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Save 24% on the pro baker-approved KitchenAid stand mixer during Prime Day
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If there was a hall of fame for cooking appliances, the KitchenAid stand mixer would be in it. The KitchenAid stand mixer is widely considered to be one of the best stand mixers on the market for its performance, versatility and reliability. It’s the kind of coveted cooking tool that home cooks save up for and professional bakers turn to for recipe testing. I’ve interviewed pro bakers, including those who own bakeries and have written cookbooks, and many have recommended the KitchenAid stand mixer to me. I’ve also tested one out myself, and can definitively say it’s worth the hype.
Right now, the Classic Series 4.5-quart version is discounted 24% off during Prime Day 2024. Considering that this is such a prized item in the cooking world, this is a pretty good deal. It’s a limited-time deal though, so the discount available today may be gone tomorrow.
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KitchenAid Classic Series 4.5-quart tilt-head stand mixer: Save 24%
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I’m more of a cook than a baker, but considering the fanfare around the KitchenAid stand mixer, I couldn’t help but try it out. My verdict? It’s totally worth the hype. The stand mixer was so easy to use and got to work right away mixing up the cookie and loaf recipes that I tried in it. I was particularly impressed with how quickly and effectively it mixed up my thick shortbread cookie recipe. I’ve made that recipe time and time again with a hand mixer, but the stand mixer took it to another level. It managed to bring the batter to a practically perfect texture, something that I know I wouldn’t be able to achieve with a hand mixer.
The KitchenAid Classic Series tilt-head stand mixer comes with ten speeds (they are powerful!) and three vital attachments for making sweet and savory recipes, including a flat beater, whisk and dough hook. With the flat beater, you can make cookies and cakes, with the dough hook you can mix bread and with the whisk, you can make meringues, frostings, whipped creams and even mashed potatoes.
According to the brand, the 4.5-quart bowl can accommodate enough dough to make eight dozen cookies. The KitchenAid stand mixer I tried had a five-quart capacity and to me, that was sufficient, so I imagine half a quart less will still yield plenty of mixing room.
The KitchenAid Classic Series 4.5-quart tilt head stand mixer has a 4.8-star rating on Amazon. One reviewer called this “my favorite purchase ever,” adding: “I love to bake and decided to invest in a KitchenAid mixer because I’ve always heard they are the best. I absolutely LOVE it! Takes baking to another level. I’ve already made homemade butter, bread, cupcakes, and also shredded chicken for Buffalo chicken dip. You won’t regret buying this beauty!”
Regularly $330, you can get this KitchenAid stand mixer for $250 during Amazon Prime Day.
KitchenAid 7-quart bowl-lift stand mixer: Save 12%
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This 7-quart KitchenAid stand mixer with a bowl-lift design offers two times the power of the brand’s tilt-head stand mixer with 11-speed options. It can mix 13 dozen cookies per batch and knead more than 8.5 pounds of bread.
This option, available in a variety of colors, comes with a 7-quart stainless steel bowl, double flex edge beater, coated flat beater, coated dough hook, 11-wire whip and pouring shield.
Regularly $600, you can find the KitchenAid 7-quart stand mixer for just $530 ahead during Prime Day.
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Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82.
A spokesperson for USA Gymnastics confirmed to CBS News by email that Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given.
Karolyi and wife Martha trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions in the U.S. and Romania, including Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton.
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“A big impact and influence on my life,” Comaneci, who was just 14 when Karolyi coached her to gold for Romania at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, posted on Instagram.
The Karolyis defected to the United States in 1981 and over the next 30-plus years became a guiding force in American gymnastics, though not without controversy. Bela helped guide Retton — all of 16 — to the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and memorably helped an injured Kerri Strug off the floor at the 1996 Games in Atlanta after Strug’s vault secured the team gold for the Americans.
Karolyi briefly became the national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics women’s elite program in 1999 and incorporated a semi-centralized system that eventually turned the Americans into the sport’s gold standard. It did not come without a cost. He was pushed out after the 2000 Olympics after several athletes spoke out about his tactics.
It would not be the last time Karolyi was accused of grandstanding and pushing his athletes too far physically and mentally.
During the height of the Larry Nassar scandal in the late 2010s — when the disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor was effectively given a life sentence after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting gymnasts and other athletes with his hands under the guise of medical treatment — over a dozen former gymnasts came forward saying the Karolyis were part of a system that created an oppressive culture that allowed Nassar’s behavior to run unchecked for years.
Still, some of Karolyi’s most famous students were always among his staunchest defenders. When Strug got married, she and Karolyi took a photo recreating their famous scene from the 1996 Olympics, when he carried her onto the medals podium after she vaulted on a badly sprained ankle.