The mixer is very sturdy, powerful, and easy to use. It has a crank handle that you have to tighten onto the machine, but other than that it is plug and play. The first thing I did when I unboxed it was make bread dough. It I made a 2 baguette size dough and it didn't quite fill the 15 qt pot (But honestly how could it) This definitely is for Commercial Large Batch applications. And I say that it is a great price as most other brands for this size mixer are in the range of $2000 to $3000. You get the same capacity and quality for $500. What a bargain! Again....it is a larger mixer so read the product description carefully.