KitchenAid KE175OSERA Classic Mixing Empire Reviews Summary

Texture & Quality

Pros:

• "These bowls are quite sturdy and well made."
• "These are durable and nice quality- not too thin that will easily break!"
• "They are thick and sturdy, and each bowl is marked on the bottom with its capacity."
• "These bowls are sturdy and handle the dishwasher fine."
• "These bowls are of very good quality and perform as I expected."
• "These bowls are great for my baking needs. They are sturdy, but not too heavy and they have a nice rubber thing at the bottom which stops them slipping."
• "These are not flimsy and have the rubber ring on the bottom they are just what l have been looking for Kitchen Aid good quality worth the price."

Cons:

• "The inside of the bowls have a roughish texture."
• "These bowls are nicely sized but they are made of what seems to be cheap, thin, rigid plastic."
• "When I first got the bowls I felt like they were cheap feeling. Not worthy of the kitchen aide name."
• "These mixing bowls are a poor tribute to a once-great company. They're very lightweight and flimsy."
• "These are hard, light weight plastic that you would find in dollar store kids' toys."
• "I think these bowls would easily crack or break if they fell onto my tile floor."
• "These bowls became deformed the first time I placed them in my dishwasher."

Design & Functionality

Pros:

• "The bowls work great as you can hold the handle on the one side to keep it from moving."
• "The pour spout is also helpful, perfect for making pancake batter and pouring out a portion right into your pan."
• "The 'lip' on each is great for pouring liquids without getting half of the bowl's contents all over the counter."
• "The inclusion of pour spouts on each bowl significantly reduces the chance of messy spills when transferring mixes."
• "The pour spouts make it easy to transfer into pans."
• "The handle at the rim makes these super functional as well."
• "The pour spout works, and the handle opposite of the pour spout had a bit of a lip under it to help grip it with your fingers."

Cons:

• "The protruding lip on the bowls makes applying plastic wrap difficult."
• "Spouts are too thick. Everything dribbles down the outside of bowl."
• "However, the plastic on the bottom is too hard, so the bowls just slide on my quartz countertop."
• "It doesn’t say Kitchenid on the handle, like I’ve seen before, but more important than that, they are not shiny on the inside, very hard to clean because they are rough."
• "The construction of the bowls has a very annoying flaw."
• "However, cracked sides after 3 months use."
• "These were great for a short time but then the red coloring started flaking off into the whatever I was mixing."

Durability & Maintenance

Pros:

• "I've dropped the small one a couple times and is hasn't cracked, they absolutely do not slip and have been super easy to clean."
• "They're generally really robust when going through the dishwasher."
• "These bowls are sturdy and handle the dishwasher fine."
• "These bowls are great for my baking needs. They are sturdy, but not too heavy and they have a nice rubber thing at the bottom which stops them slipping."
• "These are not flimsy and have the rubber ring on the bottom they are just what l have been looking for Kitchen Aid good quality worth the price."
• "These bowls are sturdy and handle the dishwasher fine."
• "They're easy to clean too!"

Cons:

• "The small bowl cracked after about 6-months of typical use."
• "But after only 3 months the 2.5 quart bowl had developed significant cracks in the base making it unusable."
• "These bowls started to crack after a few months."
• "They were great, until they weren't... all 3 cracked on the bottom within a year and a half."
• "These are such thoughtfully designed bowls it's a real shame they've all cracked on the bottom due to what I can only assume is a manufacturing defect."
• "These bowls became deformed the first time I placed them in my dishwasher."
• "I noticed a hairline crack in the bottom of one of my bowls."

Customer Service & Support

Pros:

• "Amazon was gracious enough to replace them despite being past the return period."

Cons:

• "I tried to contact KitchenAid via website... all I could get was a chatbot that kept asking for information regarding my appliance purchase."
• "Less than one year old and one bowl has cracked all the way. Contacted Amazon but they will do nothing, referred me to a phone number."
• "I’m hoping to report back that kitchenAid has made me whole."
• "Would not recommend."
• "Very disappointed."
• "Unbelievable that they (whoever set the price this garbage) have the nerve to charge $27 plus tax for these bowls."
• "Poor quality bowl. When wife used them to make cookies, bits of the red plastic came off in the cookie batter."

Color & Aesthetics

Pros:

• "I got the Empire Red color and love this choice."
• "I love the red color and the ability to pour without a huge mess is an awesome feature."
• "I love the deep red color, and they're great for having multiple bowls going at once for different sets of ingredients."
• "Love the turquoise color, gray,and white. Just the right size for mixng various things."
• "The color is the perfect KitchenAid red, matching my mixer."
• "I love the red bold color, makes them really stand out in my cabinets."
• "My wife likes the non-slip bases on the bowls, and of course, the fact they are coloured KitchenAid's 'Empire Red' means they match our other KitchenAid small appliances."