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The Smeg stand mixer, by the numbers
Smeg
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750 W · 5-quart steel bowl · 10 speeds
Smeg sells this mixer on its looks, and the looks are the easy part to judge from a photograph. The specification is the part worth reading twice.
The motor is a 750 W direct-drive unit, which is the figure that separates a machine that kneads dough from one that whips cream and stalls at anything stiffer. The bowl holds five quarts in stainless steel, and the housing is die-cast aluminium — that is where the weight comes from, and the weight is why it stays on the counter instead of walking across it.
What we like about it
- 750 W direct-drive motor, rated for bread and pizza dough rather than cake batter alone
- Die-cast aluminium housing, not painted plastic — the reason for most of the weight
- Ten speeds, and the slowest is genuinely slow, which matters for dry flour
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