he says. “You can still go into secondhand
stores and whatnot [and find older versions].
At our Experience store [in Greenville, Ohio],
people pass down their products, saying, ‘Hey,
we got married in the ’;;s, ’;;s, ’;;s, and we
just don’t need it anymore. The kids moved
out.’ They plug ’em in and they fire it up and
they hum along. It’s very impressive. Not a lot
of brands are able to say that.”
Talking about the evolution of the product
over the years, McConnell says, “The machine
hasn’t really changed for decades. When we
originally launched the stand mixer, we
launched in a beautiful shade of white, and we
progressed it into a very large portfolio of colors
for each person’s taste, for each person’s kitchen.
[Then there’s] the actual functionality of the
product. The stand mixer was originally
designed with mixing in mind, but they had
enough forethought to put an attachment hub
on the head to allow it to take a bunch of different types of tools for kitchen use. We’ve taken
that formula and just exploded on it. We’re up
to more than ;; attachments that the product
can take to expand your creativity.”
“I inherited a KitchenAid mixer from
my mom. One of her favorite things
to do was to bake for her friends and
family. And one of my favorite memories was coming home from school to a
plate of chocolate chip cookies, which
I shared with my three other siblings.
And as my daughter now says,
‘Cookies and milk make everything
better!’ ”—Stephanie Stephens, via
Facebook.com/Costco
In many families, the KitchenAid mixer
gets passed down from generation to genera-
tion, carrying lots of love and memories.
When the Connection asked Costco’s Facebook
followers to weigh in on their KitchenAid stand
mixer, many echoed the sentiments above.
“Mine is ;; years old and still works like
a charm,” says Karen Villa Schweinfurth. “[I
was] baking Christmas cookies with my
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grandchildren last Christmas and I forgot
to lock the bowl in place before my grandson
turned on the mixer. All three of us were
covered with flying flour. We had a good
laugh and made memories to last a lifetime.”
Nancy Bisco Hosler has one she used with
her mom. “I can’t use it without thinking of
her and feeling so blessed that her baking
gene passed down to me,” she says.
