bit-tech Shopping: KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Set Stand Mixer Attachment

Rating: 10

Time with product: 1 Month

Strengths: easy to use, works great!

Weaknesses: not that easy to clean

Summary: recently purchased these pasta roller attachments after having bought my first KitchenAid Artisan stand mixer (in metallic chrome). I've had no previous experience in making my own pasta, let alone making much use of a stand mixer in my kitchen. I diligently read through everyones reviews here before the purchase and was pleasantly surprised to find just how easy these roller attachments were to use in creating my very first batch of fettuccine.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 5 Days

Strengths: Easy to use.

Weaknesses: A little bit heavy. Not easy to clean

Summary: We immediately fall in love with this piece. It produces beautiful and delicious pasta. The setup was very easy and intuitive. We will recommand it to every KitchenAid Stand Mixer Owner.

Rating: 8

Time with product:

Strengths: well made - easy to use - great results

Weaknesses: none - as long as you already own the Kitchaid mixer

Summary: We're glad we bought this attachment - makes great pasta and is much easier to use than the hand crank unit that we used to use. Well made - and straightforward. Results: a delicious family treat.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 1 Week

Strengths: Well Made & Sturdy & Easy to set up

Weaknesses: None

Summary: Overall I have been very pleased with the Kitchenaid Pasta Roller set. Works much better than the pasta machine I had previously used.You can make very thin pasta that cooks very quickly.

Rating: 2

Time with product: 7 Days

Strengths: Almost a great product.

Weaknesses: Decidedly not ready to be on the market. Roller rotates regularly when in use. The rollers do not properly attach to the mixer due to a design flaw.

Summary: Nearly a great product -- but totally unacceptable now. The problem is that the rollers do not completely attach to the mixer (and I *have* contacted Kitchen Aid about this). A little knob on the roller is supposed to fit into a corresponding indentation on the mixer, allowing the roller to be secured properly using a thumb screw. But the knob is too big for the mixer unit, and as a result, the thumb screw does not securely affix the roller to the mixer. You can use the roller -- somewhat -- but the entire roller unit *regularly* rotates (i.e., upside down) when using. It's bunk. That said, if it secured properly, it would be worlds better than a hand crank machine -- like the Atlas.