KitchenAid’s Artisan Plus gives the tilt-head stand mixer its biggest upgrade in 50 years
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“KitchenAid” is shorthand for countertop mixing equipment, and the iconic stand mixer has been one of the reasons since its introduction in 1955. With the new Artisan Plus, billed as the biggest tilt-head advancement in decades, KitchenAid has taken its broad-shouldered icon and made improvements that home cooks will notice at first glance. With a bright bowl, finer speed control, and smoother half-step, the Artisan Plus introduces significant tweaks that can add to the company’s legacy for another century.
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What sets the Artisan Plus apart isn’t a flashy add-on, but rather several smart enhancements. The Artisan Plus is the first KitchenAid stand mixer with built-in LED bowl lighting, which should mean fewer flour shadows, fewer butter streaks, and less guessing when a dough looks almost there. Precision speed control with 11 steps makes the blender more nuanced on hand, letting you strike the right tempo instead of jumping between broad presets, while the new 1/2 fold speed brings a gentler cadence to berries, egg whites, and other ingredients that bruise easily. A flexible dual-edge beater with silicone edges maintains contact with the bowl as it spins, reducing stop-and-scrape interruptions, and Soft Start helps keep opening moments tidy rather than powdery blowouts. Add it all together and you get fewer brutal baker’s tools and a more well-tuned kitchen instrument. Dishwasher-safe stainless steel tools round out the package with a cooler feel and more premium curvature, including the bowl, whisk, dough hook, flat beater, and flex-edge beater.
All of these changes make Artisan Plus especially appealing to cooks who already know the pace of KitchenAid but want more finesse. The new mixer still works well with all existing hub-powered accessories in the KitchenAid ecosystem, now with less scraping, squinting, and pushing meringue or muffin batter a little too far. Beyond improved sightlines, exclusive launch colors – Sundried Tomato and Wild Blueberry in Crinkle Finish, Iron Ore Bronze in Satin Metallic and Oatmeal in Satin – provide a crisp, textural touch. Or you can also opt for 11 existing colors.
The KitchenAid Artisan Plus Stand Mixer is available now for $599.99.
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