What is a Mixer?
A: A mixer is a kitchen device that rotates a set of "beaters" in a bowl
containing the
food or liquids to be prepared by mixing them.
Mixers help automate what repetitive tasks?
A: Stirring, whisking or beating.
When the beaters are replaced by a dough hook, a mixer
may also be used to do what?
A: To knead.
A mixer may be a handheld mechanism known as what?
A: An eggbeater, a handheld motorized beater, or a drill mixer.
Stand mixers vary in size from small countertop models
for home use to what?
A: Large capacity commercial machines.
Stand mixers create the mixing action by either
rotating the mixing device vertically (planetary mixers), or what?
A: By rotating the mixing container (spiral mixers).
What year was the mixer with rotating parts patented?
A: In 1856, U.S. Patent 16,267.
This was followed by E.P. Griffith's “what” patented in
England in 1857?
A: Whisk.
Another hand-turned rotary eggbeater was patented by
whom in 1859 in the US?
A: J.F. and E.P. Monroe U.S. Patent 23,694.
Their eggbeater patent was one of the earliest bought
up by the Dover Stamping Company, whose Dover egg beaters became a what?
A: A classic American brand.
The Monroe design was also manufactured in what other
country?
A: England.
The first mixer with electric motor is thought to be
the one invented by whom?
A: American Rufus Eastman in 1885. U.S. Patent 330,829.
The Hobart KitchenAid and Sunbeam Mixmaster (first
produced 1910) were two very early what?
A: US brands of electric mixer.
Domestic electric mixers were rarely used before when?
A: The 1920s, when they were adopted more widely for home use.
In 1908, Herbert Johnston, an engineer for the Hobart
Manufacturing Company, invented what?
A: An electric standing mixer.
His inspiration came from observing what?
A: A baker mixing bread dough with a metal spoon.
By 1915, his 20 gallon (80 L) mixer was standard
equipment for most what?
A: Large bakeries.
What did Hobart introduce in 1919?
A: Hobart introduced the Kitchen Aid Food Preparer (stand mixer) for the
home.
Where do stand mixers mount the motor driving the
rotary action?
A: In a frame or stand which bears the weight of the device.
Stand mixers are larger and have more powerful motors
than what?
A: Their hand-held counterparts.
They generally have a special bowl that is what, while
the mixer is operating?
A: Locked in place.
A typical home stand mixer will include a wire whisk
for doing what?
A: Whipping creams and egg whites.
A flat beater is for what?
A: For mixing batters.
What is a dough hook for?
A: Kneading.
A hand mixer is a what?
A: A hand-held mixing device.
A handle is mounted over an enclosure containing what?
A: The motor.
The motor drives what?
A: The beaters which are immersed in the food to perform the mixing action.
The motor must be lightweight as it is supported by
what?
A: By the user during use.
The user may use any suitable kitchen container for
what?
A: To hold the ingredients while mixing.
The first handheld electric mixer patent was submitted
by whom?
A: Sunbeam Corporation in 1953 and granted in 1961.