12 stand mixers tested

Blenders are among the kitchen appliances that can be used to prepare a wide range of dishes: Regardless of whether you want to blend a smoothie from fruit and vegetables, process nuts into a uniform powder or crush ice cubes - all this can be done with a blender without any effort and in no time at all. In contrast to the equally popular hand blenders, they can also process hard ingredients without hesitation; what's more, no muscle power is required during operation because a stand mixer does its work completely independently once the ingredients have been added and the appliance has been started. Modern stand mixers no longer need to be so large that they take up too much space; they can therefore also be easily accommodated in smaller kitchens. Because in many cases all the parts of a blender that get dirty during use can be put in the dishwasher, cleaning is also not a major effort. Because of all these advantages, blenders have long been part of the standard equipment in every kitchen. This time we have tested 12 different models from renowned manufacturers.