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Title: Don't Bother
Review: The real measure of a mixer's strength isn't what it can deal with once, it's what it can deal with day-to-day. And these modern kitchenaid mixers simply can't put up with regular use in any real way. I bought one of the cheap Artisan series mixers and used it to make bread (2-3 loaves/week) for nearly two years, at which point it broke under the strain. Then I bought this model under the idea that it's 14-cup "flour power" would be more than enough to handle making single loaves of bread with only 2-3 cups of flour. Boy was I wrong. This model has broken under the strain in only 7 months, and I've even been using it significantly less than I did the Artisan.If you want/need a kitchenaid mixer for light duty things like cookies, cakes, whipping egg whites, or the wide array of attachments you can put on them, then go and buy one of the cheaper models. If you want a mixer that will hold up to the "strain" of baking a loaf of bread each week, then look elsewhere.
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