Normande SM-2088: 10-liter professional stand mixer review

• Published date: 24 March 2024
• Author: LEE SIVILIA
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Normande, a brand known for its electrical appliances, unveils a large and impressive mixer with an exceptional capacity of 10 liters. Designed for versatile use, it's marketed as exceptionally powerful. Let's delve into its capabilities and assess who might need such a large volume

Normande, the electrical appliances brand, launches a model with a larger capacity than usual, a home mixer with professional volume.

Manufacturer promises for this model, SM-2088:

The new model is a highly versatile and powerful mixer with a capacity of 1500 watts and a volume of 10 liters, featuring a large stainless steel bowl, convenient double whisk for dough mixing with a unique patent allowing high efficiency, improving mixing results and prolonging the product's lifespan.

Additionally, the mixer includes an LCD screen and digital control display, a 6-speed rotary dial including pulse, transparent cover to prevent splashes, wide and stable base to prevent movement, detachable accessories for easy cleaning, and a tiltable head for easy bowl access.

Testing Procedure:

We took the new (professional) Normande mixer model SM2088 for a home test. The mixer was tested by frequent bakers, baking cakes for sale, as well as loaves and pastries for family weekend gatherings.

This electronic mixer comes with a brushed stainless steel bowl with a giant 10-liter capacity.

The stainless steel bowl is easily removable from the base on which it sits. It is large and slightly heavy but very easy to operate and clean. Its handle makes it more comfortable to remove, clean in the sink, and install back on the base compared to other bowls without a handle that we're familiar with.

The bowl has a transparent cover to prevent material splashes and the option to add ingredients during operation, a feature common in other home mixers, but here, due to the large volume and amount of materials the bowl contains, we found it (the cover) even more significant.

The mixer head can be tilted backward for easy access to the mixture and easier removal of the bowl.

We also tested the double whisk intended for dough, marketed with the mixer as a unique patent. The double whisk appears stronger and suitable for the large amount of materials the bowl contains. According to the tester, the whisking of 2 kg of flour, which she prepares for bread dough every Friday as a Sabbath tradition, was easier, faster, and for the first time, the bowl's volume allowed her to proof the dough in the same mixing bowl without...