Ankarsrum Original
The bread-baker's mixer — a unique belt-drive bowl that kneads huge, stiff doughs with ease
Key characteristics
Highlights
- ✓ 7L rotating bowl driven from below — not a planetary head
- ✓ Handles very large, stiff bread doughs effortlessly
- ✓ Swedish-built with a long warranty
- ✓ Roller-and-scraper system mimics hand kneading
Our take
If you bake bread in quantity, nothing beats the Ankarsrum: the motor drives the bowl rather than a beater, so it powers through big, stiff doughs that bog down planetary mixers. It has a learning curve and it's expensive, but for serious bakers it's the last mixer you'll buy.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- + Unmatched with large, stiff doughs
- + Huge 7L capacity
- + Built to last decades
- + Powerful, quiet motor
Cons
- − Steep learning curve
- − Expensive
- − Less intuitive for cakes and whipping than a planetary
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