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Message: [QUOTE="Norcalbaker59, post: 52486, member: 2340"] The only Kenwood mixer I’ve seen for sale in the U.S. was at Williams Sonoma about six months ago, and it was the 5-quart model. If you’re set on buying a European Kenwood, it’s safer to have a dedicated 240V outlet installed. Honestly, most people end up buying more mixer than they’ll ever need or use. I own three KitchenAids in different sizes. Even though I bake almost daily, I rarely use the 6-quart—it’s just too large for most of my batches. But my 5-quart gets used several times a week. The Chef XL, with its 7-quart capacity, is extremely large. If you regularly make large batches—like 12 dozen cookies, multi-tier event cakes, or four or more loaves of bread—then the 7-quart size is definitely useful. But if you’re typically baking smaller batches, such as two dozen cookies, a standard three-layer cake, or one to two loaves of bread, a 5-quart mixer is more than enough. [/QUOTE]