Recent? Kitchenaid started reducing the price point of their entry level 40 years ago. Meanwhile their top end models have brushless DC motors and are as well d

Recent? Kitchenaid started reducing the price point of their entry level 40 years ago. Meanwhile their top end models have brushless DC motors and are as well designed as ever, and adjusted for inflation are cheaper than in the past. Having dismantled many, the entry level kitchenaid design hasn’t changed much in the past two decades. It turns out, and kitchenaid realized, there was a lot of money to be made by casual box cake mixers that want the appearance of a KA.