If you are like me, you could not wait until you got a stand mixer, and not just any stand mixer but a KitchenAid Stand Mixer.
Sure, I had a hand mixer but I could not wait until I could get the gold standard for baking. I received mine as a Christmas gift, a white classic. My kitchen is small with limited countertop space, yet my beloved stand mixer sits pride of place right on the counter, ready for use at a moment's notice.
I wondered about the mixer origins. Bringing up a search engine, I was rewarded with a link to a CNBC MakeIt! video about KitchenAid Stand Mixer.
I didn't know that there were KitchenAid mixer repair shops, who knew?! The video gives a brief history of the mixer and I agree it did feel like a rite of passage from baking dabbler to serious baking hobbyist.