Do you want to cook cookies or bake cakes? Will you use a handheld or stand mixer to mix your dough? or batter? In fact, there are not any exact right or wrong answers to this question. It depends on your specific cooking demands and which kinds of food you cook.

You can see more about how to choose the best hand-held mixers for your kitchen at my blog in this article, I will give you the information about benefits and drawbacks of mixers so that you choose the most suitable one.

What Is the Handheld Mixer?

In general, this is only a hand-mixing tool. There are two kinds

The Eggbeater (Rotary Hand Beater):

This hand tool is attached to its side’s crank which is connected to 2 beaters normally. You will utilize two hands or one hand to handle it by means of keeping the top of its beater firmly while another runs its side’s crank to create the beating.

The Electric Handheld Mixer:

Generally, this electric hand mixer is more modern than the mentioned version above but it is attached to a motor encased on the top handle of the machine. This motor will help the beater move in place of cranking the handle.

Benefit:

It is cheaper than a stand mixer machine

It is very easy and quick to clean

It just takes up a small space in your kitchen

This machine fits quick cooking tasks such as egg whites and whipping cream.

Unlike the beaters, users can utilize this kind of mixer in any mixing bowl.

Drawback:

Because of its small shape, the mixing capacity is not strong enough in comparison with the stand mixer model.

In the event of your not steady hands, the mixture in the bowl will easily splash out when the mixing bowl is not put in the fixed and right position.

It will be very difficult for you to maneuver the small machine in a bowl with a very thick batter.

What Is the Stand Mixer?

The Cadillac Of Mixer.

Normally, unlike the hand mixer, the stand model is always attached to a frame acting like the heavy-duty motor’s housing and the bowl’s mounting base due to its design that suits the lock and mixer in place when mixing.

In fact, the commercial stand model is able to hold upward of 100 liquid quarts while the bowl of the home mixer can just hold 4 liquid quarts. Therefore, the home machine fits to be held on the kitchen’s countertop while the commercial stand one is usually installed on the floor.

A stand mixer always gets many different mixing attachments such as a paddle (flat beater) that is very good to mix and cream, a whisk item that is utilized to whip egg whites or cream, the dough hook that is used in order to knead the heavy dough (bread dough)

Advantages:

It will be very difficult for you to meet cases of splashing the batter out of your mixing bowl

With this machine, you can walk away without needing to hold your mixing bowl or model during the mixing time within six minutes on account of its stable feature.

You are able to not only mix quicker but also create a thick dough and batter.

Some of stand mixer models are attached to whistles and bells as automatic stop, timers, and the like.

Disadvantages:

It is quite cumbersome to clean its different parts.

Unlike the normal handheld mixers, this type of stand mixer is very expensive.

It takes a part of your kitchen’s quite big space because of its big and heavy shape.