Product Description

With 800 watts of power, the Viking professional stand mixers provides enough brawn to knead any dough into submission. But they do have a tender side, with a range of settings delicate enough for even the most sensitive meringue. Designed to meet the needs of a pro, it offers a rugged, all-metal gear transmission. This 5-quart mixer comes with exclusive V-style stainless steel beater, stainless steel whip, stainless steel dough hook, and stainless steel mixing bowl with ergonomic cast-stainless bowl handle. Viking's exclusive easy glide rear wheels make it easy for maneuverability of the entire unit on your countertop. Choose from primary, low and high speeds to mix, blend, whip and knead. With the planetary mixing action in operation, it ensures thorough results. The pop-up head lift locks in both the up and down positions. Exclusive large, easy to control power/speed selector knob. There are numerous attachments available for this unit to increase its multi-tasking capa bilities. Fits under standard cabinets.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93148 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 5 Quart
• Color: Black
• Brand: Viking Range
• Model: VSM500BK
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 14.00" h x 8.50" w x 17.00" l, 9.00 pounds

Features

• Includes brushed stainless steel mixing bowl with handle, exclusive V beater, stainless steel whip, and stainless steel dough hook
• Powerful 800-watt motor with metal gear transmission. 3 multi-function power outlets for wide range of attachments; primary, low and high-speed
• Tilt-back head locks in up and down position
• Viking exclusive, patented pending Easy-Glide rear wheels for easy maneuverability around the countertop.
• 12 Speeds plus Stirring and Max

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

62 of 63 people found the following review helpful.
baker in Atlanta
By Aleea Major
I love this mixer!! I began researching the countertop mixers after reading the poor reviews on the KitchenAid. This mixer works wonderfully! I use spouted whole grain flour to make everything from cookies to bread; it is a very heavy and dense flour to work with, but no problem for this mixer at all. I even made sprouted whole grain oatmeal raisin chip cookies and it mixed all the ingreidents very quickly and perfectly. This receipe used to bog down my old hand mixer and I would end up mixing by hand...forever. This is a wonderful machine and I am so glad I bought it. FYI, it is heavy, but has wheels in the base that allow you to roll it accross the counter.

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
Awesome kitchen "shop tool"
By Syzygies
I'm a guy used to good shop tools, and I bought this primarily to assist in making bread. I'm spoiled from my shop tools, and I roll my eyes and wince at the electric smell of an underpowered kitchen appliance. I concluded correctly that for a stand mixer, Viking was my only choice.

I researched Viking, KitchenAid, Cuisinart, and a few other brands. The stainless steel attachments can go in the dishwasher. There are no hidden plastic parts to fail. (Read all the reviews on competing products very carefully....) This mixer really, really isn't that heavy. (Try moving a drill press.) The 800 watts can handle bread dough without blinking. The design is simplicity itself, a tool one can be so proud of, one ends up playing with it every night. (Bread is like that.)

Go read half a dozen current bread books. They're rife with this concern that home stand mixers (cough! KitchenAid. cough!) can't handle bread without time outs. So why doesn't everyone buy a V iking? It costs $100 more, and there isn't an ice cream attachment. Priorities, priorities, I wouldn't spend a $100 less on something than can't do the job, I'd work by hand.

36 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
Viking VSM500
By Mountainview
Viking VSM500 Professional Stand Mixer is a perfect example of superior quality and workmanship all too uncommon in today's market. Elegant in appearance, great attention has been given to every detail and design funtions second to none. Heart of this brute is 800 watts of pure power that will mix anything you desire, from thick cake or cookie batter to the toughest bread dough without ever thinking about bogging, while the wide range of speeds and attachments makes it delicate enough for even the most sensitive meringues. Rock solid with a precision locking pop-up head that is so convenient when accessing or removing the beautifully crafted stainless steel bowl with handle. Can't help but wonder why other brands haven't followed Viking's sensible example. The unit comes with beater, whip and dough hook, all three feature the same quality construction exhibited elsewhere in the mixer. Attachments are easy to attach and remove, and flawlessly built from heavy duty st ainless steel so you'll never worry about corrosion or flaking and peeling like the competitors. Purchased to replace an Osterizer that served faithfully for the last twenty years, couldn't be more pleased with this great appliance. While it is more expensive than Oster or KitchenAid, in a side-by-side comparison the Viking wins hands down. Thankfully this reputable company continues to prove some things built in the USA are still the best!