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Cooking & Baking

Lonestarblue

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8. Mine is 20+ years old so a newbie.

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 06:42 AM

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I have a Waring blender that is at least 50 years old and a food processor that is around 40 years old. Both work just fine. Products used to last. Now they're manufactured with planned obsolescence.

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I want to give a shout-out to Kitchen Aid [View all] MissMillie Yesterday OP

Another Very Loud Shout-Out to KitchenAid wyn borkins Yesterday #1

Ours still works as well. Dunc Yesterday #2

A fine example Whip-poor-will Yesterday #3

They are TANKS! BumRushDaShow Yesterday #4

Ours is about 30 also. AverageOldGuy Yesterday #5

Things aren't built to last anymore. Bumbles Yesterday #6

Yes they are magnificent. FarPoint Yesterday #7

Mine is 20+ years old so a newbie. Lonestarblue Yesterday #8

Pasta roller- - my grandfather was born it Italy. In the fall, my grandmother bought bushels of tomatoes and spent days 3Hotdogs Yesterday #9

My daughter is a pastry chef BonnieJW Yesterday #10

Love my Kitchen Aid Mixer, too! HeartsCanHope 23 hrs ago #11

Both my 30 yr. old Kitchen Aid stand mixer and 40 yr. old Cuisinart food processor work perfectly. Diamond_Dog 21 hrs ago #12

Man... buzzycrumbhunger 21 hrs ago #13

My Mom gave me her Kitchen Aid mixer Marthe48 21 hrs ago #14

Mine is about 40 years old and now lives in Costa Rica. sinkingfeeling 21 hrs ago #15

Mine's about the same age chowmama 19 hrs ago #16

Unfortunately the latest standard machine isn't powerful enough to do bread dough anymore. You have to buy the big one. Alsteen 18 hrs ago #17

Mine is about 35 years old, and I had to repair it ... surrealAmerican 14 hrs ago #18

Do you have any maintenance? Morbius 8 hrs ago #19