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If you like to bake, nothing beats a stand mixer. Yes, hand mixers are perfectly capable of whipping up a cup of cream, beating a cake mix, or even kneading enough bread dough for two loaves, but they take longer and you have to hold them the whole time, which gets really tiring after a minute or two. It’s worth making the investment — in terms of dollars and space — for a powerful stand mixer.

The KitchenAid stand mixer probably comes to mind first. While it’s the biggest name in the biz, it’s certainly not the only one. And that’s good news for anyone looking to save some money. I’ve tested nearly ever stand mixer on the market and these are my three favorites.

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For more than 30 years, I was in charge of testing and reporting on everything from wooden spoons to connected refrigerators at the Good Housekeeping Institute. I’ve walked the floors of every trade show and read every new product release for longer than most digital publications have existed!

My street cred? I also worked as a chef in New York City restaurants for seven years.

I’ve tested, used, and played with nearly every piece of kitchen gear (including stand mixers) to come on the market for years. When it comes to gear, it takes a lot to impress me, and I know what actually works.

Picked by a Pro. Tested by Real Home Cooks.

I’ve tested what feels like every stand mixer on the market (at all the price points, low to high!) and these are my all-time favorites. But you don’t have to take my word and my word alone, either. Kitchn editors — a unique hybrid of professionals and home cooks, who develop and test great recipes in real home kitchens — and real Amazon shoppers weighed in on some of these picks too, testing my favorites in the context of their actual home cooking.

After all, when it comes to kitchen gear, what matters is that it works for a home cook — not just that a chef endorses it, or that it passed some high-flying bar in a sterile test kitchen. You want gear that is, above all, practical, long-lasting, and mindful of real cooks, real kitchens, and real budgets.

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