Stand Mixer Kitchen: Bosch Universal Plus Kitchen Machine

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 12 x 15.5 x 11 inches ; 12.3 pounds
Shipping Weight: 12.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN: B0016KU16G
Item model number: MUM6N10UC

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Product Features

Durable, easy to clean surface
Wide range of optional accessories eliminate the need for many additional kitchen appliances
Integrated cable storage
800w power
Easy-to-use (4 speeds plus impulse) with slower low-speed setting; faster high-speed setting
6.5 quart high-volume mixing bowl with higher dough capacity
Dough hook, scraper and double beater included.
Security device, cover for both drives

Customer Reviews

Well, I must be missing something the other reviewers aren't. I used this machine to make my huge batch of cookie dough. As usual, I made a monumental mess. NOT the machine's fault, I make a mess of everything in the kitchen. But this machine handled the mixing so easily I couldn't believe it. My Heavy Duty Kitchen Aid was a huge hassle, with the dough always climing up and getting everywhere, plus it was hard to add ingredients. At least with the Bosch, all I had to wipe up were dry spills caused by me, not dough flung everywhere. For those of you who complained about food getting in the gears, try standing on you head to clean the gears on the underside of the Kitchen Aid. Or better yet, try throwing it in the dishwasher. Geez Now that machine was hard to clean! To be honest, most of the mess from the Bosch was caused by me turning it on with only dry ingredients and no top on the unit. I thought it would just slowly stir on low speed, like the Kitchen Aid, but it doesn't seem to do slow, and dry stuff flew everywhere. Beware. Always use the top. 8-)
But after all was done, I just put everything in the dishwasher, and it was all clean. What am I missing? Everything was perfect. The Kitchen Aid goes to the storeroom. I'm in love. I had bought cookie paddles, but couldn't find them when it was time to make cookies. So I used the dough hook, and it worked perfectly. That thing is massive, and gets everything mixed perfectly.
I consider myself an excellent critic of kitchen equipment, because in the kitchen I am sloppy, lazy and impatient (hey-know thyself). If something works well for me, it is because it does the job quickly, easily and well. The open top is a blessing in itself. Since I never measure anything, and dump it in right from the packaging, the open top is much less likely to cause spills than trying to fit the package opening into the Kitchen Aid.

Bosch has really designed a powerhouse here. 6 months ago, when I wanted to buy a stand mixer to replace a basic Sunbeam from years ago, I thought "Of course, I'm finally going to get that Kitchenaid I saw in the kitchen store all those years ago, but couldn't afford. That's the real deal." Then I read the reviews on Amazon, and read the Yahoo Mixer-Owners list and some other bread making lists. With the amount of complaints I saw, and the prohibitions in the manual against using too much flour or to high a speed or whatever, I decided I needed to keep looking.
Enter the Bosch. The reviews and youtube videos showed that the way you know how much flour / dough you can make in this - when the bowl is full! That's the sort of obvious scenario I like! The Bosch Universal Plus (BUP) also has quite the reputation for lasting forever. So far, I have no reason to doubt that. I've done 6 loves of bread at once in this, and it's never gotten hot, shut down or even slowed down. I've done mashed potatoes, no problem. It does have overload protection, but I have to say, so far the only way I can imaging tripping that is if you're mixing up concrete.
Many reviews have some listed weaknesses of the Bosch. I'd like to address them as I see them.
1) It's plastic and ugly.
It is plastic. It's a strong plastic, I don't see any issues with reliability so far. As to being ugly, I think that's a matter of opinion. The best part about being plastic is it's light and it's not that large, so I put it away when I'm not using it. It fits in a cabinet in my Kitchen. So to me, asking how pretty it is is like asking how pretty my skillsaw is. It's a tool that's in the shed when I'm not using it. Who cares?
2) It's hard to clean.
Honestly, I don't know where this is coming from. You can put everything but the dough hook in the dishwasher. I actually wash it by hand by setting my tap water on hot and using my sink sprayer to knock off all the batter or dough or whatever, add some dish soap, swish it around and rinse. The whole thing is non-stick. Everything just sloughs off under some water pressure. It's easer to clean than the glass bowls from my old Sunbeam mixer. I suppose it's a little fiddly because there are so many parts, but again they all go in the dishwasher save the dough hook. And that really is as easy to clean as the bowl etc. The hardest part is wiping down the stand / motor that you can't just spray water at, but I can't see how it could be that hard as it's the same sort of slippery plastic and you just rub a little with some hot water and done.
3) It can't do cakes or cookies.
All I can say is "works for me". I did several kinds of cookies and cakes over the last 6 months and it was the same as using the old Sunbeam. I honestly don't know how it could be easier - it worked like any other mixer. I suppose if you didn't know to use the whisks and tried to use the dough hook it wouldn't work, but . .. I even did frosting.
4) Can't do small batches.
This is true depending on your definition of small. I found it couldn't really do a half recipe of buttercream frosting when I needed just a bit more for my cakes I did last weekend. But that's a half recipe - it would be the frosting for 1 8" round. That's probably unusually small. For bread, if you're doing 1 loaf, I would use a bread machine, but there are attachments (for like $6) to do small dough amounts. To be honest, I'm not messing with a mixer and the oven etc for less than 6+ loaves of bread, so it doesn't come up for me.
5) Extra part to scrape down with the center post.
Well, yes and no. Yes, you occasionally have to scrape the bowl down. I haven't heard of a mixer that you don't. The middle post rarely needs to be scraped down though as the batter or dough is all being pushed against it by the beaters or hook so it gets grabbed by the mixer. I generally have to scrape down the outside of the bowl, and that's the same as with my old mixer.
I have to say, I'm really happy with my Bosch. It has pretty much all the same attachments like a food processor, blender, pasta maker etc that the competition has. It powers through the jobs. One thing, if you buy this, get the cookie paddles and batter whisks. You'll want to use them for cookies and cake batter respectively. The French Whisks that it comes with are good for making marshmallows and angelfood cake and things you really really need to beat / whip. But for cake batters I suggest the batter whisks which don't beat as strongly. And get ready to want to "collect them all" for attachments.