Comments on: Electrolux Magic Mill DLX Mixer

By: Madeline Johnson

Madeline Johnson — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:57:12 +0000

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By: Eloise

Eloise — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:00:48 +0000

I’ve had my Magic Mill Assistent for 5 years now. I love it. Makes wonderful, fluffy bread, that is 100% whole wheat. Yes, it will handle the 17 cups for your muffins. When I bought mine it came with the blender attachment. I used it to make some green smoothies and with the whole carrots, 1/4 lemons I tried to blend in it I managed to crack the blender jar. Then I had leaks into the motor, had to replace it, but it was totally worth it. Now I don’t use the blender part, but I love the stainless steeel bowl and the smaller plastic bowl and wisks for smaller projects-wonderful to whip egg whites.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:21:29 +0000

I’ve read everyones remarks about the Magic Mill Assistent and have pretty much made up my mind that that is the way to go. But, I have a muffin recipe that calls for 17 cups of bran, sugar, flour, raisin bran, raisins, walnuts and orange peel is this too much for the plastic bowl or will the bread (stainless steel) bowl handle it. Now I use a Cuisinart 5.5 Qt. Stand Mixer and with this recipe the mix gets on top of the mixing paddle, not out of the bowl though. Will the Magic Mill be able to handle it?

By: Doc

Doc — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:59:40 +0000

I have three mixers, a 35 yr old Kitchen Aid K45, a Pro 600 that is a few years old, and an Assistent N28 that I received about 6 weeks ago. The old K45 is still a great machine and fully functional and I will keep it to run my Kitchen Aid attachments (meat grinder and shredder). I bought the Pro 600 when I was unable to get a replacement bowl hold-down fixture for the K45 – which I later found for $16. I bought a “reconditioned” Pro 600 expecting a unit with some cosmetic defects. What I got was a machine that was tearing itself apart as it dropped metal particles onto the top of the dough hook from the drive shaft bushing. They cheerfully replaced it with a new one, which when I turned it on went immediately to speed 10 – irrespective of the speed setting. I returned that one and got one that was just noisy – enough so that I have to wear my ear protectors when using the mixer. My theory is that they don’t actually recondition anything, so “refurbished” is not a good description – they clearly don’t even test them. They just ship the rejects around until they find somebody who lives with it. I agree with the comments about getting hot – that seems to be a design problem with the fan attached to the motor shaft and not big enough to reject the heat produced by the larger motor at inefficient low speeds. Thus the caution in the manual to not run the dough hook at anything above speed 2 and not for more than 5 min at a time. Totally useless in my view. I have been trying to wear it out by kneading bread at higher speed with the paddle attachment (4 min at speed 4 for a 1 Kg batch of 75% hydration dough). It keeps getting louder (partly a result of a plastic gear housing I think) but it hasn’t failed yet. In any case, I finally got tired of it and decided to get something new. I selected the Assistent over the Bosch or the Hobart N50. The Assistent takes some getting use to and you have to convert your recipes to use it, but I am routinely making 3 Kg batches of 75% hydration ciabatta and running with the dough hook at speed 6 (out of eight) for 25 or 30 min to fully develop the gluten. See photos on Picasa:

https://picasaweb.google.com/DocDough/BreadCurrentlyAllCiabatta?feat=directlink

No complaints, and it doesn’t walk around on the counter unless you are mixing a smaller batch of stiff dough at high speed with the roller and have either flour or oil on the counter. I have found that the roller works best for kneading bread at batch sizes below 2 Kg and the dough hook is preferred for batches that have more than 1 Kg of liquid. In between you have a choice.

By: Grampa Knuckles

Grampa Knuckles — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:04:01 +0000

I just bought a roller flaker for mine on line from Jalyns in Canada and now add a lot of rolled grains to my bread. Still only use the roller even with 15 – 16 cups of flour.. I find best to mix with about 1/2 flour first for about 3 minutes then add the rest of flour nicer consistency and excellent mixing…As for problem with dough staying in middle, play around with the location of your roller may need to be closer to center for larger batches of dough

By: Monty Tarr

Monty Tarr — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:32:32 +0000

I agree with this review. I have used a Magic Mill/Electrolux Assistent for over ten years. To answer some of the questions posed above:
-Bowl size is 8 liters (slightly over 8 quarts.)
-According to the manufacturer, both egg whites and cream can be beaten with the roller and scraper but the best results will come from using the plastic bowl and whisks. I have only used the plastic bowl and whisks for beating the two mentioned items.
-According to the manufacturer, the roller and scraper can be used for kneading all amounts of dough up to maximum. Many people, however, feel more comfortable using the dough hook. Personally I use the dough hook only when kneading 15 or more cups of flour.
-Were you using the whisks and plastic bowl? or the roller and scraper? If you were using the whisks, there may have been a disconnect between the drive shaft and whisk drive gears. If using the roller and scraper, there may have been a problem with the speed.
-Make sure you read and follow the directions in the owners manual. In order to get the dough going with roller and scraper it may be necessary to manually move the roller arm to towards the center of the bowl and back a couple of times. As mentioned in this review, this mixer is not like any other we commonly come into contact with. Experiment with the Assistent and I am sure you will find what works for you and will be extremely satisfied with the results.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:14:40 +0000

Good question about the roller vs. the dough hook. I have not found either to work to knead dough. The bowl goes around and the dough stands still in the middle of the bowl, not moving. Only with very light, sticky dough do you get movement.

By: rivky

rivky — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:59:21 +0000

Why did my whipping tool suddenly stop whipping. It’s just mixed the egg whites but didn’t whip it up. Any suggestions?

By: John Biswanger

John Biswanger — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:59 +0000

When do you use the dough hook and not the roller and scraper?

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:54:24 +0000

One question…is it feasible to beat egg whites in the metal bowl? as I’ve heard that plastic bowls harbour grease and can deflate an eggwhite meringue.