Best Stand Mixers with Pasta Attachments of 2026

Same brand, same hub, more machine. The 5.5-quart bowl-lift costs more than the Artisan and answers with a 500-watt motor, 11 speeds and a bowl that locks into the base at three points instead of twisting onto a stand. What that buys is composure — this is the one in the pair that keeps its footing when the dough stops being soft.

Half speed is the detail we keep coming back to. It folds egg whites or berries in without knocking the air out of them, and down at the bottom of the dial there is enough torque to work a stiff dough with the head sitting still. KitchenAid rates this one to knead over 7 pounds of bread at a time, which is pasta for a crowd rather than a single dinner, and the 5.5-quart bowl is sized to match.

The trade is the lift: you raise the bowl into the head and lock it, then lower it again to get at the dough, and with a full batch that is a two-handed job. That's the one place the tilt-head Artisan is friendlier. It also stands 16.5 inches tall, so check the clearance under your upper cabinets before you pick a spot. The pasta roller mounts on the same front hub, so switching between mixing and rolling is a few seconds' work.

Fifteen-point-nine pounds is the number that makes this one interesting. That's about two-thirds the weight of the Artisan, in a metal body with a 450-watt motor and 12 speeds rather than a plastic housing that flexes when the dough gets serious. Lift it out of the box and the difference is obvious; set it down and the suction feet hold it to the counter while the planetary action does the work.

The hub on the front takes add-on pasta rollers, grinders and slicers, which is why it belongs on this list — you aren't limited to the three beaters in the box. We also like how the head opens: the arm raises it almost straight up rather than tipping it backward, so it clears the bowl without swinging toward the upper cabinets. Twelve speeds is more range than dough work needs, but the slow end is smooth enough for a sponge, and the splash shield has a pour spout for adding flour.

The caveat is the attachment line. Hamilton Beach Professional sells its own add-ons and those are the ones the hub is specified for, so if you already own a KitchenAid roller, confirm the fitting with the seller before you count on it. The 5-quart bowl takes a standard batch without crowding, and the warranty runs one year — the same as the KitchenAid machines, which tells you who this is aimed at.

The first thing you notice is how little it weighs. At 7.2 pounds it's a fraction of the mass of the KitchenAid machines here, and it's driving an 8.5-quart bowl with a 450-watt motor — a lot of bowl for that body. For cake batter and a batch of egg dough that's fine. On a stiff semolina dough, the mismatch is exactly what you feel.

What comes in the box is genuinely unusual. The pasta roller, a meat grinder, a sausage kit, cookie presses, a dough hook, a whisk, a flat beater and two stainless bowls, the second one 6 quarts. We expected the accessories to be the flimsy part of the deal and came away thinking the roller is the reason to buy it: you can sheet a tray of lasagna without owning a separate machine, and the spare bowl means the sauce and the dough aren't competing for the same real estate.

Five speeds is the limit, and there isn't much subtlety between them — kneading happens on 1 or 2 and that is the whole conversation. Overheat protection is a fair admission that the motor has limits, and it isn't quiet at the top end. One habit worth forming: check the plastic collar where the dough hook meets the shaft before each batch, because a cracked collar puts pieces in your dough rather than in the trash.

When the batch is the point — a holiday's worth of shapes, flour by the pound — the 8.5-quart bowl here is the biggest in this group, and the pasta maker, slicer, meat grinder and 1.5-liter blender jar all arrive in the same box. Nothing else here hands you that much hardware at once.

Underneath it is a 660-watt copper motor with 10 speeds plus a pulse, and the bowl seats into a locking groove rather than twisting on, so a full load doesn't shift while it works. The splash guard is the kind you can add ingredients through, which matters more than it sounds when you're dusting flour into a stiff dough. The pasta maker and the slicer share the front hub with the grinder, so a session that starts with flour ends with tagliatelle without hauling out anything else.

Here's what we make of it: this is the pick for big batches on a budget, not for a small kitchen. At 19.6 pounds and 15 inches deep it owns a real piece of counter, it's rated at 80 dB, and all those parts have to be washed and stored somewhere. Make pasta twice a year and cookies twice a month and the smaller machines here are easier to live with; feed a crowd and none of that will bother you.