Talk:Electrolux Ankarsrum Assistent

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Questions

Interesting device. Can anyone address these questions?

Why?

Why does the bowl rotate rather than the implement? Was this a deliberate design decision for some theoretical benefit, or was it just a random choice that they've stuck with? Do any similar mixers work similarly?

Look at the history section. The original model was a variation of an industrial model. It was scaled down to be sized and styled to be cosmetically appealing for the consumer market.

LP-mn (talk) 19:49, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What for?

I can see some advantage to kneading bread doughs. Are these appliances favoured by a culture with lots of home baking?

I can't see this machine used at high speed. So how do lighter cake batters work with it? Can this appliance whisk those too, or is a conventional mixer needed instead?

Yes, it does work with cake doughs. Where it "shines" however is for those people who want to move on from a all-in-one bread machine, but do not want to knead bread dough; one might say that this is a "cadillac" solution to kneading dough. Please note that this is my OPINION. I've never bought one (mine is a hand-me-down), so I don't know if its price is also in the "cadillac" range or not.

LP-mn (talk) 19:59, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Where?

Are these used in Sweden? Commonly used? Do Swedes use conventional mixers too? The English wouldn't need them (too lazy to bake) the French wouldn't need them (baking is an artisan skill). Have the Irish tried them? Do Finns and Norwegians use them too?

Can't help you there.

LP-mn (talk) 20:01, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What else?

The Electrolux page shows an old ad with a juice squeezer, so I presume the bowl is removable and can be swapped. Thinking of the Kenwood Chef and its slow-speed implements, are there also meat mincers, pasta machines and coffee grinders for this?

Thanks for any further information Andy Dingley (talk) 12:33, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there are plenty of attachments. Look at the right hand side, you'll see what 4-wheeler's call a "Power Take Off". It's another place to add other implements, such as sausage grinders and so forth. Again, check the other links.

LP-mn (talk) 20:03, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 16 December 2014

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Electrolux Ankarsrum Assistent → Electrolux AssistentElectrolux Assistent – The manufacturing location isn't part of the product name. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:03, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That would be an error. Electrolux currently has ZERO involvement with the Assistent. HOWEVER, people who know about the Assistent, owners and so forth, continue to call it the Electrolux Assistent. (Not quite the same thing as calling all photocopies a "Zerox", but close enough.) PERHAPS the article would have been better named the Ankarsrum "Electrolux" Assistent (notice the quotation marks); THIS would be a good subject to debate. While it is technically wrong to have the Electrolux name deleted from the title, that would also be misleading, and contrary to common usage.
LP-mn (talk) 19:45, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]