PHILIPS7000 Series Pasta Maker - ProExtrude Technology, Versatile Mixing Ability, 8 Shaping Discs, Perfect Dough, Easy Clean, Up to 8 Portions, White (HR2660/03)

I absolutely love this pasta maker. It is definitely not light-weight, nor chintzy. It is solid, and quite the workhorse of a machine. It was highly recommended by members of the pasta group I'm in on fb, so when it happened to go on sale close to Christmas, I had to try it. I love that it comes with so many popular dies to get you started, and they all fit in a drawer within the compact machine. This machine is not intimidating at all, and makes having fresh pasta so easy! I loved it so much, I bought one of these machines for each of my adult children's families so they can also include the grandbabies in the fun and ease of helping make something so easy and delicious. Thier gifts all included this machine, an Escali glass scale, and a case of six 2.2kg Caputo Simola flour. I get pictures of the grandbabies having so much fun helping make pasta for their family's meals. I cannot recommend this high enough!

The Philips 7000 Series Pasta Maker excels with ProExtrude Technology, 8 versatile discs, and Perfect Mixing for smooth dough. Effortlessly creates up to 8 portions. HomeID app integration adds smart convenience. Efficient, user-friendly, and a kitchen must-have!

Makes awesome pasta! We mix, turn it off and let the dough rest for 10-15 minutes and then start the cycle over again so it mixes before extruding. That seems to give the smoothest pasta texture.

I returned this because it was defective and I don't want a replacement.The mixing paddle is basically a screw with appendages. When the machine is mixing the dough, the paddle spins in one direction which keeps the dough in the mixing chamber. When the machine is extruding, the paddle rotates in the opposite direction which forces the dough through the shaping disc.I weighed all of the ingredients for two disastrous batches of pasta. For the first batch I used semolina flour and followed the recipe in the manual. After the mixing cycle, the machine stopped. I attempted to use the extrusion only button but it just returned the machine to the mixing cycle. After three minutes, it switched to the extrusion cycle. I wound up with a smooth (not crumbly) dough which I tried feeding through the shaping disc. Unfortunately, a thick crust had formed in the shaping disc and the dough would not extrude. I had to take the machine apart to clean it. Eventually, I was able to feed the dough into the paddle's screw manually. The dough was so damp that the spaghetti strands stuck together. I threw the batch out.For the second batch, I used ordinary white flour and followed the recipe in the instruction manual. Once again, the machine stopped and I could not get it to go directly to the extrusion cycle. Instead of winding up with a crumbly dough, I got a smooth dough. I tried feeding it into the screw manually and once again I had to take the machine apart because a crust had formed on the shaping disc. At this point, I threw the dough out and initiated a return of the machine.

My wife is hoping that the initial infatuation wears off, because I'm making pasta every day since it arrived. 00 flour, semolina flour, rice flour (yeah...oriental rice noodles or wonton shells!), mixtures of all of the above. No skills required at all...dump ingredients into machine, press button, wait for pasta to slide out. Everybody says to dry the pasta for a bit, but I think I prefer it right into the boiling water where it cooks in about 90-120 seconds.. One of the cool parts is that you get to decide for yourself how you like it best; type of flour, how long dried, etc. The best part: machine comes apart and cleans in about 2 minutes by hand, or you can just throw all the parts into the dishwasher . The only thing to remember is to resist the urge to clean the shaping die right away. Getting the sticky dough out of the little holes can be fiddly. Force yourself to wait half an hour or so and all of the dried dough just pops out.On the whole, it's so easy to use and clean that there's no reason not to use it every day if you want to. I start a sauce, while it's simmering I make the pasta, boil it for a couple of minutes, and done. You can actually have fresh pasta in the time it takes cook dried pasta because the machine will make the pasta in the time it takes the water to boil. My only mild disappointment is that It doesn't have a rigatoni die, and I really like big chunky pasta.

Best online purchase this year! Crystal-clear product photos matched received item. Bonus accessories included unexpectedly. Tracking notifications arrived promptly. Seller clearly prioritizes customer satisfaction. Bravo!

So simple to use - I bought this as a replacement for a Phillips pasta maker I purchased 10 years ago. This model is sturdy with well thought out design and a lot less expensive than my previous machine.

Works great, but only when you get the amount of liquid and flour exactly right. It is actually just as fast to make pasta and cook it with this machine as it is to cook hard pasta from a bag.