We’ve all been there: You’re reading a cool new recipe or watching your favorite YouTube chef make some delicious cake or a loaf of bakery-level sourdough, and you’re following along and thinking this doesn’t looks so hard! Then, they casually mention that you’ll need a heavy-duty KitchenAid Stand Mixer to knead the dough, whip the egg whites, or mix the batter. “Sure, you could do it by hand, but just a heads up that it might take a long, long time!” Sigh. But don’t be too bummed — a stand mixer from KitchenAid is a worthwhile investment since it makes a ton of different kitchen tasks so much easier, and you can pop a seemingly infinite amount of attachments onto the mixer that allow you to do all sorts of stuff from making your own sausage at home to cutting fresh pasta, shaving ice for snow cones, and much more.