“Matches-anywhere kitchenware” is the tagline of this 2024-launched equipment model identified for area savers like a 3.5-inch-wide toaster and cookware units with detachable handles. Like many different Bella home equipment, the Hand & Stand mixer is a two-in-one: Use it like an everyday hand mixer with both the included beater or dough hook attachments, or snap it right into a nested, lidded bowl that rotates as you mix, turning it right into a stand mixer. (The motor is 200 watts; about 75 lower than a KitchenAid head-tilt mannequin.) You add components via a transparent slider window on the highest, which is detachable to be used as a bench scraper.
The hand mixer and its equipment match within the bowls with the lid on, for stacking. I wasn’t particularly impressed when utilizing the Bella in hand mixer mode—the chunky, boxy deal with ultimately triggered my hand to cramp when making whipped cream. And as a stand mixer, it left loads of unmixed flour across the sides of the bowl after I made an angel meals cake. The place it did excel past expectations, nonetheless, was in shredding meat. I typically shred cooked rooster, pork, turkey, and beef with a hand mixer, and irrespective of how massive the bowl or how cautious I’m, meat juice and shreds at all times handle to fly out. With a bowl that’s not solely enclosed however that rotates, the Bella made brief work of my checks with each rooster breasts and thighs.
In the event you shred loads of meat, that is so environment friendly it’s value shopping for for that activity alone, however I may see shopping for this for an adolescent simply beginning out who doesn’t have a lot area and doesn’t plan on making something particularly elaborate. Along with the pictured Surf colour, it additionally is available in Seaglass, Blossom, Plum, and Oatmilk. —Kat Merck
| Design | Handheld |
| Motor energy | 200 watts |
| Bowl capability | 3.5 quarts |
| Speeds | Adjustable |
| Included attachments | 2 dough hooks, 2 egg beaters, bench scraper |
