I use my mixer for a lot of different tasks in the kitchen, so it was important that I found a mixer that was strong enough to cope with larger jobs, like huge batches of pizza dough, as well as powerful enough to mix the tougher food items properly, like a big meatloaf batch. I also make a lot of my own bread and homemade pasta, so the ability to mix and knead bread dough or pasta dough was also important.