Clearance: Black Bosch Universal Plus Mixer with Stainless Bowl
- 6.5 qt. stainless steel bowl
- Superior kneading action
- High-torque transmission
- Exceptional bowl access
- Stable weight distribution
- Easy-handling design
- Lock-in-place bowl
- Wide range of accessories
- German quality
- Ships free to 48 contiguous states!
- We're an authorized Bosch dealer
Included Standard:
- Mixer base
- 6.5 qt. mixing bowl
- Splash ring
- Bowl lid
- BreadMaster dough hook
- Plastic whip drive
- French whips
- Dough hook extender
$426.00
$499.00 (14.63% saved)Out of stock ETA is unknown. We aren't accepting preorders at this time. (more info)
Clearance: Black Bosch Universal Plus Mixer with Stainless Bowl
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Description
This mixer is identical to the standard Bosch Universal Plus mixer, except that it has a stainless steel bowl and black and gray motor base, and it does not include the standard plastic bowl. The stainless bowl, when purchased separately, retails for $169—so its inclusion with this mixer is a tremendous value!
When ordered with the stainless bowl, the mixer includes all items that come when the mixer is ordered with the plastic bowl (except for the plastic bowl).
The Bosch Universal mixer has a special reputation among discerning cooks. It thrives on heavy tasks that will break conventional mixers down within a few uses, and Bosch offers advantages found in no other machine!
Some companies sell mixers based mainly on highly paid endorsements and continual ad campaigns. Bosch, on the other hand, doesn’t advertise this mixer at all. The success of the Bosch Universal Plus mixer has been growing for decades based entirely on its reputation for better performance. Instead of paying millions each year to housewares celebrities and cooking shows, Bosch puts their money and effort into engineering advancements and quality of construction. Continual refinement has made today's Bosch Universal a kitchen machine like no other.

The newest model is the Bosch Universal Plus. Its 500 watt motor has a new design with four times the motor life expectancy... and it was known for its longevity before. Just as importantly, it has a unique transmission that gets the motor’s powerful torque to the bowl better than other mixers do. Other updates include suction cup feet and a pop-out drive shaft for fast, easy cleanup. An additional speed was added, while increasing the speed range with a lower low gear and a higher high gear, still including the momentary pulse feature. The advantages of the Universal Plus over common mixers are now greater than ever.
Note: The Bosch Universal Plus is rated as a 500 watt motor here in the U.S. The UL (Underwriters Laboratory) recently changed the way they rate appliance motors being sold in the U.S. market. As a result, the motor used in the Bosch Universal Plus mixer has been re-rated from 800 watts to 500 watts, but it’s actually exactly the same powerful motor that Bosch has used for years and years. The only change that has occurred is in the rating issued by UL.
Authorized Dealer
Pleasant Hill Grain is an authorized dealer of the Bosch Universal Plus mixer. Click here to learn what that means to you.
Major Advantages
There’s no overhead gearbox with the Bosch, because its power comes from below—a design that has big advantages. The base of the machine provides the space to transmit motor power to the bowl using a belt rather than gears. The small plastic gears in overhead-driven machines break under heavy work loads, they transfer power poorly, and the heat that quickly builds up in their tight enclosure causes premature failure when worked hard. The Bosch belt efficiently transfers far more torque, runs cool, and is fantastically durable, with an amazing twenty-year failure rate below one percent. Unlike top heavy overhead-drive machines, this engineering gives the Bosch a very low center of gravity that makes it a breeze to handle. Bottom drive also provides full, open-top bowl access. With no obstruction you see everything that’s happening, and adding ingredients couldn't be easier. Without a lot of meshing gear teeth, the Bosch is also a very quiet machine.

Bowl Shape
The Bosch Universal's bowl is shaped like a large bundt cake form, a design that excels at both mixing and whipping. Twin whips mount on top of the drive column, turned from below by a stainless drive shaft. The whips rest lightly against the bottom of the bowl, spinning rapidly as they rotate. And the bowl's shape ensures that your ingredients are mixed perfectly—lumps have nowhere to hide. The Bosch mixer's whipping action is so powerful it will make a cup and a half of meringue from one egg white. And being only 10.6" tall with bowl mounted, all of this performance fits easily under your cupboards.
Fabulous Dough Mixer
In addition to its stellar mixing and whipping performance, the Bosch Universal kitchen mixer is legendary among bread lovers. It makes superior bread, faster and easier, with its patented three-arm stainless steel BreadMaster dough hook—with the strength to knead up to fourteen pounds of dough that has a hydration of 60% or more, at a time. The BreadMaster hook vigorously incorporates oxygen, processing 100% of your dough every four rotations. Other mixers just stir the dough, never achieving the Bosch's level of gluten development. Proper gluten development leads to light bread with ideal texture. Merely stirring the dough produces "brick bread." As many as eight loaves of delicious fresh sandwich bread can be out of your oven in just 75 to 80 minutes! (We recommend hand washing the BreadMaster dough hook to keep the finish nice. Click here for a dishwasher safe stainless steel dough hook that's shaped just like the BreadMaster dough hook.)

