[geeks] food geekery question

[Joshua Boyd]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:05:06AM -0500, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:

> Am tending towards the KitchenAid Pro 600 at the moment ($335 or so at
> Amazon) , supposed to have an all-metal housing and gearbox - they used
> to use plastic but are now replacing any plastic pieces that fail with
> metal; supposedly the Pro dough hook is better than the Artisan and
> lower-end models.

That is probably a fair choice.  I have a Professional 6, which is
apparently no longer sold.  There currently seems to be both a Pro 600
and a Professional 600, but I can't find what the difference is.