I am an avid home cook and like to make sure I know exactly what is going in the food my children are eating so if I am on the hunt for kitchen accessories to help with the work in cooking then I only look out for the Breville brand and currently have about 2 pantries stocked full of Breville kitchen appliances. I have been very satisfied with every product but THIS machine. I’ve owned 2 BEM800 mixers and used the first one for a good 6 years til it stopped working. The 2nd one is about 5 years old and beginning to show same motor problems but ...Read more

Started off really great but within weeks it started making louder sounds struggling to knead dough. It was deemed faulty and Breville arranged for a replacement. The replacement had a fault in the head of the unit so it was returned for a refund, I didn't try for a third.

I ended up buying a Kitchenaid and I am more than happy with that one. Incidentally, the Kitchenaid doesn't have a splashguard but manages to keep contents in the bowl, whereas this mixer threw a lot out even with the splashguard on which made quite a mess.

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Wanted a stand mixer and narrowed it down to Breville Bakery Boss. Mainly because it’s Australian and any problems can go direct to Breville service centre. Really did want the BEM825 as had the 2 bowls. Very apprehensive considering so many negative reviews concerning the “useless” small metal bowl and ineffective scraper beater. Expecting the worst, 1st thing I beat 2 egg whites and WOW light and fluffy with no residue in the bottom of the metal bowl. Next I creamed butter and sugar with scraper beater . Again WOW amazing. No need to stop and...Read more

Impulse purchase - big regret. Upon using the BEM825 (RRP$749AUD) for the first time to make pavlova, using four XL egg whites, I found the whisk attachment did not do anything more than tickle the top of the egg whites. I tried the large glass and small metal bowl - same non-result. I attached the 'scraper' paddle that Breville brags about ad found it also did not come within millimetres of the bowl, let alone actually come in contact in order to do its job of scraping "so you don't have to'. Breville Service Centre advised that 'that's the ...Read more

Let me start off by saying that I have been using and loving my mother's Breville Scraper Mixer that she has had for almost 6 years at this point which is what lead me to purchase the new BEM825. I was under the impression that being a new and 'improved' version of my mother's, that I would love it just as much if not more...

After receiving my new machine in the post I unpacked it was blown away with how sophisticated and beautiful the mixer is but still with similarities to it's ancestral model. However, the first thing that became evident...Read more

I purchased this brand and model because it had the second bowl. I thought this would be great for whisking egg whites to fold into cakes or making small batches of macarons. Like other reviewers, I found out the whisk doesn't come close to three large egg whites in the bowl and just touches the top of 4 whites (approx = or >120 mls). Reading Brevilles reply to a similar post, I am reluctant to take it to a service agent for adjustment as it then may not work with the glass bowl, so for the moment I have cut a disc of rubber to put under the bo...Read more

I bought this machine in September and have used all components now: scraper, whisk, beater and dough hook. I was impressed with the speed the machine got the job done, very effective. It labours a little with the maximum bread dough ingredients but a little less than maximum and it kneads it quickly and easily.
Overall I would be extremely satisfied with the machine however I was saddened to find that the smaller stainless bowl does not sit high enough for the attachments to mix ingredients which was a huge disappointment after experie...Read more

My 5yo sunbeam cafe series attachments broke so after much reading & then good sale prices I prevaricated between kMix & BM825. After the Sunbeam's pluses I enjoyed like the Pause I opted for the latter. (In looking at the much desired kMix attachments I thought I didn't need them anyway eg- I'm not going to make sausages). BMs 2nd bowl was desirable & it looked like the beaters were better shaped to the curvature of the glass bowl than the kMix. So got it home & was surprised that with the glass bowl removed from the machine it was the same w...Read more

I've been procrastinating for months now. I need a new mixer. I've moved into bread making with a passion and my 40 year old Kenwood was starting to complain. It's been a fantastic machine all the way but I need more grunt, more power, stronger engine for bigger loads and a bigger bowl. Thought hard about the new Platinum Kenwood, but when looking at it in the store although it had "Engineered in Britain" and "Designed in Britain" plus a Union Jack all attached to the side of the machine. The box it comes in tells the truth. It's made in China!...Read more