KitchenAid 11-Wire Whip for select 5, 5.5 and 6 Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixers,Silver

Finally a whisp which is washing machine friendly!

This kitchen aid head works much better than the standard whip that came with my lift bowl kitchen aid. It helps to dramatically reduce whipping time

This will work awesome when I need things mixed better like whipped cream!

Worked great with my commercial kitchenaid mixer

Everything in the world has trade-offs; more about that in a minute. I bought this item after I saw on a Cook's Illustrated TV show on PBS mentioned that the Kitchen Aid mixers have 6-wire whisk attachments, and 11-wire whisk attachments. The 6-wire whisk was included with my Kitchen Aid mixer, and it did a good job, but I could never figure out why anything I tried to whip took longer than my recipes - especially the Cook's Illustrated recipes - said it should take. When I saw on the TV show that there was this 11-wire whisk and they said it speeded up whipping tasks of all kinds, the penny dropped. This new whisk did exactly what was described - dramatically speeded up the time to whip things. For my first use, I made an Italian meringue for a lemon meringue pie. This whisk made short work of whipping the egg whites with hot sugar syrup, yielding meringue that piled up into a white glossy mountain on top of the pie filling. That trade-off thing I mentioned up front? Although the meringue whipped up fast (and I do mean FAST,) most of the meringue was inside the whisk attachment when I took it off the machine. So, I did have to spend part of the time I saved with a jar scraper getting my mounds of meringue out of the whisk and into the bowl. Even so, this item is a net winner and performs exactly as advertised.

Better quality than what came wit mixer.

It works very well. My only issue is that due to how close the wires are, it is hard to knock a stiff meringue out. I have to hit it against the edge of the bowl and tend to fling most in the counters and cabinets.

Make sure you have the correct Kitchenaid model for this whisk. This is NOT for the 5 quart model.Now this whisk is made of stainless steel which ALL Kitchenaid mixer attachments should be made of, but of course that's not true. The quality of this SS whisk is excellent, when I compare this to the included whisk of the 6 quart model, I just want to throw the aluminum away. The aluminum attachments drive me nut. I have to wash them by hand ASAP and not soak them, and then hand wipe them after the wash, otherwise oxidation comes to play and the yucky black stuff will cover the aluminum attachments.Now this whisk with so many wires and so tight in between, I can't dry the inside by hand easily, but then this is SS, so I don't care drying it by hand. I just let it air dry. I love this whisk. I just wish there are SS dough hook and beater available for my mixer.One word of caution, the whisk looked very strong and I am very temped to use it as a beater. I have to keep telling myself don't do that, cause breaking the wire in a heavy mix will be very sad. So, don't use it for anything heavy.