Decoding mixer speeds/settings

Question

Watching several of your shows it's obviously a kitchen aid mixer being used.  The presenter usually says speeds as "low", "medium low", "medium", etc.  Unfortunately the kitche naid mixers I have use speeds of "off, stir, 2, 3, 4, ... 10".  Besides translating the shows terminology to the actual speeds on the kitchen aid mixer, can you address the issue of kitchen aid saying never exceeed speed 2 when mixing bread dough, but your shows say things like "start on low then switch to medium".  If medium is higher than 2 we are voiding the warranty on our mixers!  Thanks in advance for providing clarity on this.

Elizabeth Mindreau · Accepted Answer

Hi Alan - We wonder if you have a smaller capacity bowl and therefore a lower horsepower engine? We typically don't go above medium for yeasted doughs, but it really depends on the heaviness of the dough. Mixing yeasted doughs with the hook does sometimes require a lot of mixing to develop gluten. You should use the speed you are comfortable with, according to your machine's instruction, but it might take longer. The best thing to do is pay attention to the visual cues we always give in the recipe.

Decoding mixer speeds/settings

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