Kenwood Chef XL dough capacity and hydration
Kenwood Chef XL is a dough mixer with a Planetary, a 4.6 litre bowl, a maximum of 1.2 kg of dough, a 800 W motor, and a tool speed of 60 to 180 RPM. Kenwood's mid-range planetary for the UK and EU market. 4.6 L bowl, 800 W. Kenwood states flour weights across its whole catalogue, for example 450 g of flour for bread, and never a finished dough mass. Flour cannot be converted into dough without a stated hydration, so there is no rated dough number here. Owner testing puts the working range at roughly 500 to 1200 g. The speeds Kenwood prints are numbered positions, so the RPM figures come from community video measurement. Bakers rate it for kenwood planetaries have a long reputation for durability., owner-measured speed data exists for this model, which is rare., a common alternative to kitchenaid in european kitchens.. Common drawbacks include kenwood publishes no dough-mass rating on any of its own pages., owners report the motor straining on large or stiff batches above 1.2 kg..