This size covers most home baking: a few pizza dough balls, two to four loaves, or a big weekend batch of whole grain bread. It spans the widest range of prices too, from dough makers under $100 that knead and proof in a bucket to German-built spiral mixers over $3,000. Countertop spiral mixers like the Ooni Halo pair a rotating bowl with whisks and beaters, so they can replace a stand mixer as well as knead.
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- Ooni Halo Pro#1 of 13Full review
A countertop spiral mixer for home pizza and bread bakers who mix up to about 11 lb of dough. It brings the rotating-bowl kneading of a bakery mixer to a kitchen counter and still whips and beats.
Amazon $799$7997.3 qt11 lbSpiral - Ooni Halo Core#2 of 13Full review
A compact spiral mixer for home pizza makers who mix a few dough balls at a time and want a mixer that fits under a cabinet.
Amazon $599$5994.8 qt-Spiral - Ankarsrum Assistent Original#3 of 13Full review
A Swedish roller-and-scraper mixer with a seven-year warranty, for home bakers who knead often and want a machine built to last.
Ankarsrum $749.95$749.957.4 qt-Roller and scraper - Bosch Universal Plus#4 of 13Full review
A light, high-capacity mixer for home bread bakers who knead big whole grain batches. It handles more dough than its size suggests and costs less than the countertop spiral mixers.
Amazon $499$4996.5 qt15 lbBottom-drive hook - VONCI 7.3 Qt Dough Maker#5 of 13Full review
A light, low-cost dough maker for home bakers who want kneading and proofing in a bowl that comes out to wash.
Amazon $96.99$96.997.3 qt-Kneading bucket - Joydeem HMJ-A901 Dough Maker#6 of 13Full review
A larger knead-and-proof dough maker for households that make big batches of bread, buns or dumpling dough.
Amazon $169$1699.5 qt-Kneading bucket - Joydeem HMJ-A701 Dough Maker#7 of 13Full review
A hands-off dough maker for home cooks who want bread, pizza or dumpling dough kneaded and risen in one bowl.
Amazon $119$1197.4 qt-Kneading bucket - Häussler Alpha#8 of 13Full review
A German-built countertop spiral mixer with a removable bowl, for bakers who want an all-steel machine and can pay for it.
Amazon $3,103.85$3,103.859 qt-Spiral - VEVOR 6.9 Qt Dough Maker#9 of 13Full review
A low-cost knead-and-proof dough maker for small households that bake a loaf or two at a time.
Amazon $82.90$82.906.9 qt-Kneading bucket - WonderMix Revolution Mixer V2#10 of 13Full review
A low-cost bottom-drive kitchen machine for home bakers who knead three or four loaves at a time and want a blender in the same box.
Amazon $199.99$199.99--Bottom-drive hook - VEVOR 8 L Spiral Dough Mixer#11 of 13Full review
An entry-level commercial spiral mixer for a small pizzeria or serious home baker mixing up to about 6 lb of dough.
Amazon $559.90$559.90-6.6 lbSpiral - AIZIYO DoughChief 7.4 Qt#12 of 13Full review
A knead-and-proof dough maker for home bakers who want a hands-off machine, though the listing leaves out its capacity.
Amazon $119.99$119.997.4 qt-Kneading bucket - NutriMill Artiste#13 of 13Full review
A budget bottom-drive mixer for home bread bakers who want Bosch-style kneading for less money.
Amazon $299$2996.5 qt-Bottom-drive hook