Best KitchenAid Mixer Black Friday Deals 2026

The Artisan is the mixer most people mean when they say "a KitchenAid," and it is the one we would buy. Tom's Guide ranks it the best stand mixer overall and found it fast and quiet. Unlike the Classic below, it has a handled bowl, a pouring shield and dozens of colors. America's Test Kitchen (ATK) points out that it holds about the same usable volume as the Classic, so pay the difference only if those extras matter to you.

The newer Artisan Plus adds a bowl light and half speed, but it is not sold on Amazon, and ATK found it performs about the same.

This is not a deal yet. At about $500 from Amazon, the Contour Silver Artisan costs roughly $50 more than its 90-day typical price, and it sold for about $350 in mid-November last year. Amazon prices each color separately, so check the color selector.

ATK names the Classic its best mid-priced mixer, and its testing gives the Artisan little edge: the Classic handled a double batch of pizza dough and held a little more usable volume. It is the full-size KitchenAid for buyers who care about results more than looks.

What you give up is the bowl handle, a pouring shield and color choice, since it comes in white or black only. Tom's Guide calls it a good buy for new bakers and flags the same missing handle and shield. ATK did break its tilt head in an abuse test well beyond normal use.

It is not discounted right now. At about $400 from Amazon, the Classic sits nearly $40 above its 90-day typical price, though still about $100 under the Artisan. It fell to $279 at the end of October last year, and that is the number to watch for.

The Mini is ATK's best small stand mixer. It aced nearly every test, its controls are easy to read, and it is smaller and lighter than the full-size tilt-heads, which suits apartment kitchens and anyone who bakes a dozen cookies at a time rather than four dozen.

Skip it if you make bread. ATK measured about 1.9 usable quarts, too little for double batches, and the Mini lacked the torque for a sticky, high-hydration pizza dough. A full-size Classic costs less right now and holds more.

At about $450 from Amazon, the Mini is about $34 over its 90-day typical price. It sold for about $300 the day before Thanksgiving last year, so we would wait for Black Friday week.

This is a hand mixer, not a stand mixer, and it earns the budget badge because it is the cheapest KitchenAid we would buy. ATK found its slider controls easy and its first speed genuinely low, which keeps flour in the bowl. It covers cake batter, frosting, mashed potatoes and whipped cream, and it fits in a drawer. It also has more Amazon ratings than any other KitchenAid mixer we checked.

It comes with beaters only, so it is no help with bread dough. Stand mixer shoppers on a budget should look at the Classic at rank 2.

At about $45 from Amazon, it is roughly $7 under its 90-day typical price. That is a modest cut: it dropped to about $34 in early November last year.

The 5.5-quart is the least expensive KitchenAid bowl-lift, and the step to take if you bake bread every week. The bowl locks onto arms that raise it to the beater, so the mixer stays planted under stiff dough, and KitchenAid rates it for about 7 lb of dough per batch. The Kitchn recommends it for frequent bread bakers and likes the half speed for folding.

The catch is size. Worthy's owner review puts it at 27.5 lb, so it needs a permanent home on the counter, and some owners find the lift lever awkward. We found no full lab test of it yet, which is why it sits below the tilt-heads.

At about $500 from Amazon, it is roughly $50 over its 90-day typical price. It sold for under $300 in late June, so this is not the time to buy.

For big families and serious bread bakers, this is the KitchenAid to get. ATK, testing its KSM70SNDX refresh, liked it more than any other model, and it kept going through 12 extra batches of bread dough. Its stainless tools are uncoated, so they will not chip, and it adds a half speed. CNET names it the best large stand mixer.

It is more machine than most kitchens need, at more than 25 lb, and Tom's Guide wanted a second bowl handle. Its Amazon owner rating is also the lowest of our stand mixers, and some owners report that the bowl is hard to remove.

This is the one clear deal among the stand mixers. At about $530 from Amazon, the Empire Red version is roughly $45 under its 90-day typical price and level with its lowest of the past year. The Cast Iron Black version was about $120 more when we checked.

The KHM926 is the hand mixer for people who will not give counter space to a stand mixer but want more than beaters. Homes & Gardens tested it and named it the best multitasking corded hand mixer. It has nine speeds with a slow start, a digital display, a button that ejects the beaters, and dough hooks and a blending rod in the box.

The dough hooks suit soft doughs; some owners say they struggle with heavy bread dough, which is still a job for a stand mixer. If you only whip and beat, the KHM512 at rank 4 does that for about half the price.

At about $85 from Amazon, it is roughly $10 under its 90-day typical price and within a dollar of its lowest price of the past year.

The Go Cordless is for kitchens where the outlet is never where you need it, or for whipping cream at the table. It runs on a removable 12V battery that KitchenAid rates for about 60 minutes, and the same battery fits KitchenAid's other Go cordless tools. Homes & Gardens named KitchenAid's earlier cordless hand mixer its best overall, and Taste of Home found a KitchenAid cordless model kept up with corded rivals.

That review evidence mostly covers the older model, and we found no full lab test of the Go version, which keeps it last here.

It is not a deal right now. At about $140 from Amazon, it costs roughly $18 more than its 90-day typical price. It fell to about $85 on Cyber Monday last year, and we would wait for a price near that.