Stand mixers / food processors? Pics added page 3!

[clothmama]

I need a food processor to do bulk chopping of onions etc but I also want a Kitchen aid stand mixer for my 40th (which is scarily coming up in early Feb !!). I'm getting a bit overwhelmed with all the options and don't want to end up with something that doubles up if that makes sense. Some of the things we've seen don't have a normal food processor bowl, just chopping disks - can these chop onions?

Can anyone recommend or give me some ideas or don’t' get / do get options?

@Louise

I honestly woldn't bother with a Kitchenaid, get a Kenwood Major as it does everything! I mine and would not be without it. This is mine.

[clothmama]

@Louise I've spotted a similar style of thing that I'm considering but my concern is how do you chop onions when there is no traditional 'food chopper' bowl?

[clothmama]

I honestly woldn't bother with a Kitchenaid, get a Kenwood Major as it does everything! I mine and would not be without it. This is mine.

Can't afford one of them out of interest why dont' you rate the Kitchenaids? Am I just being silly because I love the look of them but there is something I'm missing?

I honestly woldn't bother with a Kitchenaid, get a Kenwood Major as it does everything! I mine and would not be without it. This is mine.

Can't afford one of them out of interest why dont' you rate the Kitchenaids? Am I just being silly because I love the look of them but there is something I'm missing?

Nothing wrong with Kitchenaids but its just a mixer. My Kenwood does everything.

@Louise I've spotted a similar style of thing that I'm considering but my concern is how do you chop onions when there is no traditional 'food chopper' bowl?

Not sure what you mean. With the Kenwood the food processor bowl sits on the top (where the blender is in the pic)

@Louise

I've been looking at the Kenwood machines - do you think that the major is a better bet than the chef even if I'm not making large cakes or bulk amounts of baking? The chef titanium seems to have the same functionality but is a smaller machine....

I have my grans kenwood (it's older than me ) it's been repaired twice and it's still going strong I honestly don't know what I'd do without it. You can still buy all the attachments for it now even though it 40+ years old
It's this one
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I wish it was the orange one

[clothmama]

@emmavmorgan I think my Nan did have the orange one of those! It looks eerily familiar!

I still don't know what to do, can't afford the one Louise mentioned - was just going to pick up a nearly new preloved regular food processor then get the stand mixer for all my baking / dough etc (and to look pretty on the side ) for my 40th (if I can talk everyone into it!).

Could you get a second hand posh one from ebay?