The KitchenAid mixer has burly levers that still offer refined control

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Photo of the KitchenAid stand mixer’s lever, set to the off position.
A lever counts as a button, right? Roll with me on this one. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

It took me joining a baking club to realize just how good my KitchenAid stand mixer’s controls are. Ever since I got it a few years back, I’ve admired the simplicity of its two-lever system: one that lets you tilt the head up and down and one to control the speed. But now that I’m using it every week, I’ve finally figured out what makes it click so well for me: it’s the fact that the speed lever feels sturdy and rugged while also providing incredibly precise control.

The speed control lever’s job is made fairly obvious by its name: it lets you control how fast your mixer is mixin’ and also acts as an off switch at its “0” setting. The lever is a sturdy metal affair, and the version on my mixer is capped off with a piece of black plastic...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/30/23361232/kitchenaid-mixer-lever-rugged-fine-grain-control

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