KitchenAid FPPA Mixer Attachment Pack for Stand Mixers

by KitchenAid

Product Features

• Most parts are dishwasher-safe.
• Can be used with any KitchenAid stand mixer
• Two slicing and two shredding cones included
• Grinder has fine and coarse grinding blades
• Includes food grinder, slicer and shredder, and fruit and vegetable strainer

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 16.8 x 7.6 inches ; 7.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SGFM
• Item model number: FPPA
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (152 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #22 in Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Small Appliance Parts & Accessories

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

This assortment of attachments makes your KitchenAid stand mixer as flexible as a Swiss army knife. You get the food grinder, the slicer and shredder, and the fruit and vegetable strainer. Pull out the first and you're grinding meat, breadcrumbs, and more; the second churns out sliced vegetables for potato chips, coleslaw, and the like, or shredded potatoes for hash browns; and the third has you whipping up apple butter in a snap. Each has its own instruction booklet, with tips and recipes. An excellent gift set for your favorite stand-mixer fan. --Betsy Danheim

Product Description

A variety of attachments for your Kitchen Aid stand mixer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

814 of 820 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does this mixer set cut the mustard? Well, sort of, July 19, 2002

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KitchenAid FPPA Mixer Attachment Pack for Stand Mixers (Kitchen)

I have a KitchenAid and I must say, they are as good as their high reputation. I bought the mixer mainly to make bread, but what makes it even better are the accessories. These convert the stand mixer/dough maker into a vegetable processor, grinder and sausage maker. There is also a grain grinder that really works quite well. Here are the pros and cons of this set, as I see it:

Pros:
You get a decent meat grinder with two blades, coarse and fine. This means you can make ground turkey with no additives, ground chicken without added fat, or fresh ground beef. You can also grind meat for sausage (about which, later.)

You get a slicer similar to those hand-turned cone types that make cole slaw or waffled carrot slices.

Cons:
The sausage nozzle for filling the casings is not included. This is, in my opinion, really dumb. It's just a couple of pieces of molded plastic. For heaven's sake, include it.

The slicer is a bit clunky. If you don't put the bowl to catch the shreds just right, you get slaw all over. And sometimes it is hard to get the cone off the flanges of the connecting pin that fits into the mixer attachment point. But screwing it into the mixer and grabbing with a rubber mat usually works for me.

I prefer a mandoline, a food processor or even a big board and a really sharp chef's knife to the slicer, but it does save on counter space. So, this is a good thing to have as an addition to your KitchenAid if you do any kind of prep cooking, such as canning, salads, baby foods, venison processing, or sausages. It's very good quality plastic and metal, though the cone blade finish seems a bit crude to me. I can recommend it, with the reservations I mentioned.

131 of 131 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice addition, a little bit cumbersome, January 8, 2003

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Eugene Mah "physics geek" (Charleston, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KitchenAid FPPA Mixer Attachment Pack for Stand Mixers (Kitchen)

I use this with my Kitchenaid Epicurean and really enjoy it. Used it to grind our own beef and pork for meatloaf and shredded plenty of cheese for mac and cheese. The motor provides plenty of power to grind and shred through just about anything, and the shredding/grinding blades seem to keep their edge quite nicely.

There are a lot of bits to keep track of though, and some of them can be a little difficult to clean properly. I also wish the hopper for the grinder attachment was a little bit bigger.

It's not going to replace my food processor, but when I have a large volume of stuff to do, or for things my food processor's motor just can't handle, this certainly does the trick.

388 of 406 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good accessory for this excellent mixer, September 12, 2003

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W. Wilke "readnek" (SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KitchenAid FPPA Mixer Attachment Pack for Stand Mixers (Kitchen)

I purchased this set about 2 years ago. The shredders work OK, but it is easier and less mess to chop them by hand. Much of the produce gets caught between the housing and the shredder. It's difficult getting uniform cuts. The piece that is poorly designed is the meat grinder. I'm on my second grinder. Both the feeder shaft and the housing are constructed of a plastic molding on metal. Over a relatively short amount of use, they both began to crack apart at the unions. This of course is not good, being they are used on meat and it makes it almost impossible to clean. I would recommend going for a good sharp knife and a seperate all metal meat grinder (which I am now looking for).