Home bakers have long known the quality of the mixer utilized for mixing recipe ingredients, has a direct impact on the quality of the finished product. One of the most significant appliances in the kitchen of the home baker’s arsenal is the stand mixer. The mixer must be able to blend, mix, and whip the most delicate items without crushing the delicate textures and air pockets. Conversely, it must possess a durable, strong motor capable of mixing dense cookie and bread dough, without bogging down or burning out. Additionally, the mixer must not be cost prohibitive; the baker must decide how much mixer they need and how much they are willing to spend. The more recipe items a mixer can be utilized for, the more cost effective the mixer becomes. The Artisan was evaluated on ability to mix various items of a multitude of consistencies, ease of use, cost effectiveness and diversity of usage.
The Artisan by KitchenAid, a 325 watt, 5 quart, 10 speed, stand mixer, that provides the widest range of mixing capability in the domestic stand mixer realm. The mixer is equipped with a stainless steel, stationary bowl, the mixer uses a planetary mixing motion, which rotates as it spins to ensure complete mixing of ingredients thoroughly without the need to scrape the sides of the bowl. Additionally, the unit is supplied out of the box with a hook for making breads, paddle for mixing quick breads and cake mixes and whip for aeration of eggs and creams. Additional attachments can be purchased which allows the baker to make pasta and grind meats, as well as a vegetable processor and fruit juicer. The user is only limited to their imagination and the amount of attachments they want to purchase for the unit. As a result, the KitchenAid ...
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Any home baker needs a powerful, economical, reliable mixer unit to prepare delicious home made goods that are nutritional and cost effect for their family and friends. Homes today tend to have smaller kitchens and space is a premium. The KitchenAid Artisan mixer does the work of a mixer, grinder, juicer, and so much more. Cost effective long-life, reliable steel motor parts and housing, along with the speed and ease of use for any baker, whether novice or expert. The sticker shock should not stop the consumer from purchasing a KitchenAid mixer, in all likelihood, one is all the average family will ever have to purchase in their lifetime.
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The Artisan KitchenAid stand mixer is a very substantial machine with huge capability: 325 watts of power make child’s play of creaming butter and sugar mixtures, mixing batters, kneading different types of dough, and quickly whipping up heavy cream. The child in you will love how quick and easy it is to mix up a batch of chocolate cookies. Don’t consider yourself much of a cook now? After making the decision to bring home an Artisan KitchenAid mixer, it’ll be a different story. The Artisan KitchenAid mixer can handle just about anything you require and, armed with the sizable 5-quart bowl, it’s very doable to double, triple and even quadruple many of your recipes without any trouble or difficulty. In fact, the Artisan Kitchenaid Mixer has the capability to take both beginning and experienced cooks to a higher level.
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The culinary world is filled with talent, technique, and competition. When there’s only so many ways to poach an egg, chefs are pushing boundaries to free themselves from the box. New recipes are popping up all over as chef’s experiment with their palettes, some more successful than others. Technique after technique is being refined and tweaked to produce interesting and unique food. Hundreds of chefs make their mark and stand out from the crowd each year. Including one Georgia-native, Alton Brown.
In the food service industry, it is vital to have a professional food processor that keeps up with a restaurant’s demands, no matter how intensive they may be. A professional food processor is costly, however, making its purchase an investment. Not only must the best commercial food processor perform, it also must be able to last a long time.
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Furthermore, during Child’s life there were technological and world events that influenced her as a chef and her impact on her audience. One of the most important technological advancements during her lifetime was the invention of the free standing mixer, which was created to be an at-home and industrial appliance allowing mixing ingredients to be much more convenient than other by-hand methods. In 1908, Herbert Johnson created the first electric standing mixer for the Hobart Company and in 1919, Hobart Company presented the KitchenAid Food Preparer, a free standing mixer for homes throughout the United States. According to "Vaunt Design Group; Mixer History; Invention of the Mixer" the first 5-quart counter top KitchenAid mixers were sold for 189.50 U.S. Dollars, approximately 2,000 U.S. Dollars according to the monetary value of the U.S. Dollar in 2002" (Vaunt Design Group; Mixer History; Invention of the Mixer).
Many people dine at restaurants’ and hotels’ but are unaware of the system utilized within the kitchen. They simply go to enjoy the food, unaware of how it is prepared. Interestingly, the kitchen is run by a Kitchen Brigade system (Brigade de Cuisine) which is a hierarchy system invented by Georges Auguste Escoffier to ease and simply the operations of a kitchen. There are two types of kitchen brigade which are the classic kitchen brigade and the modern kitchen brigade. This report aims to explain each of the system, the individuals involved in it and the responsibilities of each person.
Moreover, I used the opportunity to experience and understand the limitations of ideal engineering and practical human systems in achieving desired goals, including limitations of production methods, manufacturing tolerances and performance minima; and understanding the significance of time and money in the engineering process and manufacturing of food industry.