Product Description

This Eclectrics all metal stand mixer from Hamilton Beach has professional 2-way rotating mixing action and a 4.5 Qt. stainless steel bowl with handle. It features high-performance electronics, tiltup head, locking bowl and pouring shield. Comes with three mixing accessories. 400 Watts. Red

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82201 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Red
• Brand: Hamilton Beach
• Model: 63232
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 21.45 pounds

Features

• Professional 2-way rotating mixing action with mixing head orbiting around the bowl as beater rotates in the opposite direction
• Stainless steel 4.5-quart locking bowl with handle
• 12 settings offering mixing flexibility and precise control at every speed
• Includes 3 mixing accessories of flat beater, whisk, and dough hook
• Quick-release tilt-up head

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
Very good, some caveats
By Snoosh
We got this for our daughter who is a fairly new but really excellent cook with some formal training. She initially wanted a Kitchenaid, which she has used in cooking classes, and she liked the Kitchenaid model that raises the bowl up to the mixer unit because it's easy to add things to the bowl. We researched user comments at Amazon.com, Consumer Reports recommendations from their testing, and other info. The Kitchenaid (at least one model) is a top-rated unit but expensive and we were put off by the more-than-occasional reports of poor quality, failed gears, gear oil leaks, poor customer service, etc. The Hamilton Beach unit was at least as well-recommended, and had more consistently good reviews (albeit fewer user reviews than the ubiquitous Kitchenaid) and a much longer warranty period. Bosch makes a heavy duty stand mixer but it's rare and even more expensive than a Kitchenaid.

Interestingly, the Hamilton Beach unit was criticized by some users for, ( 1.) being too light ("walks" across the counter when mixing thick dough) and, (2.) for being too heavy (for transport). (Too heavy and too light, eh?) We don't transport it, it sits in its spot in the kitchen, but it does not seem particularly heavy for a strong stand mixer. We have used it for many things over a few weeks now and it works beautifully, except that with thick or "heavy" dough, yes, it shakes and walks across the counter, and the forces can jam the bowl (which rotates and wedges tightly into its socket, making it tough to remove). The manufacturer suggested stopping it and rebalancing the dough ball, which we haven't tried yet, will do so and update this review. It's very annoying to buy a heavy duty or premium stand mixer and have it do this with dough, but not a "fatal flaw".

Our daughter loves it. We'll see if reshaping the dough ball addresses the one issue, but that aside, it's a great machine at much less cost than a Kitchenaid, which wo rks great but has some unacceptable concerns for something that's not cheap. Kitchenaid offers a confusing array of models, most pretty expensive, and from user reviews sounds like it's great most of the time but does have some issues that appear with some frequency, not what one wants to risk with something so expensive and supposedly heavy duty.

Ordering parts for the Hamilton Beach, such as additional mixer bowls, is a minor pain. I do not see them on Amazon, a pity. The manufacturer offers everything one could want(it took some digging with their customer service to find out that they did, I think their web site needs work...) and their pricing is not bad, but the shipping cost is high, and I'm not happy spending $14 for shipping one $16 bowl. I do not know if getting Kitchenaid parts shares the same issue.

Overall, it's a great unit that works well, is attractive, and carries a decent warranty. For anything but some types of dough, it's a no-b rainer. For dough, it has the guts but we'll see about the imbalance problem. After we get around to a dough recipe, we'll try to fix the problem by rearranging it, and I'll update this review.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
Good!
By Frances
It has been one year and I like this machine. I use it mainly for kneadling bread dough. I have used 3 bread machine before, grey stuff stained the dough around the shaft paddle. This mixer knead the bread more elastic and the texture is much better. NO grey stuff staining my bread dough anymore.

The color I have is red.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Very good mixer
By H. P. Chiosso
My wife loved this mixer. She has used for all kinds of preparations, and it makes it so much easier for her.