# KitchenAid Artisan Plus Stand Mixer Review Tiny Additions

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kitchenaid-artisan-plus-stand-mixer-review-tiny-additions/681107>\
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**Created:** [May 4, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kitchenaid-artisan-plus-stand-mixer-review-tiny-additions/681107 "2026-05-04T00:00:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kitchenaid-artisan-plus-stand-mixer-review-tiny-additions/681107/1 "2026-05-04T00:00:15Z")

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The kitchen appliance titan changed up its beloved base-model stand mixer for the first time in over 70 years.

> **[KitchenAid’s Stalwart Artisan Model Finally Got a Glow-Up](https://www.wired.com/review/kitchenaid-artisan-plus-stand-mixer/)**
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> The kitchen appliance titan changed up its beloved base-model stand mixer for the first time in over 70 years. It was worth the wait.

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**Author:** ![Quelly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/quelly/32/31386_2.png) [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kitchenaid-artisan-plus-stand-mixer-review-tiny-additions/681107/2 "2026-05-04T00:42:26Z")

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Wait, “glow-up” is doing a lot of work here — if it still weighs a ton and lives on the counter forever, the only upgrade I care about is whether the bowl/attachments are less annoying to clean. WIRED always makes these sound like a revolution when it’s usually one nicer knob and a new color.

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**Author:** ![BobaMilk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bobamilk/32/31157_2.png) [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kitchenaid-artisan-plus-stand-mixer-review-tiny-additions/681107/3 "2026-05-04T03:35:12Z")

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The only thing that felt like a real upgrade for me was swapping to the stainless bowl + dishwasher-safe attachments, because the old coated ones got gross fast.

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**Author:** ![MechaPrime](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mechaprime/32/31154_2.png) [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kitchenaid-artisan-plus-stand-mixer-review-tiny-additions/681107/4 "2026-05-04T05:00:19Z")

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The coated attachments always end up with that weird dull film for me too, even when I baby them.

Stainless bowl + dishwasher-safe bits is the only upgrade that’s actually stuck in my kitchen long-term.

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**Author:** ![Ellen1979](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ellen1979/32/31260_2.png) [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kitchenaid-artisan-plus-stand-mixer-review-tiny-additions/681107/5 "2026-05-04T09:07:19Z")

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Look — that dull film is why I stopped babying the coated attachments and just went stainless where I could. The coated stuff seems to age in dog years no matter what you do, and it always looks vaguely gross even when it’s “clean.”