subfuscpersona
Sous Chef
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- Aug 31, 2004
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My beloved KA (K5-A) mixer, which is probably older than the combined ages of both my children, died shortly before Thanksgiving. It went "ker-chunk, ker-chunk, ker-chunk" (a KA equivalent of a death rattle?) and stopped.
Dismay does not begin to describe my reaction! In desperation I purchased a 2nd-hand one (K5-SS) from eBay. The Thanksgiving holiday was rescued but...
The replacement went belly up shortly before Christmas. This time no warning, just didn't turn on one morning.
I am so bummed! I have located an authorized service center in the wilds of Brooklyn and a friend has promised to transport car-less me (plus mixers) to same in the near future.
Only up side of the saga is that I have learned to make pastry entirely by hand and have been reminded that it is pretty easy to make bread by hand too.
Both KAs are the old kinds when they were manufactured by Hobart so I'm hoping they're worth repairing. Stay tuned...
Dismay does not begin to describe my reaction! In desperation I purchased a 2nd-hand one (K5-SS) from eBay. The Thanksgiving holiday was rescued but...
The replacement went belly up shortly before Christmas. This time no warning, just didn't turn on one morning.
I am so bummed! I have located an authorized service center in the wilds of Brooklyn and a friend has promised to transport car-less me (plus mixers) to same in the near future.
Only up side of the saga is that I have learned to make pastry entirely by hand and have been reminded that it is pretty easy to make bread by hand too.
Both KAs are the old kinds when they were manufactured by Hobart so I'm hoping they're worth repairing. Stay tuned...