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Kenwood chef- WHAT MODEL SHOULD I GET?

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Your post could have been written by me Jules - gadget woman married to gadget man here :roll:

 

I've always wanted a KC but suspect that I don't really need one.........

 

Kenwood have just brought out a baby/compact one which sounds very good. Lakeland are selling it.... but I had a look at it on the Kenwood site.

 

I don't really need the baby one either :(

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Aaahh, but it doesn't have the lovely old glass liquidiser... you HAVE to have one of those - they are just the best.

 

My mother has one that was a wedding present, so is 50 years old this year. Hers has a grey k"Ooops, word censored!" and trim while mine is blue, she also has far more attachments than I do, but I probably wouldn't use them all TBH.

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I was given a plastic liquidiser for mine, without a lid. It also needed a sealing ring to go between the jug and the blade bit. Bought the ring off ebay for 99p and use a saucer for the lid. I looked at buying a glass jug but to be honest the quality of the plastic is so good, I won't bother. It is really thick and strong - unlike the modern plastic of my food processor that has started to craze. And it is still perfectly clear even after plenty of dishwasher exposures! 8)

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wow - now I'm interested. I have a Braun hand blender, and a cheap mixer for cakes, meringue etc. I also have a Braun food-processor which is 22 years old (it was a wedding present, and has outlasted most other presents, and indeed lasted a lot longer than the marriage! :wink: ) it's still working, but I fear its days are numbered.

 

Now I assumed that a Kenwood Chef was just for cakes - I didn't realise you could also grate and slice with it. And make dough? (My breadmaker is rubbish, I'm going to Freecycle it).

 

I think I might have found the replacement for the Braun when it goes. Is the KC really as good for slicing/grating as a stand-alone food processor? What about the sort of thing where you use the blade to make biscuit dough - can you do that as well?

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:P stop it, I can't afford to get anything else!

 

I will have to wait for the Braun to give up the ghost, which could be any time soon. I am really, really tempted though. My wrists hurt if I knead dough by hand for long, and the idea of not having to hold the mixer is tempting!

 

golly, the things you learn on this forum.

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I also have a Braun food-processor which is 22 years old (it was a wedding present, and has outlasted most other presents, and indeed lasted a lot longer than the marriage! :wink: )

 

:lol::lol::lol:

 

I have a Braun food-processor that was a wedding present to and it is still on the go but the marriage :wink:

 

Maybe it is a kiss of death style wedding present :lol:

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:lol::lol: ... I remember being hugely excited, my employers bought it for me and it was probably one of the most expensive wedding presents I got.

 

On the whole, I think the food processor has been more reliable, more useful and less trouble than the husband was :wink: It certainly never went off and grated somebody else's cheese, so to speak ...

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I'm watching a KC on ebay at the mo. If I get it it'll have to be bargain price. Now one of the reasons it'll be that is because

(plunger missing, but can use anything as plunger, at present i use handle of wooden spoon).
. Now I'm happy to use a wooden spoon but I'm not quite sure what the plunger does (apart from plunge :lol: ) Would you think this was a problem?
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