I have owned my Bosch Universal since the early 80's and have found it to be indispensable. I have one with all 3 of the following: The large bowl with dough hook, the food processor unit and the blender. I use all 3 alot. I used to make a double recipe of dough in the bread maker and then turn it into 2 bread pans and bake them. However, I've gone through a couple breadmakers doing this...they just didn't hold up. Now I found how to make dough for 4 large loaves of bread in the Bosch Universal in 6 minutes. I can use the same dough to make 4 dozen hamburger buns at once. I grind my grain fresh and this makes all the difference. You cannot go wrong with the Bosch Universal Mixer.