KitchenAid SNPA Pasta Maker Plates for Food Grinder Attachment for Stand Mixers | 
| Brand: KitchenAid
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 791
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Number Of Items: 1
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 3.1 x 3.1
Warranty: 1
MPN: SNPA
Model: SNPA
UPC: 050946000244
EAN: 0050946000244
ASIN: B00004SGFO
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| Features:
| • | Use with KitchenAid's food grinder attachment to expand a stand mixer's flexiblity | | • | Ideal for making thin or thick spaghetti, flat noodles, macaroni, and lasagna noodles | | • | Includes five interchangeable plastic plates, bowl clips, and a cleaning tool | | • | Comes with rugged plastic storage case that conveniently doubles as a stomper | | • | All parts dishwasher safe for easy clean-up |
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Product Description
Use them with your food grinder attachment to prepare fresh pasta. Five interchangeable plates create a variety of pasta shapes. Fits all KitchenAid stand mixers.
Amazon.com Review
These sturdy plastic plates work in place of the metal cutters of your food grinder to produce thin and thick spaghetti noodles, thin flat noodles, wider lasagna noodles, and macaroni. Turn the mixer speed to 10, drop walnut-size pieces of dough into the food tray, and catch the noodles as they're extruded through the plates. When you're through, put them in the dishwasher. Then store them neatly and easily in the included case, which doubles as a food stomper. --Betsy Danheim
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 Couldn't have been easier January 5, 2002
David Jenkins (California)
82 out of 84 found this review helpful
I just made my first batch of spaghetti with this attachment and after having read the horror stories here and the warnings in the Kitchenaid guide that it might require several batches to get it right, I was stunned at how easy and painless it proved to be. The spaghetti came out quite nice, albeit a little curled on the ends when it first came out. My biggest dread was dealing with the fresh product sticking together, but it came out essentially dry to the touch and didnt stick at all. In fact, I didnt even bother laying it out in a single row, just separated it a little before dropping into the pot. If I were to guess, I think the key to my painless experience was letting it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes wrapped tightly in plastic. I know there's alot of complex flour chemistry going on in that resting period. Furthermore, if you are wondering, the fresh pasta was far tastier than the dry stuff. I can't wait to toss it with some fresh sauce next summer. Good luck!
 Somewhat effective, if expensive, pasta attachment November 1, 2001
Fanshawe (SC, USA)
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
For what it is (all plastic), this item is rather expensive. But, since I already had the mixer and the food grinder, I went ahead and got this. I agree with the other users that some of the attachments (spaghetti, thinner noodles) make the pasta tend to stick together. More of a problem might be that you really have to tweak the recipe a bit to get a good consistency. I prefer this for lasagne or fettucini noodles myself. It is functional. I would not want to do a large amount of pasta in this at one sitting because I am afraid it would burn out the motor (upon doing a full recipe for the first time, smoke emanated from my mixer. A call to Kitchen Aid said this was probably normal, as my mixer wasn't that old and oil was burning off, but I never did a full recipe again). I would really love to instead get the rolling pasta plate attachment for the Kitchen Aid, but at (price) it's a bit too much of an investment to me. This is functional for what I need it for.
 Pasta work maker December 29, 2000
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
Save your money. I got a kitchen aid mixer last year and LOVE it. So I decided to try the pasta plates. It took forever to make the pasta, and was a very tedious process. I followed the recipe included to the letter, and it still didn't help. I plan to return the plates. Such a disappointment from such a great mixer company!
If you LOVE your KitchenAid Stand Mixer...this is a no,no! January 31, 2005
Absolutely love cooking (AZ, USA)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I have a Profesional 6 model, and I did everything the recipe said for 1 batch of regular spaghetti pasta. It didn't kill the mixer, but the motor became very hot! I will never use it again. I also have the roto slicer/shredder, fruit/veggie strainer, food grinder & sausage stuffer attachments...none of these have even made my stand mixer very warm. --That tells me the pasta maker attachment is a bad product. I am thankful that my model is 525 watts...I could only imagine what would have happened if I had a classic 300 watt model!
My best advice is to pick up an inexpensive pasta machine or an Emperia hand crank pasta machine. They run between $20-40 without a motor or $80-120 with a motor (that you can also buy separately for $50-80). --A very small price to pay, if you want to keep your KitchenAid Stand Mixer!
Don't waste your money November 20, 2005
Cookie Malone
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
Even if you already own the food grinder don't waste your money on the pasta attachment. Since this is more of an extrusion pasta maker, the pasta does not get the nice thin texture that is necessary in fresh pasta. I made lasagna noodles from this attachment and had to roll out every noodle by hand after it had been extruded because it wasn't thin enough.
If you love fresh pasta, as I do, you would be better off buying the actual stainless steel, traditional pasta roller attachment for your kitchen aid. It is more expensive, but well worth the extra money. I use this attachment all the time and always get the results that I am looking for. When my husband purchased the pasta attachment it came as a set with the food grinder. The food grinder is awesome.
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