Smaller Batches Too
Dough for as many as eight 1.75-pound bread loaves can be produced in a single batch. And with the dough hook extender (currently included free) you can make outstanding dough for as few as one or two loaves. When whipping, the Bosch whips pick up exceptionally small ingredient amounts thanks to the bowl's tubular bottom profile. The bowl that comes standard with the Bosch Universal Plus mixer on this page is stainless steel. More details are under the specs tab, above. Click here for a basic whole wheat bread recipe for the Bosch Universal mixer.
Gluten free?
The Bosch Universal also provides the control you need to make delicious gluten-free recipes, tailored specifically to your family’s needs. Nothing beats the tastiness of homemade and fresh!
Recommendation for Challah or Bagel Dough
Kneading very low hydration dough? The center-column bowl included with the mixer on this page is perfect for making large batches of cookie dough and whole wheat bread dough (up to 14 pounds) as well as smaller batches of low hydration dough like challah or bagel dough (up to 10 lbs). For large batches of low hydration dough, however, we recommend using the ER1 stainless mixing bowl. A full 14 lbs of dough with a hydration as low as 40% can be kneaded in the ER1 bowl. The ER1 bowl has been in service for 35+ years and is designed specifically for kneading a large volume of extra heavy dough.
Complete Kitchen Center
Extending beyond the limits of a simple stand mixer, the Bosch Universal Plus is a complete kitchen center. Available attachments let you do powerful blending, food processing, grinding, juicing and more. By eliminating duplicate power units, you save money and kitchen space while using superior, German-engineered kitchen tools. Below, you can see a wide range of optional accessories. From food processing to pasta making, the Bosch Universal Plus offers the tools to do the job quickly, easily, and properly. The Universal Plus is available with or without the blender; the mixer is the same either way, so you can always add the blender later if you wish.
Included Standard
The stainless steel mixing bowl, splash ring and lid, BreadMaster dough hook and French whips are all included standard. Plus: The dough hook extender is included free, allowing you to mix even super-small batches. If you're upgrading from a Bosch Universal Classic mixer (MUM6 model), your accessories will work on this new mixer, so there's no need to replace them!
We're Ready to Help!
Pleasant Hill Grain is the world’s largest retailer of Bosch stand mixers. We’ve used Bosch bread mixers ourselves for many years and we’re here to assist you with any question or need. We’d be delighted to help you start your own personal Bosch experience today!
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Descriptions of Ratings for Clearance Store Items |
Rating |
Description
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Minimum Discount |
Mechanically Perfect |
Standard Return Policy |
Full
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R1 |
Returned. Non-working surfaces have new or nearly new appearance. Working surfaces may have slight wear marks. Very close scrutiny is required to tell that the item isn’t brand new. Packaging may not be perfect. |
10% |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
R2 |
Returned, nearly-new appearance. Slight to moderate flaws on non-working surfaces, such as a mixer cabinet or lid. |
Varies by Item |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
FR |
Factory refurbished. Mostly returned items which have been brought fully up to new-equipment performance specs at the factory. |
Varies by Item |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
D |
Demonstration items have been operated briefly at Pleasant Hill Grain. |
Varies by Item |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SDB |
From new stock; has moderate damage such as a scratch, dent, or paint blemish. |
Varies by Item |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NOS |
New old-stock. A brand new item that isn't the newest model. |
Varies by Item |
Yes |
Yes |
Varies by Item |
Additional notes:
Bottom Line: If you’re a highly detail-oriented person, we recommend sticking to “R1.” But after a week’s use, the only real difference between one of these items and a brand new one will be the money you saved. |
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1 - 10 of 63 reviews
This mixes and kneads really well. The heavy rye dough I make has managed to blow out less powerful machines. The 800W are great (they also sell an upgraded 1000W model in Europe which must be completely over the top).
The reason I'm not giving the Bosch five stars is that the second stainless steel bowl I got would pay for some other mixers just by itself.
Since this item ships with the "small batch" dough hook extender, it now works well for regular size quantities. This seems to have been originally designed for industrial size batches, and a lot of reviews complain about the inability to make smaller quantities. This hasn't been a problem for me with the extender.
Modern upper cabinets leave a clearance of 19 inches (or so), but it can be considerably lower in older homes. The Bosch will fit there as well since the motor is to the side. The total height including bowl, splash ring, etc. is about 11 inches which is significantly less than a Kitchenaid mixer.
I wanted to love this mixer, but for the dough's I make it doesn't knead, instead it just rotates it around the post all in one big mass. This happens both with and without the 'dough hook extender'.. I e-mailed Bosch customer support but heard nothing back. I use it to make sourdough with ~50% whole wheat and 50% bread flour at about an 85% hydration.
No more flour mess. Unbelievable speed, easy to work with due to open top. Super powerful!
I love my new Bosch mixer. I still have my old one that is 41 years old (and still works perfectly) but decided to treat myself to a new one. I would not own any other brand!!!!
Easy to use, easy to clean up mixes bread dough easily,
Are shopping experiences always been good with Pleasant Hill, which is why we come back. I'm enjoying my new mixer. It has wonderful power and much lighter than my older one. I look forward to using this for many years to come.
This was as switch for me from a Kitchen Aid mixer and I could not be more happy. Not only is the motor stronger but the easy of access from the top makes adding ingredients so much simpler and less messy.
I just got my mixer a week ago and I am already in love with it! I went from a Kitchen Aid mixer to the Bosch and the Bosch is so much more user friendly, it’s much lighter to handle than my Kitchen Aid was and it is super easy to take apart and clean. So far I am very pleased with my Bosch and I can’t wait to try more recipes with it and explore new attachments for it. Highly recommended machine!
I’ve wanted this mixer for years and finally got it. It made the most delicious, fluffy loaf of bread I’ve ever made. I’m SO thrilled with it and looking forward to many more creations!
I received the mixer and put it to use right away and made some caramel rolls. It’s light enough to lift and the suction cups on the feet secured in to the counter. The weight was one thing I considered when deciding what machine to purchase. It takes half the time to knead the dough so a big time saver and muscle saver. So far I’m very pleased with its performance.