Stand mixers sometimes come with attachments you can use for different jobs, and those who want extra accessories can buy them online too. KitchenAid and Cuisinart have plenty of fancy attachments you can get for your mixer. I personally prefer KitchenAid ones, because they can be used with any model of KitchenAid mixer, and some of them are useful too.
How do you choose? Not all of the attachments are cheap to buy, so I would advise practicing as much care as you would when buying the mixer itself. Think about whether you will be using it often.
Standard
The standard ones usually come together with the mixer.
Wire whisk - For beating eggs or other stuff that needs incorporating air into.
Flat beater - To beat anything from cake and cookie batters, biscuit or non-yeast bread dough, pastry, meatloaf or mashed potatoes.
Dough hook - For heavy-duty pizza, pasta and bread dough mixing only. Even so, only the really powerful and heavy mixers can mix a dough properly without jumping off your kitchen countertop. Try the KitchenAid Professional 600 Mixer.
Extra
Extra attachments can be bought and turn your mixer into something else (while still being capable of mixing, of course).
Meat grinder - I have this one and I love making all kinds of sausages, meatballs and meatloaf with it. Ham and turkey sausages, anyone?
Ice cream maker - A dasher and a freeze bowl will make you some lovely homemade ice cream if you don’t already own a more sophisticated ice cream maker.
Pasta rollers - Like to make your own pasta? Get pasta rollers to cut the pasta and make those unbeatable homemade pasta to go with the meat balls you made with the meat grinder. Do find out whether they are easy to clean before buying though.
Spare beaters - All shapes and sizes of beaters and whisks can be bought as a spare in case your original one broke. Some can scrape the sides of the bowl while turning as well.
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