I have also used the larger professional 6quart capacity model where i work and that wouldve been overkill for my personal use at home

Whether im churning ice cream for 10 20 minutes or whipping egg whites at a high speed ive never worried about the motor burning up and ive never had any kind of problem with it after nearly ten years of dailyweekly use

My favorite accessory for this machine is the kitchenaid kica0wh ice cream maker attachment which gets used weekly at my house yearround

I bought this model mixer in january of 2002 as a factory reconditioned model from amazon