Ok, so i bought a KA - which attatchements do i need?

I bought my KA today, got the Boysenberry one! I am so in love :loveshower:
Its for my 30th birthday but dh said i could start using it straight away :P
My parents and sisters are going to buy me the attatchments i want but after looking at them all i'm a little bit overwhelmed and confused.
I want to be able to slice and grate and shred and stuff
I would like to make pasta but there are so many different combinations
I am def getting the ice-cream one
I would like to grind meat also

So if anyone could help me out i would really appreciate it. I have 3 months before my actual b'day so a good amount of time to play around with it first.

What ones do you have and what would you recommend i get?

TIA - now i just have to think of a name for her and make room on my bench to display her loveliness :D

Congrats on your purchase, I LOVE my KA and I don't actually have any of the attachments. But, I have seen them in the US while on holiday and they are loads cheaper over there so seeing as you have time on your side and the AUD is strong maybe shop around online and compare prices. Enjoy your KA, mine sits in pride of place on the bench too :)

what is a KA?

I have the blender in black and sometimes I pat it lovingly when no-one is looking LOL

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what is a KA?

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Kitchen Aid the most gorgeous mixer ever invented!!

I am sooo jealous OP!! And you got Boysenberry.. DOUBLE that jealousy!!!

I'd get a mincer.

I love the 3 piece pasta set. I can make 500g fresh pasta in 15 start to finish including making dough (if I let it rest then obviously longer).

I also really love the mincer, I keep meat in the freezer (flat pieces) that I know I can mince easily and if I forget to lift something out I can slice up the frozen meat and let it sit for 10 minutes then mince as it's best to mince meat partly frozen.

I love the ice cream bowl, it lives in my freezer. And the bowls you freeze are actually quicker than the machine ones (ie. cuisinart) as it's already at desired temp.

I have the rotor shredder slicer that comes with the mincer/strainer accessory pack and I have used both this rotory slicer and the one with the small drums I prefer this one. I find the casing to be a lot more sturdy. The only downfall is you don't have the huge array of extra drums that you do with the small drums, but to be honest the drums it comes with is perfectly fine for me.

I am going to have a play with the Pasta Press this week, but I know Christy has used it and loves it.

If you have any questions feel free to send them mine or Christy's way ;)

Can I just say a big Congratulations on you purchase and I'm another one that is soo jealous.

Although I have heard that there price has just gone up so I'm tempted to convince DH that I need one for Christmas as they are only going to get dearer. (my problem is I just can't pick a colour???)

Anyway orginal question I can't really help as I don't have one yet, but the pasta one sounds good, I guess if you think you will be into making our own pasta

Oh congrats hun! How exciting! :)

DH wants to buy me one for my bday... where did you buy yours from MrsB26?
We went to House at Charlestown but they only had black & red. I really want a silver or white one.

Congratulations! I'm super jealous!
Everyone and anyone who listens to me is sick and tired about me going on and on about the KA. The purple one in particular.

Lisa, check out Peters of Kensington. They have KAs for $632 plus delivery.

I'm hoping I've been extra good this year and Santa (i.e DP) buys me one.

Enjoy your new KA!

Thanks ladies for all your jealousy :rofl:

Rouge - thank you, i'll def just get the 3 peice pasta set. There are so many different slicer ones but the one you have sounds just like what i want. Its a shame they're so expensive which is why i want to make sure i get the one i really want. I didnt know about the ice cream attatchment being better than the other machine ones- that is awesome cause i was alittle worried as i have used the other type and wasnt very impressed.

Lisa - there are a few places online that go for around $630 including delivery. I ended up getting mine at applicance surplus for $580 incl delivery. They didnt have the colour i wanted in stock a few days ago but when i checked yesterday it was there so i bought it straight away.

Cant wait for it to arrive - i think i'll be doing the same as Mrsmac and be stroking till my hearts content :D

Gee that's cheap the cheapest I could find was $632 on line including delivery. Now that I can get it $50 cheaper think I'll just have to convince DH that I need to get one. Thanks for the Mrs B26.

Now for what colour to choose?????

Choosing the colour was the hardest part :rofl:
I knew i want boysenberry though but the price was making me re-think - if it didnt come up as in stock i probably would have paid the extra $50 elsewhere for it though just cause i really wanted that colour!
At that shop they are usually $630 but they are on special for some reason so i'm glad i nabbed one when i did.
Have fun and i hope you can get convince your DH!!!

