Rant: My stand mixer died in the middle of a 50-loaf order

Last Saturday I had 50 loaves of sourdough to crank out for the farmer's market downtown. Halfway through batch three, my KitchenAid started smoking then just stopped. Had to hand-knead the rest which took forever and wrecked my shoulders. Anyone else had a mixer fail at the worst possible time?

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alice_hart5mo ago

Oh man, same thing happened with my mixer on Thanksgiving morning. Absolute nightmare.

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williams.jenny5mo ago

Ugh, appliances always break at the WORST possible moment.

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terry6775mo ago

Hand-kneading 50 loaves of sourdough"? That's brutal. I can barely handle a couple batches by hand before my wrists give out. Sourdough is already such a tough dough to work with when it's fully hydrated. I bet your shoulders were screaming by the end of the day. Did you at least get the loaves to the market on time, or did that mess up your whole schedule?

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