Advice needed on which Chef to buy - FixYa

In message "John Bailey" wrote:

I had the same problem before Xmas. I checked out all the Kenwood machines on

site at Kenwood on line. www.kenwood.co.uk/clever/kitch en and I know that

they have now been taken over by Delonghi.

The machine that I ultimately chose was the Kenwood Professional Major 900.

I studied the whole range from the Kenwood KM001, to KM800 through to the

Kenwood Major 900. Perhaps the 901 is a new line. My reason for choosing the

expensive model was because it still had metal gears. Might sound silly but

many reports have shown that these last up to 20 years and the plastic ones

are not really compatible.

It's a great machine but the booklet which accompanies it is sparse. The

machine cost me ??394 and that was awaited my Xmas present for many years.

We bought the large mincer + sausage maker + potato peeler. The cheaper

KM001 range are pretty good and some have increased speeds, but I wouldn't

swop them for mine.

I found 2 Kenwood manuals whilst browsing through a 2nd-hand sale near

Brussels. One for the liquidizer and the other for the mixer. But they were

very old copies. I pulled a few good recipes from them. I am going to see if

current editions are available. Surprising how time moves on! Ebay may very

well be your salvation, but scrutinise the prices!