KitchenAid

Tilt-head stand mixer, descended from the 1937 Model K The industrial designer Egmont Arens was brought in to create new models of the KitchenAid mixer, and the Model K he worked on, launched in August 1937, set the rounded outline today's tilt-head mixers still follow. The clever part is the hub on the front of the head. Attachments that run from it fit across generations, so a pasta roller or meat grinder bought decades ago will still drive from a new mixer. That turns one appliance into a system you can add to slowly. The compatibility covers hub attachments only, so older bowls and beaters may not suit a newer machine.