7-qt.
• Color: Brushed Chrome
• Brand: Cuisinart
• Model: SM-70BC
• Released on: 2007-04-01
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 14.50" h x 11.00" w x 15.50" l,

Features

• 1,000-watt stand mixer housed in durable die-cast metal
• 12 speeds; 7-quart stainless-steel bowl; slow-start and gentle-fold functions
• 15-minute countdown timer; 3 power outlets; auto shutoff; tilt-back head
• Chef's whisk, flat mixing paddle, dough hook, and splashguard included
• Measures 15-1/2 by 11 by 14-1/2 inches; 3-year warranty; 5-year motor warranty

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

233 of 235 people found the following review helpful.
Better than Kitchenaid
By koffeemann
I make bread weekly using a mixer and recently my Kitchenaid motor gave out after overheating. Though I prefer the looks of the Kitchenaid mixers (something more industrial about them), Cuisinart has addressed several of the key problems found in Kitchenaid mixers: not enough power, overly wide bowl shape, absene of timer/minimal speed control. The stronger motor is crucial if you're mixing bread doughs for minutes at a time. The taller, more narrow bowl shape prevents spilling. The timer function is tremendously useful. And the wider range of speeds (especially slow speeds) and gentle acceleration up to any speed, again, prevent spills and allow for more control.

Other features I like: the spill guard fits neatly and is ONE piece (again, unlike my old Kitchenaid); the lock feature clicks the top arm into place so you never run the risk of lifting from the top and having the bottom swing out; the smooth surfaces make for easy clean-up; the attachments all wash easily in the dishwasher.

A great product!

195 of 198 people found the following review helpful.
Unexpected Pleasure and Performance
By Robert Brian Lamm
I have owned a few KitchenAid 5 Qt mixers, and even a Hobart Professional 5 Qt (45 lbs, 3 speed manual transmission). I was disappointed to hear (but never experienced) the problems users encountered when KitchenAid changed their gearbox from metal to plastic (yes, their gearbox, not their gears). Therefore, the assurance that currently appears on their product box that their mixers have "all metal gears" does not address the problem of the gearbox COVER material. Whether K'Aid has addressed this issue has never really been clarified by them adequately for my taste, and so my temptation to purchase the 6 qt. KitchenAid was dampened.

I purchased the Cuisinart 7 Quart because I wanted the extra capacity - simply that. I find that its power is adequate for all tasks, and no matter what the speed setting, it "knows" to ramp up to that speed slowly (so as not to produce a cloud of flour or other ingredients with the potential to scatter), something only possible with the advent of newer electronic controllers. The bowl is deep and well designed.

A word about wattage: Please don't puchase any mixer because you believe that high wattage will translate to more power. That just isn't so. Wattage is a measure of power consumed by the mixer, not put out as torque (ability to slog through heavy doughs). A poorly designed motor will use lots of watts, but will not deliver it to you in increased power. This mixer happens to have 1000 watts of power - sounds like a lot. The point is that whatever its power draw, its power output is sufficient for the tasks at hand. Way back when, I had a KitchenAid 5 qt. that used 325 watts (before wattage became sexy). It, too, had adequate power; today, with the marketing of wattage as a meaningful number, people would sneer at such an "underpowered" unit. Silly, really.

This mixer is well designed. It has a mixing timer, a pulse button, both of which are useful. Its lineag e (for those of you who are interested) is as follows: A UK brand, Kenwood, marketed a quality 7 qt mixer that was popular in EU for many years, but was never very popular in the US market. It was sold to Rival, and for a short time, was available under that brand. It was then sold to DeLonghi, who modified it a bit; then it was sold to Cuisinart, who made the most significant modifications to it (deeper, better designed bowl, better controller with timer and speed ramp up feature). The mixer was always inherently a good one, even way back when it was a Kenwood.

The design of this mixer, with its large capacity, still allows the beater head to pivot up, allowing the beater to clear out of and away from the bowl, whereas the beater heads of the KitchenAid 5 and 6 qt models are fixed and require that the bowl be cranked down, but leave the beater pretty much in the way. I prefer this design as it offers more access to the bowl (no matter what they tell you, you must still scrape down the bowl periodically - the question is, which design allows you to do that more easily?)

Its tools (whip, dough hook and flat beater) are extremely well designed and are, I think, a bit better than KitchenAid's. I'm not an "accessory
person", and so I cannot speak to the quality of the pasta press, meat grinder, blender, etc. I will say that K'Aid most likely still offers a greater variety of accessories, and so for those who are interested in milling grain, straining tomatoes, opening cans, etc. by using mixer attachments, I think this is probably not the unit for you.

An extra bowl for the unit (which I find very useful) costs $55 directly from Cuisinart, although I see it here on Amazon for $99, an unbelivable markup.

I highly recommend this mixer, have made everything from heavy cookie doughs to merengues, and find it to be well designed and a pleasure to use.

159 of 165 people found the following review helpful.
So far it works great
By kalyson
I researched the Kitchenaid, Viking and several other brands of mixers. There were a lot of good and bad reviews of Kitchenaid, but what I was able to discover was that Kitchenaid used to be owned by Hobart Corp. At that time they were excellent mixers, but then they were purchased by Whirlpool. The mixers now have plastic gears. Although the higher-end models have metal gears (Pro series), they are still in a plastic housing. This decline in quality disturbs me. It is likely that most home cooks do not use it for heavy-duty usage, but those cooks who do have apparently found the products from Kitchenaid do not last (see negative reviews -- especially from the engineer who took several of them apart). The Viking seemed better made but was quite expensive. I settled on the Cuisinart after learning that its gears and gear housing are metal. Hopefully it will last a long time. I noticed that the Kitchanaid had only a one year warranty, but the Cuisinart has a FIVE y ear motor warranty, and a three year product warranty overall. It seemed a safer bet, so I got the Cuisinart. It performs very well. The timer is built right into the side of the mixer and is very handy. The mixer leaves very little batter unmixed even if you don't bother to scrape the bowl yourself. The range of speeds is very large -- from extremely slow (1) to incredibly fast (12). It is pretty quiet in its operation. I will have to continue using it to see how long it lasts, but so far it does a great job.