These are really fancy and cute sitting on a counter, but they are too expensive for not completely mixing the ingredients.

Well I used to love my kitchen aid mixer... then I was introduced to the vitamix and now I can see how big and how much room this takes up and there is a lot of clean up.

Don't get the Artisan model. Spend a little more and get the real one. This one bogs down and the connecting pin works loose and the bowl is too small and the beaters leave unmixed ingredients in the bottom.