West Bend 41135 12-Speed Stand Mixer with 2 Mixing Bowls, White

Oct 13, 2010 23:00:05

Brand : West Bend

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Product Overviews

A powerful 12 speed motor with electronic control senses the mixing load and automatically adjusts the speed and power. Included with the unit are two brushed stainless steel mixing bowls, a 1-1/2 and 4 quart size and two heavy duty dough hooks and two large beaters. The mixer has a convenient easy to use beater ejection button on the side and a power boost button on the top. With 300 watts this unit will do a good job on the simplest mixing and blending to heavier applications like cookie and bread dough.

Product Features

• 12-speed stand mixer equipped with powerful 300-watt motor
• Electronic sensor detects quantity and adjusts speed accordingly
• Automatic bowl rotation; 2-position bowl rest; dishwasher-safe parts
• Includes a 1-1/2- and 4-quart stainless-steel bowl, 2 dough hooks, and 2 beaters
• Measures 12-2/5 by 10-4/5 by 14-1/2 inches; 1-year limited warranty

West Bend 41135 12-Speed Stand Mixer with 2 Mixing Bowls, White Reviews By Customers

I have baked for 20 years, and waited a long time for a stand mixer. I did not want one that took up my counter space. I have worked at making bread for years and wanted help to make three loaves a week, plus oatmeal cookies and a few other things.

Pros: this is a light portable mixer, love the two bowls and the hooks match the holes,square or circle, easy! easy to clean and run.
makes incredible cookies, buy a copy of GRAND CENTRAL BAKING and never go wrong!!!! and heavy cookie sheets. I have chicago mettalic sheets and are wonderful.


TO MAKE BREAD, UNDERSTAND BREAD. Bread is not fast!!! you can do proper slow mix,or fast" over night rest bread".

I have had wonderful results with the following Italian loaf.

2 cups water, 1 tablespoon yeast, one table spoon sugar, 2 table spoons olive oil,add one cup of flour , mix for at least two to three mintues With Cookie Dough hooks... add slowly 1/2 cup flour,,,, makes a thick pancake batter. Just let it run for 5 minutes.
Change off to the bread hooks,,, slowly add flour until you reach three cups....to five cups slowly,,,,, over 10 mintues.
develops the dough.

let the machine and dough rest as needed, scrape bowl as needed,( every mintue) the dough will wrap around one hook, its ok, stop an let the dough rest down.
toss out on a flour surface and do a few strech and folds,
rest in plastic, oiled bag over night,in fridge, bake as rolls or pizza in 425 oven. works like a dream.

I use the big chicago mettalic french baking pans, lined with parchement paper for perfect baking results.

Made bannana oatmeal muffins while making bread, I love have two bowls!!!!! this was a lifetime buy for a frugal baker.


This mixer has taken a lot of mixing pain out of artisian loaves,and the prenix stage. DO NOT BE IN A RUSH, ADD FLOUR SLOWLY. Also do presoaks.

To really understand bread read the the first 100 pages of the Bread Bakers Apprentice , or the hard to find No Knead to Knead book,
Bake on for years in joy with this fine mixer...... it really works, like a saw, know thy tools....

Update in June 2010 , Am baking a lot of bread, up to 5 cups flour bread in this mixer, I am using Reinharts new Artisian Baking book and this mixer is doing great with 5 cups rustic bread, really a best buy at plus shipping. bought yeast in 2 lb package today , love amazon.

Worst mixer I've ever used, but it looks nice - B. Burr - New York
The mixer looks nice and blends in well with the rest of my stainless steel kitchen decor, but does not do a good job of mixing. The beaters do not reach all the way to the bottom of the bowls, missing some dry ingredients down there each time. When making a buttercream frosting (tested many times), large chunks of (room temperature) butter remain. It's a cheap substitute for my 1950's vintage Sunbeam. I will not be purchasing West Bend appliances in the future.

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Works Great - L. Cooper - Aurora, IL United States
This is a good product for the cost. I was worried that it would be a cheap stand in stand mixer until I was able to afford one of the 0 ones. However, I was surprised at how sturdy, efficient and even quiet it was. It does exactly what it's suppose to do.

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What a Disappointment! - Patient knitter -
Because I accidentally broke a glass bowl for my wonderful, but discontinued Black and Decker stand mixer for which no bowls are available, I needed to purchase a new mixer. After much research, I chose the West Bend stand mixer from Amazon. The mixer arrived in a timely manner, but was defective. When I attempted to eject the beaters without having used the mixer, one fell out without touching it, while the other was lodged in the mixer head and was difficult to remove. The beaters had been inserted properly, not only according to the instruction manual, but also by matching the templates on the mixer. The beaters are much lighter in weight than one would expect to find in a stand mixer. In addition to the problem with the beaters, the mixer appears to be very cheaply made. There are only three pads on the bottom of the unit to stabilize it on a counter. As a result, the mixer rocks on the counter. There should have been at least four pads to prevent this. I promptly returned the mixer and purchased a Kitchen Aid Artisan stand mixer with which I am thrilled. Don't get your hopes up or waste your time on this West Bend mixer.

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