Product Description

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The Sunbeam Heritage Series Stand Mixer brings together brawn and beauty for a fresh, updated mixer with superior performance. Featuring iconic Sunbeam brand design elements combined with die-cast all metal construction and a powerful 350-watt motor, the Sunbeam Heritage Series Stand Mixer is durable enough for even the toughest mixing jobs.

Key Features Unique Bowl Position

The 4.6-quart polished stainless steel mixing bowl is placed off-center so you can easily add ingredients. This makes it especially convenient if your recipe calls for gradually adding eggs or flour mixtures or incorporating delicate ingredients like nuts or fruit towards the end of mixing.

Triple Mixing Action

The Sunbeam Heritage Series Stand Mixer is designed with a three-way mixing action. Each beater rotates independently of one another while the mixing bowl is simultaneously turned. This unique combination swirls batter into perfect consistency. All mixing actions are synchronized and adjusted by the speed control knob.

Multiple Speeds

Twelve variable speeds ensure superior control for all your recipes. The conveniently located speed control knob is easy to use and read. A slow start feature, where the selected speed is gradually attained, reduces spatter when the mixer is started, even at a high speed. This feature is useful when whisking lots of egg whites or kneading high-volume flour mixtures.

Durable Accessories

Two chrome beaters and two dough hooks are included for mixing versatility and specially designed to be user-friendly. The beaters are great for creaming butter and sugar or mixing heavy cake mixes and the dough hooks take the hard work out of kneading dough and other mixtures. Large, “V-groove” beaters allow for optimal ingredient flow.

Attachments are color-coded for easy assembly, and one beater has a nylon “helper” tip that controls the movement of the mixing bowl. Whether mixing a batch of nutty-chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies or kneading stiff dough for a 2-pound bread loaf, the accessories will incorporate all ingredients quickly and smoothly.

Easy Clean Up

Clean up of this stand mixer is a breeze with its tilt-head lock and smooth die-cast exterior. The tilt-head lock makes removing accessories for cleaning easy. Once removed, the beaters, dough hooks and bowl can be placed in the dishwasher. The mixer head can be wiped down with a damp cloth and will then be ready for its next use.

Three-way mixing action will create the consistency you need when mixing Use the tilt-head lock to easily remove the mixing bowl and attachments

This review is from: Sunbeam FPSBSM2104 Heritage Series 350-Watt Stand Mixer, Red (Kitchen)

Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program

(What's this?) There is one thing about this mixer that I just cannot get past: The bowl moves by the one beater - designed differently than its counterpart and for this exact purpose - actually hitting the side of the bowl over and over again, making horrendous noise and making me wonder at what point stainless steel starts flaking into my food...

Before live tests, I thought that the bowl was actually to be turned by hand, which I thought was pretty cheap, but functional, then I realized that it was supposed to turn by the beater constantly hitting it. It even says in the manual something like 'the bowl speed increases as the motor speed increases'; I don't know if they just hope that nobody notices or what. That said, you CAN turn the bowl by hand if you wish. However, doing something with a very small quantity - like whipping a half cup of creme - doesn't work too well in that case. Of course, a Kitchen Aid mixer doesn't really like to do a half cup of creme, either.

The power cord comes out of the base, which seems less awkward than the Kitchen Aid. However, since they provided a protected pathway from the base to the top where the motor is, why not redistribute some of that power back to turn the base properly?

Speaking of Kitchen Aid mixers: I know it is tempting to make that your comparison point, but force yourself not to - they're really not comparable. The KA is much more expensive and has other features past mixing. The Sunbeam is really a hand mixer that you don't have to hold. So let's compare it to a hand mixer, and see if the extra cost is worth it (assume a similar hand mixer is $40-$50).

This whole unit is much lighter than expected: it should be quite easy to move from cabinet to counter or vice versa. The handle also helps. The head locks back or locks front, with a release button needed to be pushed to get it out of either position. The bowl does not lock on the base, despite the fact that the rubber on bottom of the bowl looks to be "keyed".

The mixers and dough hooks are color coded so you put the rounded one on the left and the more square one on the right, but they are not keyed differently; they should be to avoid accidents.

The speed control is also labeled "folding", "mixing", "light mixing", etc., unlike the KA (there I go with more comparisons...)

It is a pretty good looking machine, although some trim and handles are plastic instead of metal. There appear to be a couple fastener covers that are a slightly different shade of red, but not too easily noticed.

This is a good machine if you do a lot of baking, and don't need the added benefits of a very robust, attachment-ready stand mixer. If you want the functionality of a hand mixer, but want to free up your hands, this might be a good - considerably cheaper option. I'd probably give it four stars, even if the bowl was meant to be turned by hand, but something about the bowl turning by a "paddlin'" just doesn't sit right with me.