I just bought mine! Thanks for that MrsB26... what a bargain! I ordered mine in Metallic Chrome. I can not wait to get receive it :)

Rouge - is it easy enough to make the pasta? i'm keen to make fresh, and looks like i have greenlight to get KA after house settles, but like MrsB26, i'm a little overwhelmed about attachments.
i really don't want to get a food processor but miss the one we had (mostly for grating/slicing and for grinding up roast meat for shepherds pie). our old food processor had a blender attachment too, which we used for ****tails (i MISS my ****tails!) - but the KA doesn't appear to have similar so i'm guessing i will need to buy a blender. trying to create some sort of budget before i go toooooooooooo nuts lol

MrsB26 - i love the boysenberry color but it won't work in my kitchen so i'm looking at something that will work with stainless/brushed stainless - i'm guessing probably one of the silverish ones or black/white. not sure. i do get caught in the oooooooooooh pretty factor with the colors, but i'm tryyyying to be practical lol

BG - I loved the Ice Blue or the Pink one, but I decided to go with what matches my kitchen which is why I got the Metallic Chrome one. I think it is pretty :)

hope they are still that price after house settles - i hate waiting when i can see a bargain (esp as the local HOUSE has just put their prices up to 779)

The KA blender is awesome BG!! Erin makes great smoothies and I use it for bread crumbs mixed with fresh herbs, biscuit bases heaps of things (and obviously for stroking LOL)

I have the metallic red one and just the attachments that came with it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Got it for my 30th too!!

Rouge - you've made me want to get all the other attachments now!!!

I wonder if I can backdate one for my 30th ??? Worth a try I guess!!

Yay! I reckon go the ice-cream attachment, I have my mind on that for this summer. :D I also want to get the mincer, large tray and sausage maker bit at some stage. I looooove pasta, but the little'uns are rubbish at long pasta, it's all spirals and bows here (and no, I'm not making sheets and then hand making the bows on a regular basis :p).

Oh! Get the small bowl! For things like mousse - I just scrape the bowl out and rinse, and it really is no hassle, but it would be handy.

Mmmmm icecream.... I'll have to add that to my list of "My KA wish list".. which btw has a KA as the top I want lol
One day I'll get me one.... one day....

If you want serious KA envy go over to Christy's house LOL.

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hope they are still that price after house settles - i hate waiting when i can see a bargain (esp as the local HOUSE has just put their prices up to 779)

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Wow :o Dont they realise that people are never going to buy them from there if they arent just a little bit competative?
My kitchen is pretty neutral in colour so if we ever re-do it i'll just have to pick the colours basen on my KA :)

Lisa - wooohoo, congrats on your purchase, now we should get together and have KA cookoff parties!

PakRacMG - i love that red colour, is that the candy apple one? its sooo awesome!

Mrsmac - you are making me want to get the blender too but since i hardly use the one i have i might have to save up for the toaster although i do think that $300 for a toaster is pretty excessive, i mean it only toasts bread. Its not like it bakes it first too lol.

Nelle - i thought about getting another bowl and i probably will as lots of baking things require 2 lots of mixing and i hate washing up in the middle!

Has anyone bought any attatchments from America to use here? Stupid question but they would fit wouldnt they cause although the americans have different voltage things the actually rest of the machine would be the same wouldnt you think???I'm going to look into it and price shipping too and see if its much cheaper as i want so mant extra bits and pieces.

I have the special edition candy apple red that I got for my b'day but don't use it anywhere near enough. Thanks for all the ideas and sugggestions, MrsB26 I would think that the attachments would be the same but might be worth emailing KA to find out?

OMG, i just saw the pasta press attachment and what it can do - yummmmmmmo

If i get one of those, does that mean i dont need the 3 set one that rolls out the pasta or do i still need one of those to work the pasta first? Sorry, i have no idea about pasta making?

Awwww I'm sooooo happy to read the love with KA. I have a K5 (the semi commercial one) in empire red. The attachments I use the most are the Pasta press and the mincer. Those are my favourites. I know the pasta rollers are popular as well, but I prefer the pasta press ( I know Rouge may not possible agree...). My DD's both help when we make pasta in the press, the rollers are too complicated for them and they can't help right now.

I use my KA around 5 times a week :D I also use the rotor slicer shredder a bit when I can't be bothered dragging out the food processor to chop up and grate vegetables. Its easy to use and wash up.

how does it compare to a food processor in what you can do with it Christy? DH really wants a food processor (he killed the last one he used it so much) - but i don't want to get one if the KA does the same thing - we've survived without it over a year now so it can't be THAT crucial lol