KitchenAid SNPA Pasta Maker Plates for Food Grinder Attachment for Stand Mixers

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)
52 out of 53 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.


If you LOVE your KitchenAid Stand Mixer...this is a no,no!   January 31, 2005
Absolutely love cooking (AZ, USA)
36 out of 38 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!


Not Worth It   March 30, 2005
E. M. Winnie (Kistap County, WA)
24 out of 25 found this review helpful

I have been making pasta for years. So when I received the Professional 5 for a gift, I wanted to get the pasta attachment to make it easier on my hands. Was I wrong. Since it was their equipment, I used their recipe. I put the flat noodle plate in and 40 minutes later, I still did not have decent noodles. The holes in the plate are too narrow for the dough to pass through without overtaxing the motor on the mixer. It got very hot. I did not buy the pasta maker to ruin my mixer.

I brought out my Marcato and had all the noodles drying in less than 10 minutes.

The pasta maker is not worth the cost of postage.


Pasta work maker   December 28, 2000
28 out of 30 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!