Eater’s Cory Baldwin outlined the KitchenAid mixer’s journey to cult-fave status in this article, retracing its over 100-year-old history as an appliance that came onto the cookware scene with the right ideas at the right time; no brand, it seems, could quite match the ways in which a KitchenAid standing mixer combined sheer power, Art Deco design, and color-popping aesthetics. Baldwin also discovered that many people consider their standing mixer to be a 10 year (minimum) investment, so it makes sense that they would seriously mull over the purchase options, debating which colorway (Matte Dried Rose? Empire Red?) and capacity (the 8-quart iteration deserves to be immortalized on Mount Rushmore) works for them.
Below, I’ve rounded-up some of the best KitchenAid standing mixer sales this Black Friday, from some of the more classic models to a mixer that looks like it listens to Black Sabbath.